Jennifer Lopez and her teen, Emme Maribel Muñiz, 17, certainly had a good night on Broadway.
The two sported sleek coordinating black tie looks with a vintage velvet flair at the Broadway debut of George Clooney, whom Lopez, 55, once costarred with in Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 film, Out Of Sight.
Lopez recently attended the Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s Othello, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington, with Emme, and referred to them as “the best date” in an Instagram post.
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The This Is Me… Now: A Love Story star has a close bond with Emme. In 2020, Lopez told PEOPLE, “It’s unconditional love. I know everybody feels this way about their kids, but I just feel like they’re super special. I can’t wait to see what they do.”
Lopez and her ex-husband, Marc Anthony, welcomed Emme and their twin brother Max in 2008.
Clooney, 63, is starring in Good Night, and Good Luck, a stage adaptation of the 2005 film of the same name. Clooney helped adapt the script for the stage and stars in the leading role. The play recounts the legendary moment when CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow uncovered Senator Joseph McCarthy’s corruption.
The actor featured in the original film but played the role of producer Fred W. Friendly. In the stage play, Clooney steps into Murrow’s shoes. David Strathairn, who played Murrow in the film, earned an Oscar nomination for the part in 2006.
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Clooney was partly inspired to take on the role by his father Nick Clooney’s work as a journalist.
“It seemed like a good time to remind ourselves how important journalism is to all of us and what a terrible state the country would be in without the Fourth Estate,” Clooney told Vulture. “Also, I think it’s a nice time to remind ourselves of us at our best—when we stood up to power and people did something very brave and unselfish.”
The play serves as Clooney’s New York theater debut. He previously starred in 1986’s Vicious in Los Angeles, and later at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater. Vicious followed the life story of Sid Vicious of the British punk band the Sex Pistols. This role famously earned the actor his first agent and on-camera role.
Tickets for Good Night, and Good Luck are now on sale. The play runs through June 8.
