George Clooney’s Broadway debut makes for a good-ish night

But Clooney’s performance is muted. His small gestures – a drop of the head, a tormented facial expression – would play better on camera than in the vast Winter Garden Theatre. Established stage actors, including Paul Gross as network honcho William Paley, Glenn Fleshler as Murrow’s colleague Fred Friendly and Clark Gregg as newscaster Don Hollenbeck, a man defeated by persistent red-baiting attacks, fill out the strong supporting cast.