A ticket to paradise.
Julia Roberts journeyed to the Great White Way on Tuesday to attend a preview of her pal George Clooney’s Broadway debut in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which looked more like an opening night than a mere preview.
The “Erin Brockovich” star, 57, was not the only marquee name who turned out to see Clooney, 63, tread the boards at New York City’s Winter Garden Theatre. Anna Wintour, Vogue global editorial director and Condé Nast worldwide chief content officer, was also in the packed house Tuesday night.
The evening was a family affair for Roberts, who brought her husband Danny Moder, 56, and son Henry, 17, to cheer on her “Ocean’s 11” co-star.
The trio sat in the center left orchestra row G, an eyewitness told The Post, while Wintour, 75, watched from one seat off the aisle in the center left orchestra row H.
“Julia and her family were whisked to their aisle seats just before the lights went down, so nobody had time to so much as say ‘hello,’” the eyewitness shared.
The theatre-goer added, “Even Anna Wintour didn’t get to talk to her.”
An adaptation of Clooney’s 2005 Oscar-nominated film of the same name, “Good Night, and Good Luck” officially opened Thursday. The play follows legendary journalist and news anchor Edward R. Murrow’s public clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy during the latter’s reign of terror as head of the anti-communist HUAC committee.
Clooney, who directed, co-wrote and starred in the movie as Murrow’s co-producer Fred W. Friendly, this time plays the famed newsman in the David Cromer-directed stage adaptation.
After Tuesday night’s performance, the “Pretty Woman” actress and her family exited through the stage door to cheers from fans gathered hoping to see Clooney, who stopped to sign autographs when he emerged.
Roberts made a beeline for a waiting car after leaving the theater, though she waved to the crowd and beamed her famous megawatt smile before being whisked away.
The star has experienced Broadway from the other side of the orchestra, starring in the 2006 revival of Richard Greenberg’s 1997 play, “Three Days of Rain.” However, Roberts was walloped by critics for her performance.
“Hated the play. To be sadly honest, even hated her,” noti.group’s Clive Barnes wrote at the time. “At least I liked the rain – even if three days of it can seem an eternity.”
The Oscar-winner has starred alongside Clooney another in 7 films, including “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” (2002), “Ocean’s Twelve” (2004), “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007), “Money Monster” (2016), and “Ticket to Paradise” (2022).
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
