Irrespective of the strengths and weaknesses of Good Night, and Good Luck as theater, the personal commitment of Clooney, whose father is a former anchorman, seems heartfelt and impassioned.

Patrick J.P. Schwieterman has died after a short battle with cancer. The actor was best known for playing villain Kurt Bozwell in the 1997 comedy Good Burger, one of Nickelodeon’s earliest movies.

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 ...