George Clooney dropped by Late Night time With Seth Meyers final evening to plug this Saturday’s reside broadcast of his Broadway play Good Night time, And Good Luck when he let slip what is likely to be a bit of fine information for the West Finish: The play may finish in London.
“There’s going to be a highway present for it,” Clooney informed Meyers, “and I believe it’d find yourself in London, however it gained’t be the identical factor as what we’re doing now.” No extra hints got (see the interview beneath).
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Good Night time, And Good Luck, written by Clooney and Grant Heslov primarily based on their 2005 movie of the identical title, started previews at Broadway’s Winter Backyard Theatre on March 12, opened April 3 and closes with the June 8 matinee forward of that evening’s Tony Awards. The play has been nominated for 5 Tonys together with Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Main Position in a Play (Clooney), scenic design, sound design, lighting design and costume design.
CNN will broadcast the penultimate efficiency of Good Night time, and Good Luck from Broadway’s Winter Backyard Theatre on Saturday, June 7 at 7 p.m. ET throughout CNN and CNN Worldwide and can stream the occasion reside on CNN.com, and through CNN’s apps on related TVs and cellular gadgets, with out requiring a cable login. This CNN particular occasion will stream reside on Max throughout all subscription plans.
Good Night time, And Good Luck tells the real-life story of CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow (Clooney) and his legendary showdown with Crimson Scare Senator Joseph McCarthy. The play, directed by David Cromer, has routinely set field workplace information, grossing in extra of $4 million per week to develop into the greatest weekly grossing play in Broadway historical past. The manufacturing recouped its $9.5 million funding final month.
If and when the play does hit the highway or go to London, it’s under no circumstances clear Clooney would go along with it. On Late Night time, the actor expressed a powerful need to lose the jet-black hair dye wanted for the function. “The final present is Sunday, we do a matinee, after which by the point we go to the Tonys that evening it’ll be gone. I could have a shaved head.”
