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Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America Recoups Investment

Will Ferrell
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Will Ferrell
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Will Ferrell’s Broadway show You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush has recouped its $2.09 million investment. The show, which has been directed by Adam McKay, is running at Cort Theatre through March 15.

As previously reported, HBO will broadcast a live telecast of the show on March 14.

Ferrell’s film and television credits include Saturday Night Live, Old School, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory, and the film version of The Producers, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for his work as Franz Liebkind.

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