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George Clooney revealed why Amal Clooney couldn’t attend his Broadway debut.
The Oscar winner — who both wrote and stars in the stage adaptation of the 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck — celebrated the official Broadway opening of the show at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on Thursday, April 3, without his wife.
Clooney told reporters that Amal, 47, was missing out because “she’s with the kids.” The couple shares 7-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella. The Clooney family recently relocated to the Big Apple to support George, 63, during his time in the show.
“They love being here,” George said while appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in February. “I mean, come on, how do you not love this? It’s New York City.”
“Actually, a play is kind of a good schedule because you’re working at night,” he added. “You get to see the kids during the day, so it’s okay.”
Good Night, and Good Luck, like the film, recounts the real-life story of CBS news journalist Edward R. Murrow’s legendary exposé on Senator Joseph McCarthy. George played producer Fred W. Friendly in the film. Hoever, on stage, he’s stepped into the shoes of Morrow — the role that earned David Strathairn a 2006 Oscar nomination.
That was the same year George was nominated for directing Good Night, and Good Luck and co-writing its original screenplay with Grant Heslov. He received a third nomination that night, too: Best Supporting Actor, for his part in Syriana, which he won.
For Good Night, and Good Luck on stage, George collaborated again with Heslov to pen its book. The production is directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit), also represented this season with the new musical Dead Outlaw.
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This is George’s first stage work since 1986’s Vicious, a play about the life of Sid Vicious he did in Los Angeles and later, at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. His work in the play, as a male prostitute drug dealer, famously earned him his first agent and on-camera work.
In Good Night, and Good Luck, George is joined by Mac Brandt as Colonel Anderson, Will Dagger as Don Hewitt, Christopher Denham as John Aaron, Glenn Fleshler as Friendly, Ilana Glazer as Shirley Wershba, Clark Gregg as Don Hollenbeck, Paul Gross as William F. Paley, Georgia Heers as Ella, Carter Hudson as Joe Wershba, Fran Kranz as Palmer Williams, Jennifer Morris as Millie Green, Michael Nathanson as Eddie Scott, Andrew Polk as Charlie Mack and Aaron Roman Weiner as Don Surine.
R. Ward Duffy, Joe Forbrich, Imani Rousselle, Greg Stuhr, JD Taylor, and Sophia Tzougros round out the ensemble.
Tickets for Good Night, and Good Luck are now on sale. The play runs through June 8.
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