George Clooney has a new look!

The 63-year-old actor unveiled a surprising metamorphosis, swapping his characteristic silver hair for a new brunette look. Clooney was photographed in New York City’s SoHo district on Saturday, March 9, wearing a medium brown hue.

He also sported off-white pants, a black leather jacket, Adidas sneakers, and sunglasses.

The star’s dramatic new look is for his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, which begins previews on Wednesday, March 12, at New York City’s Winter Garden Theatre, with an opening night on Thursday, April 3.

Grant Heslov co-wrote and stars in the play, which is a stage version of the film from 2005. Clooney and Heslov co-wrote the play after working on the screenplay for the original film, which was about CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow’s iconic exposé on Senator Joseph McCarthy.

In the film, Clooney plays Fred Friendly, a news producer. However, in the Broadway production, he will play Murrow, a character for whom David Strathairn received an Oscar nod in 2006.

Mac Brandt will play Colonel Anderson with Clooney in Good Night and Good Luck. Will Dagger as Don Hewitt, Christopher Denham as John Aaron, and Glenn Fleshler as Fred Friendly. Ilana Glazer plays Shirley Wershba, Clark Gregg as Don Hollenbeck, Paul Gross as William F. Paley, Georgia Heers as Ella, Carter Hudson as Joe Wershba, Fran Kranz as Palmer Williams, Jennifer Morris as Millie Green, Michael Nathanson as Eddie Scott, Andrew Polk as Charlie Mack, and Aaron Roman Weiner as Don Surine.

R. Ward Duffy, Joe Forbrich, Imani Rousselle, Greg Stuhr, JD Taylor, and Sophia Tzougros complete the cast.

During an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, Feb. 18, Clooney said that, despite co-writing the film and the play, learning his lines for the Broadway musical has been “a nightmare.”

“I don’t remember my kids’ names!” Clooney, who is married to Amal, has 7-year-old twins Alexander and Ella. “I’m 63!”

“It’s odd. When I worked in the ER, we’d do 12 pages of medical conversation every day, and you could just walk in and whip it out.” I was 30 years old,” Clooney continued. He then exhibited his recollection of the phrase “supraventricular tachycardia,” which he claims he has “never gotten wrong since” filming the 1994 drama. “Now I can’t remember anything,” he explained.