Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America

What can be said about Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America? That is, apart from the fact that it broke house records in the first half of the month and has already recouped its investments? Well…it seems to be doing well. This irreverent goofy political satire of our latest president, George Bush is going to be playing at the Cort Theater in New York until March 15th. When the show opened on Broadway at the beginning of the month it marked Will Ferrell’s Broadway debut, and what a debut it has been! The show features a dancing Condelezza Rice, a move-busting body-guard…of the strong and silent type, not to mention the satirically disrespectful look at the former President Bush.

Will Ferrell’s fan base has come to know and love him as the bumbling and misguided Buddy, the man who thinks he’s an elf;  Ron Burgundy, in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy; and other such unusual and fascinating roles. As the fascinating actor who has made a career out of playing the buffoon on the show, has garnered a wide following for himself in film, and it looks like he is now doing the same thing on stage. What will happen when Will Ferrell comes to Broadway once more? Will he come to Broadway again…and what will the script be next time? At least for now fans can get Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America tickets from StubHub.com.

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