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 as the journalist Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck” at the Winter Garden in Manhattan.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Supported by By Jesse Green “This ...

Despite George Clooney's very best intentions, "Good Night, and Good Luck" stumbles in a Broadway production that is far too on the nose.