You�re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush Tickets now on sale to the general public

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for film and television star Will Ferrell�s upcoming Broadway debut in his new one-man show You�re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush.

The show which also features Patrick Ferrell, Pia C. Glenn and Michael Delaney, opens at the Cort Theatre on 5 Feb 2009, following previews from 20 Jan for a limited engagement running through to 15 Mar 2009.

You�re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush will be directed by Adam McKay, Ferrell�s longtime collaborator, and director of the comedy classics 'Anchorman,' 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,' and this summer�s box office hit 'Step Brothers.'

You�re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush is being produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Steve Traxler the producing team behind the current August: Osage County and Speed-The-Plow and the upcoming Broadway revival of Noel Coward's comedy Blithe Spirit, as well as Will Ferrell and Adam McKay�s Gary Sanchez Productions with Executive Producer Jessica Elbaum.

Ferrell has come a long way since his days on 'Saturday Night Live,' crossing over from television icon to motion picture star. Most recently, Ferrell reunited with John C. Reilly in the comedy 'Step Brothers.' Ferrell also reunited with longtime collaborator, writer/director Adam McKay, to co-write the screenplay. Released this July, 'Step Brothers' went to earn over $100 million domestically.

In 2006 Ferrell earned his second Golden Globe nomination (Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical) for his portrayal of IRS agent 'Harold Crick' in last year�s 'Stranger Than Fiction,' starring opposite Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah and Maggie Gyllenhaal for director Marc Forester. That same year Ferrell starred in the hit comedy 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby' with co-stars John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen.

In the summer of 2004, Ferrell starred in the comedy 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' for DreamWorks Pictures. Ferrell co-wrote the script with writer Adam McKay. Judd Apatow produced, with David O. Russell (Three Kings) executive producing. Ferrell portrayed 'Ron Burgundy,' a 1970s anchorman with an inflated ego threatened by the arrival of an ambitious female newscaster who, unlike him, has mastered journalism. Ferrell and McKay plan to team up again to release a sequel in 2010.

Ferrell completed his seventh and final season on the legendary NBC late-night hit 'Saturday Night Live 'in 2002, in which he impersonated President George W. Bush on the show's 'Indecision 2000'.

Adam McKay (Director) is a writer, director, and producer who has done the movies 'Anchorman,' 'Talladega Nights' and most recently, 'Step Brothers,' which he co-wrote with Will Ferrell. He is a former head writer of SNL and one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade. Other past credits include writing for Michael Moore's show 'The Awful Truth.' Most recently he co-founded the comedy website 'Funny or Die' and just finished producing the movie 'The Goods: The Don Ready Story.' He is currently in production on a comedy show for HBO through his production company with Will Ferrell, Gary Sanchez Productions.