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Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season

Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season

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#1Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 11:29am

A limited engagement of Elf The Musical is headed to Broadway this holiday season! Starring Grey Henson in the title role, the musical will open this November at the Marquis Theatre. Following two hugely successful, record-breaking seasons in London’s West End in 2022 and 2023, this production of Elf The Musical will be new to Broadway and will mark the musical’s return for the first time in over a decade. 

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#2Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 11:31am

Well, there’s one Broadway performance already booked for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

Big Broadway season for Bob Martin, who’ll have this, Smash, and Betty Boop. 


Oh look, a bibu!

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#3Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 11:36am

Grey Henson is pretty perfect casting.


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#4Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 11:53am

^ Yes, absolutely perfect. This will be fun. 

 

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#5Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 11:59am

Great choice.  This will be fun

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#6Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 12:13pm

It's a bit odd for the tour to be playing in Red Bank, NJ the week of Nov. 19. Not sure if the tour is equity or non-equity. Tour tickets are usually much cheaper.


A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

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#7Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 1:12pm

Did not have this on my 2024 bingo card. Lol 


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#8Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 1:20pm

ACL2006 said: "It's a bit odd for the tour to be playing in Red Bank, NJ the week of Nov. 19. Not sure if the tour is equity or non-equity. Tour tickets are usually much cheaper."

It's non-Equity. Still weird they're allowing the productions to overlap

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#9Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 2:38pm

Very Different productions. 

Broadway is a first class equity production (from Uk) directed by McKinley with chroreograpjy by Steel.

https://elfonbroadway.com/ 

Tour is non-equity NETworks production directed by Scalamoni with choreography by Gallagher that’s been around for 6+ years …

https://elfthemusicaltour.com/

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#10Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 2:58pm

Would be fun if they could get Barrett Wilbert Weed as Jovie. 

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#11Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 3:02pm

Great casting...he's adorable. 

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#12Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 3:14pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Would be fun if they could getBarrett Wilbert Weed as Jovie."

Lindsay Heather Pearce posted something about Elf on her insta earlier this week, I wonder if this was it


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#13Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/10/24 at 3:30pm

How similar is this UK version to the Casey N stagings previously seen on Broadway?

NGL, it’s nice to see Matthew Sklar back on Broadway after his surprisingly good score for The Prom. I’d love to see him conduct his Elf score… or sub on Sunset Boulevard!


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Updated On: 9/10/24 at 03:30 PM

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#14Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/11/24 at 5:11am

I think Sklar is one of our most underrated composers!

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#15Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/11/24 at 9:46am

I don’t think Grey Henson is famous enough to get away with not putting his first name in a title. 

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#16Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/11/24 at 4:37pm

I've heard that Mackenzie Kurtz is playing Jovie. I would LOVE to get Beth Leavel back on Broadway re-creating her Emily. 

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#17Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/11/24 at 5:49pm

It is an entirely new production that has been done in London/UK the last few years

technically TONY eligible for revival but doubt they go through the hoops

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#18Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 9/11/24 at 10:36pm

ChrisTyler1288 said: "I've heard that Mackenzie Kurtz is playing Jovie. I would LOVE to get Beth Leavel back on Broadway re-creating her Emily."

Mackenzie Kurtz as Jovie would be pretty perfect casting.


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#20Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:09pm

KevinKlawitter said: "Sean Astin joins the cast - will make Broadway debut as Santa"

Austin must need a paycheck. It's such a small role.


A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

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#21Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:09pm

IdinaBellFoster said: "ChrisTyler1288 said: "I've heard that Mackenzie Kurtz is playing Jovie. I would LOVE to get Beth Leavel back on Broadway re-creating her Emily."

Mackenzie Kurtz as Jovie would be pretty perfect casting.
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Samantha Pauley said she was in final callbacks for Jovie but didn’t get it. She played Jovie in a big Chicago production a few years back. 


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#22Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:11pm

bigbelterbaby said: "IdinaBellFoster said: "ChrisTyler1288 said: "I've heard that Mackenzie Kurtz is playing Jovie. I would LOVE to get Beth Leavel back on Broadway re-creating her Emily."

Mackenzie Kurtz as Jovie would be pretty perfect casting.
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Samantha Pauley said she was in final callbacks for Jovie but didn’t get it. She played Jovie in a big Chicago production a few years back.
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Oh that's disappointing because she was lovely in that production


I'm just here so I don't get fined

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#23Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:22pm

ACL2006 said: "Astin must need a paycheck. It's such a small role."

Maybe he needs to pay off his Master's Degree in Public Administration and Policy from American University, which he completed earlier this year. I heard him speak very passionately at a Kamala Harris event and he's an incredibly articulate and interesting public speaker.

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#24Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:32pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "ACL2006 said: "Astin must need a paycheck. It's such a small role."

Maybe he needs to pay off his Master's Degree inPublic Administration and Policy from American University, which he completed earlier this year. I heard him speak very passionately at a Kamala Harris event and he's an incredibly articulate and interesting public speaker.
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I've had a crush on Sean Astin for most of my life. From Mikey in Goonies (which was age appropriate at the time as I was 11) to Bob on Stranger Things, my affection has grown along with his waist size (and mine). This might actually get me to buy a ticket. 

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#25Henson Will Lead ELF THE MUSICAL on Broadway This Holiday Season
Posted: 10/3/24 at 12:56pm

Well I just went from no desire to ever seeing this again to making sure I’m there multiple times. 


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