Arrive Magazine - March/April, 2009

by LEAH REISMAN-SENES

Don’t Misun-
derestimate
Him
Will Ferrell makes
his Broadway debut

Although he is celebrated for many of his roles (overgrown frat boy Frank in Old School; wide-eyed Santa’s helper Buddy in Elf; Anchorman’s cheesy ’70s newscaster Ron Burgundy), Will Ferrell is perhaps best known and loved for

ave Date

MIDTOWN

the

Here Is Every. Four Decades of

Contemporary Art Through March 23

Paintings, photos, drawings, sculptures, films and videos highlight MoMA’s contemporary works, including new acquisitions from artists such as Nan Goldin.

moma.org

UPPER WEST SIDE
Grant and Lee in
War and Peace
Through
March 29
A fascinating windo w
into both men’s impact
on pre– and post–Civil
War America, includ-
ing President Grant’s
efforts to crack down
on the Ku Klux Klan and
enforce black voting
rights. nyhistory.org

CITY GUIDE
New York

his impressions of former President George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live. So it’s only fitting that Ferrell has brought along his most enduring character for his first-ever foray into Broadway, the one-man show You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush.

( The odd punctuation is intentional, a nod to Bush’s occasional lapses in grammar.)

You’re Welcome, which opened in previews Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, continues its run at the Cort Theatre through March 15. As for Ferrell, after conquering the world of television, film and even the Internet with his wildly popular online videos, taking on the Great White Way seems like the logical next step. To sum up in a single word the best argument for Ferrell’s Broadway debut at this point in his career: strategery. 212-239-6200; telecharge.com.

Black List
Toni Morrison,
Russell Simmons,
Al Sharpton, Sean
Combs and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar are
just a few of the
prominent black
Americans profiled
in an exhibit at the
Brooklyn Museum,
“The Black List
Project: Timothy

UPPER EAST SIDE
New York
Antiquarian
Book Fair
April 3–5
A treasure trove for book
lovers, past fairs have in-
cluded Virginia Woolf’s
day planners and first
editions of Kerouac’s On
the Road and Voltaire’s
Candide. See what’s
unearthed during its
49th year. 212-777-5218;
sanfordsmith.com

BRONX
The Orchid
Show
Through April 12
It doesn’t get more
beautiful than the New
York Botanical Garden’s
annual tribute to one
of nature’s most exotic
flowers, spectacularly
arranged in every con-
ceivable way. nybg.org

Toni Morrison

Greenfield-Sanders
and Elvis Mitchell.”
The project com-
prises filmed inter-
views conducted
by former New
York Times film
critic Mitchell
and portraits by
photographer
Greenfield-Sanders,
all with the goal
of examining the
black American ex-
perience. Through
March 29. 718-638-
5000; brooklyn
museum.org.