Hail to the Chief: Benjamin Walker is Broadway’s Andrew Jackson

Benjamin Walker will hog the spotlight again, Fall 2010.

You can stop the nail biting, girls and gays. It’s official: Benjamin Walker is taking Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson to Broadway.

Wait, are you sure you fully understood that?

BENJAMIN WALKER IS GOING TO PLAY ANDREW JACKSON ON BROADWAY. IN LIKE EIGHT WEEKS.

LAPDANCES! FOR! EVERYONE!

As you may or may not have guessed, we’re a little excited, especially because there have been rumors to the contrary for months. But Benjamin Fucking Walker it is, which means that—aside from that whole oil spill and the Taliban and things—all is right in the universe.

The show opens in previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on September 21st, 2010. We’ll see you there — spare pairs of panties in tow, ready for tossing at the stage.

Read more (seriously, lots more) about Benjamin Walker and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

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