As a play with parallels to today’s political climate had its official Broadway premiere, famous friends celebrated its star, George Clooney. He brushed aside talk of a political future.

George Clooney, front row center, surrounded by cast of 'Good Night, and Good Luck' outside ... by Warner Bros. and written by the same authors, the production stars Clooney in his Broadway ...

But the stage adaptation of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” starring George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow, speaks so directly to the present moment that if the story weren’t true — and the film hadn’t already been made in 2005 — it would seem almost pandering.

Good news, everybody! You don’t just have to settle for seeing superstar George Clooney on a screen anymore. You can now go see him in person… on a screen! Good Night, and Good Luck — the Clooney-directed 2005 film telling the tale of CBS newsman Edward R.

To his credit, he disappears into the role of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, on stage here in a prescient McCarthy-era story masterfully told by director David Cromer.

Featuring a Hollywood star, and with its fanfare opening on Broadway at the heart of Tony Awards season, the importance of its staging during the first months of Donald Trump’s second term is made clear as the performance progresses.