The Broadway show "Good Night, and Good Luck" has broken box office records since its opening this April. The play stars George Clooney, who also starred in and co-wrote the movie it's based on. This June,

Decades before CNN agreed to a live telecast of Broadway’s Good Night, and Good Luck on June 7, George Clooney had originally envisioned it as a special for CBS, not a movie for theaters and a play on Broadway.

Production company 2929 Entertainment, owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban, Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media and Clooney are financing the effort.