The hit Broadway play “Good Night, and Good Luck” has joined forces with TodayTix for offer 2,000 New York City high school students the opportunity to see the play starring George Clooney. The matinee tickets were presented to the New York City Department of Education for distribution to students attending the public school system including the Motion Picture Technical High School and the Robert Halmi Sr. Academy of Film and Television schools.
The NYC Department of Education Director of Theatre Peter Avery said, “thank you to George Clooney, the producers of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’, and TodayTix for their inspired generosity and recognizing that all the world is truly a stage for our NYC public school students to explore educational and life skills of literacy, artistic interpretation, and point of view. We look forward to students from across the city creatively learning about the intersection of theatre, journalism and politics…on Broadway!”
Currently playing at the Winter Garden, the play was co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov based on the 2005 movie of the same name.
In the film, Clooney played Fred W. Friendly; but in the play he has taken on the role of newsman Edward R. Murrow. Clooney also directed the film.