George Clooney will proceed to make Broadway historical past along with his record-breaking play Good Night time, and Good Luck.

The play already has the excellence of holding the report for highest-grossing week for a Broadway play, a report that it has damaged over-and-over all through its run up to now.

Now, Good Night time, and Good Luck will turn into the primary play to have a stay efficiency televised on TV.

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CNN will broadcast the Saturday, June 7 efficiency at 7pm ET throughout CNN properties.

“I can’t let you know how thrilling it’s to do one thing that’s by no means been performed. CNN is the proper place to deliver this story of braveness to so many extra individuals than we may have ever hoped. Dwell TV. No internet. Buckle up everybody,” George stated in an announcement.

“Good Night time, and Good Luck is not only a celebration of a golden age in TV journalism,” stated Chairman and CEO of CNN, Mark Thompson. “It’s additionally in regards to the significance of the free press and the necessity for sturdy information organizations to report the details in a fair-minded means. That’s one thing we nonetheless care deeply about.”

The stay broadcast will occur simply at some point earlier than the ultimate efficiency of Good Night time, And Good Luck, which is scheduled for June 8.

George co-wrote the play along with his longtime artistic accomplice Grant Heslov and it’s based mostly on the movie that additionally they wrote collectively.

Within the film, George performed the supporting function of Fred Pleasant, however is now transferring into the lead function of Edward R. Murrow, performed by David Strathairn within the movie.

In Good Night time, and Good Luck, we tune in to the golden age of broadcast journalism and Edward R. Murrow’s legendary, history-altering, on-air showdown with Senator Joseph McCarthy. As McCarthyism casts a shadow over America, Murrow and his information staff select to confront the rising tide of paranoia and propaganda, even when it means turning the federal authorities and a apprehensive nation towards them. The play chronicles a time in American historical past when fact and journalistic integrity stood as much as fearmongering and disinformation—and gained.

Get tickets now to see the play on Broadway via June 8!