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.

George Clooney makes his Broadway debut with “Good Night, and Good Luck,” a well-timed warning about the threat of McCarthyism with all the subtlety of a jackhammer. The play, which opened ...

Murrow in the box-office record-breaking Broadway show Good Night, And Good Luck (Winter Garden Theatre, booking to June 8). It’s the stage version of the Oscar-nominated 2005 movie. Both were ...