Leavel, Jacoby, Wendt & More to Star in ELF on Broadway; Production Team Announced

[Rob]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 3:45pm

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[PRFRMR20]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 3:57pm

Does this mean Noah Weisberg will be Buddy? He is not listed in the company and I highly doubt he would turn down the Buddy u/s...

[WSS2]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 4:06pm

Love Leavel...wish it was a better project for her

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 4:09pm

This is shaping up to be a great cast

Jacoby was brilliant in Fiddler at the Walnut

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 4:13pm

Good stuff... Good stuff.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 4:30pm

Nice looking cast. So happy for Mark Jacoby who has been landing some great roles these past few years. Loved him in WST's Fiddler and 42nd St. Beth Leavel is such a great talent and Wendt is well equipped to play drama (12 Angry Men) and comedy equally well...IMO.

Agreed, sounds like family fun...and we need a lot of that.

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:05pm

What a waste of Leavel's talent. She should be starring in something better than this.

[BwayTday]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:13pm

Although I know that you could be judging basing it on the production team, I trust that the people saying that this isn't "up to her talents" have seen the workshops and such.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:26pm

Go Gumley!
How can you say Leavel deserves better when it hasn't even happened yet? Geez
Last time she worked with Martin and Casey, well, we all know what happened.
The design team is all A-list.

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:42pm

Deb is Walter's secretary, right? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[E.Davis]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:51pm

It is weird because I would expect beth to be playing the Mary Steenburgen Role....Not the Amy Sederis. Hopefully they have expanded the role....

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 7:04pm

Beth Leavel IS playing the Mary Steenburgen role (Emily).

[E.Davis]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 7:51pm

Excuse my last post.....I have a momentary brain fart, it has been a long day.

[broadwayboy987]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 8:20pm

I am EXTREMELY excited for this and really hope I get to see this! Beth Leavel is amazing, and George Wendt is great to.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 10:30pm

I've never seen the movie, can someone who has explain Gumley's role of Michael? He seems to get good billing, is it prominent to the plot?

[Kad]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 10:44pm

Michael is a fairly prominent role. He's the son of Jacoby's character, who Buddy befriends.

"What a waste of Leavel's talent. She should be starring in something better than this."

What, like Mamma Mia?

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 8/11/10 at 10:57pm

Is there any word yet on who might play the two actual leads? I know it was said that Noah Weisberg might be up for Buddy, but I don't see any of that in the announcement. Plus what about Jovie (the Zooey Deschanel character)?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/12/10 at 2:13am

I have no idea if she's continuing with it, but Amy Spanger played Jovie in at least one of the readings.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/12/10 at 12:06pm

And who's playing Papa Elf?

[leobloom3]

Posted: 8/12/10 at 11:33pm

I saw the reading and think this should be lots of fun

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 10:13am

I hear Sebastian Arcelus is playing Buddy.

[Dsiggy15]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:22pm

Beth Leavel is one of my favorite broadway actresses of today but I feel as if her career is going downhill...She was in such great shows like 42nd Street, Crazy for You, Drowsy (my favorite) and then she went on to do Mamma Mia and Elf...Hope she pulls out of this soon because we are wasting such great talent on mediocre shows.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:57pm

How would you know if ELF is "downhill"? Have you seen the show? No. No one has because it's in rehearsal. It could be BRILLIANT.

Besides, work is work. Girl's gotta work.

[PitPro2004]

Posted: 8/22/10 at 8:30pm

I agree with KAD about Beth, but she's getting a HUUUUUUGE salary to be in MM from what I was told.

Had Casey not been a part of the ELF team, I'd also throw in my doubts, but I'm going to give this one a shot and say it will be okay.

[Dsiggy15]

Posted: 8/23/10 at 2:19am

Just look at the movie, sure it was funny but not mean to be a broadway show. No point.