‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ revisits history and is set to make some on Saturday. Here’s how to watch

By Lisa Respers France, CNN

(CNN) — History will be made Saturday.

For the first time ever, a performance of a record-breaking Broadway production will broadcast and stream live on CNN and CNN International.

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The play, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” stars George Clooney as veteran CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow as he takes a stand against the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s. The story is based on the 2005 film of the same name.

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Clooney drew a through line from the era in which Murrow questioned Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy’s actions to today’s political landscape.

“Although McCarthyism was bad, it wasn’t anywhere near as pervasive as it is right now, the kind of fear that you see k