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February 11, 2009 additions:

Village Voice

Busched and Ambushed in The Third Story and You're Welcome America by Michael Feingold

New York Post

Will Ferrell's Bush League Show
He'll do anything for a laugh -- even insult dead troops

The Guardian

The Guardian

Ferrell's George Bush makes an impression on Broadway
Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush has captured the paying public's imagination but is as outdated as its subject, says Alexis Soloski

New York Magazine

Bush and Busch
Comic man-child Will Ferrell takes his perfect role to Broadway. Plus: The battling queens of The Third Story.

February 7, 2009 additions:

Time Out New York

Review: You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush
Will Ferrell gives ex-President Bush a final turn in the spotlight.

Bergen Record

Ferrell show uses sound strategery

ny1

NY1 Theater Review: "You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush"

The Gawker: Theater

You're Welcome America: It's Saturday Night Live, Live! On Stage!

 

AmericanTheaterWeb

Review - You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush - Ferrell's Bush, Not Unexpectedly, Amuses

New York Times

The Comedy of Ineptitude, Political Division
Will Ferrell, in his Broadway debut, provides a critic-proof demonstration of the art of acting stupid, shrewdly, for fun and profit.

New York Daily News

Ferrell is stupid good as Bush
Who would have guessed that old Mr. Unpopularity, George Bush, would be packing them in on Broadway? Then again, it's got next to nada to do with Dubya and everything to do with the actor playing him, Will Ferrell.

amNY New York City Theater

Theater Review of You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush
"I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." That is a real George W. Bush quote.

Newsday

Review: Will Ferrell on Broadway
A solo comedy about the new ex-president. ... Surely, it's too late. Or else it's too soon. Isn't it too easy? On the other hand, aren't the last eight years too serious to be spoofed yet again as light entertainment? ... The happy answer is no. Ferrell is terrific - sly and subtle, even brave.

New York Post

By George, it's a Ferrell of laughs
At this point, the prospect of spending an evening in the company of George W. Bush hardly sounds appealing, whatever your political...

Washington Post

Peter Marks Theater Review: 'You're Welcome America'
Ferrell's Frat-Boy 'Bush' Freshens Broadway Show

Associated Press

Will Ferrell Relives 8 Years of George W. Bush
Already feeling masochistically nostalgic for the misadventures of the previous presidential administration?.

Bloomberg.com

Will Ferrell's Broadway Bush Lap-Dances With Condi Rice: Jeremy Gerard
In the pantheon of presidential impersonators, Will Ferrell as George W. Bush is first among equals. Chevy Chase’s Gerald Ford, Rich Little’s Nixon, Jim Morris’s Reagan all have their fans.

USA Today

To Ferrell and 'You're Welcome America': Thanks for nothing
It's tough to say who should be more offended by You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush (* 1/2 out of four): the 43rd...

Hollywood Reporter

Theater Review: You're Welcome, America
He has left the White House, but George W. Bush remains fuel for satire, especially in the adroit hands of comedian and film star Will Ferrell.

Variety

Review: You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W Bush
If bleak reality has distracted much of the nation from the massive sigh of relief it might otherwise have heaved when president No. 43 exited the White House, Will Ferrell provides a cathartic, almost cleansing farewell in "You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W Bush."

Back Stage

You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush reviewed by David Sheward [critic's pick]
It's appropriate that the humor level is sophomoric in You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush, Will Ferrell's combination standup act and extended comedy skit.

TheaterMania

Review: You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush
Will Ferrell's 80-minute show about the 43rd President of the United States will strike some audiences as hilarious and others as unnecessarily vulgar.

Talkin' Broadway

Review: You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush
He’s baaaaaaaaaaaaack!