George Clooney made his Broadway debut in "Good Night, and Good Luck," telling the story of pioneering reporter Edward R.

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It explores themes of press freedom ... Jumping ahead to today's political landscape, Clooney said the play “feels more like it’s about truth, not just the press. Facts matter.” ...

CNN received the call from Clooney and found that the programming ... “This was a great idea in the sense that, obviously the theme of the play is what was happening to the press in the 1950s ...

Clooney has some ideas of what look could come next ... the journalist who wrote the 1954 exposé piece on Senator Joseph McCarthy. The play is adapted from the 2005 movie of the same name.

This includes one for Clooney’s leading performance. The play is a major commercial success ... Unfortunately, the universal themes of speaking truth to power are more relevant now than ever.