The upcoming Broadway revival of Elf the Musical has found its complete cast. The limited holiday engagement begins previews November 9 at the Marquis Theatre ahead of a November 17 opening night, and performances will continue through January 4, 2025.
As previously announced, the company will be led by Mean Girls and Shucked star Grey Henson as Buddy the Elf and Lord of the Rings and Stranger Things star Sean Astin as Santa. Newly announced to be joining them are Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins) as Emily Hobbs, Kayla Davion (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) as Jovie, Kalen Allen (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) as Store Manager, Michael Hayden (Carousel) as Walter Hobbs, Kai Edgar (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory) as Michael, Jennifer Sánchez (Pretty Woman) as Deb, and Michael Deaner (Leopoldstadt) as Little Boy.
The ensemble will include Bronwyn Tarboton (Harmony), Sydni Moon, Rodney Thompson (Funny Girl), Clifton Samuels (Amazing Grace), Michael Milkanin (Lempicka), David Paul Kidder (The Who’s Tommy), J Savage (Bad Cinderella), Corinne Broadbent, Halli Tolland (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Cameron Anika Hill (Oklahoma!), Peli Naomi Woods (Frozen), and DeMarius R. Copes (Mean Girls). Swings Lizz Picini, Austin Schulte, Asten Stewart (Aladdin), and Maria Briggs (Spamalot) will round out the company. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Rachel Hoffman.
The musical, based on the 2003 film starring Will Ferrell, features a book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin and songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The story follows Buddy, an orphaned human child raised by Santa's elves who travels to NYC in search of his biological family. The stage musical premiered on Broadway in 2010 and returned in 2012. A stop-motion animation film version of the musical was released in 2014 as Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.
The upcoming Broadway run will not be a restaging of the earlier runs, instead bringing over a 2015 production directed by Philip Wm. McKinley from London's West End. This version features choreography by Liam Steel, set and costume design by Tim Goodchild, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Ian William Galloway, and hair and wig design by Sam Cox. Alan Williams will be music supervisor, with orchestrations by Doug Besterman, dance arrangements by David Chase, and music direction by Nate Patten.
Temple Live Entertainment and Crossroads Live North America are producing.
Tickets are available at ElfOnBroadway.com.
