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| Grey Henson will star in Elf the Musical this holiday season. Credit: Rebecca J. Michelson |
A new production of Elf the Musical will hit Broadway just in time for the holidays. Following two runs in London's West End in 2022 and 2023, the new Elf will begin previews at the Marquis Theater on Nov. 9 with an official opening or unwrapping on Nov. 17 for a limited run through Jan. 4, 2025. Tony nominee Grey Henson (Mean Girls, Shucked) will star as Buddy the Elf who journeys from the North Pole to find his family in NYC.
"I cannot wait to play Buddy the Elf eight times a week, in this hilarious and joyful musical, during the most magical time of the year on Broadway,” said Grey Henson. “Elf has always been required yearly viewing for me, and I am so honored and excited to be fulfilling a lifelong dream of wearing tights on Broadway!”
Based on the 2003 film comedy starring Will Farrell, James Caan and Bob Newhart, Elf opened on Broadway in 2010 and was revived in 2012. The book is by Tony winners Thomas Meehan (The Producers, Annie) and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) and the score is by Matthew Sklar and Chad Begulein (The Wedding Singer, The Prom). This new production is directed by Philip Wm. McKinley (The Boy from Oz, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) with choreography by Olivier and Drama Desk nominee Liam Steel (Company).
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| Michael McKean and Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul. |
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| Lear deBessonet and Bartlett Sher Credit: Matthew Murphy |
“It is the deepest honor of my professional life to serve as the next Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, following the astonishing legacy of André Bishop,” said deBessonet. “From the moment I first stepped onto the campus at Lincoln Center, I felt a sense of awe and magic. From thrilling, important new plays and new musicals to exquisite revivals and revelatory explorations of the classics, I have experienced LCT as a place where intellectual rigor can live alongside wonder, imagination, and beauty. I believe the theater is a space for the creation and restoration of community - and it is my intention in this job is to be of service to the mission and boundless possibilities of LCT, to our city, and to the field. I am thrilled to work alongside my dear friend Bartlett Sher, whose artistry and vision have profoundly affected my work as a director, and the extraordinary board and staff of Lincoln Center Theater to lead this theater into its next chapter of great success.”
“Lincoln Center Theater is one of the most important theaters in America, and it has been led brilliantly by André Bishop leaving a legacy of exceptional quality and enormous strength,” said Sher. “At the same time, theater has never been more important to our culture for building discourse, engagement and community. Our magnificent theater spaces combined with our fantastic staff have led to profound and lasting work in the heart of New York and our nation. Lear deBessonet is an incredible artist and leader and I am deeply honored to collaborate with her as she guides Lincoln Center Theater into a transformative future.”
2024-25 Broadway/Off-Broadway/Awards Calendar
Fall 2024
Sept. 12--The Roommate (Booth)
Sept. 12--Counting and Cracking (Public Theater/NYU Skirball)
Sept. 12--Our Class (CSC/Arlekin Players) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Fall 2024
Sept. 12--The Roommate (Booth)
Sept. 12--Counting and Cracking (Public Theater/NYU Skirball)
Sept. 12--Our Class (CSC/Arlekin Players) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Sept. 19--Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song (Theater555)
Sept. 22--The Beacon (IRT)
Sept. 24--Ghost of John McCain (Soho Playhouse)
Sept. 24--Magnificent Bird/Book of Travelers (Playwrights Horizons) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Sept. 29--The Hills of California (Broadhurst)
Sept. 30--MCNEAL (Vivian Beaumont/LCT)
Oct. 1--Yellowface (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)
Oct. 1--Good Bones (Public)
Oct. 1--The Big Gay Jamboree (Orpheum)
Oct. 3--Safety Not Guaranteed (BAM)
Oct. 7--The Wind and the Rain: A Story About Suny's Bar (En Garde Arts/Vineyard Theater/Waterfront Museum)
Oct. 8--Bad Kreyol (MTC/Signature Theatre) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Oct. 9--The Counter (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
Oct. 10--Our Town (Barrymore)
Oct. 10--Deep History (Public)
Oct. 10--In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot (Playwrights Horizons) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Oct. 16--Hold On to Me Darling (Lortel)
Oct. 16--Vladimir (MTC/City Center Stage I)
Oct. 20--Sunset Boulevard (St. James)
Oct. 21--Drag The Musical (New World Stages)
Oct. 23--Left on Tenth (James Earl Jones)
Oct. 23--Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! (Soho Rep)
Oct. 24--Romeo and Juliet (Circle in the Square)
Oct. 27--We Live in Cairo (NYTW)
Oct. 28--Shit. Meet. Fan. (MCC Theater)
Oct. 29--Another Shot (Signature Theater Center)
Nov. 7--Walden (Second Stage/Kiser)
Nov. 8--Gatz (Elevator Repair Service/Public)
Nov. 10--We Are Your Robots (TFANA/Polonsky Shakespeare Center)
Nov. 11--What a Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Studio 54)
Nov. 12--Maybe Happy Ending (Belasco)
Nov. 14--Tammy Faye (Palace)
Nov. 14--King Lear (Kenneth Branagh Theater Company/The Shed)
Nov. 17--Elf the Musical (Marquis)
Nov. 19--Swept Away (Longacre)
Nov. 21--Death Becomes Her (Lunt-Fontanne)
Nov. 21--The Blood Quilt (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
Nov. 22--The Merchant of Venice (CSC/Arlekin Players) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Nov. 26--The Dead, 1904 (IRT/American Irish Historical Society)
Babe (New Group/Signature Center)
This Is My Favorite Song (Playwrights Horizons)
Winter 2024-25
Dec. 4--Annie (Theater at Madison Square Garden) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Dec. 11--All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich (Hudson) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Dec. 12--Cult of Love (Second Stage/Hayes)
Dec. 16--Eureka Day (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman)
Dec. 19--Gypsy (Majestic)
Jan. 20--The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard Theater)
Jan. 23--English (Roundabout/Todd Haimes Theater)
Jan. 25--Henry IV (TFANA/Polonsky Theater Center)
Feb. 13--Redwood (Nederlander)
Feb. 20--Liberation (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
Curse of the Starving Class (New Group/Signature Center)
Dakar 2000 (MTC/City Center Stage I)
A Knock on the Roof (NYTW)
Sumo (Ma-Yi Theater/Public)
2024-25
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
Romeo and Juliet w.Tom Holland/Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (?)
Spring 2025
March 10--Ghosts (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
March 23--Othello (Barrymore)
March 25--Old Friends (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman) (previews begins opening TBA)
March 30--The Swamp Dwellers (TFANA/Polonsky Shakespeare Center)
March--Wine in the Wilderness (CSC)
Mid-March--Purpose (Hayes)
April 5--BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical (Broadhurst)
April 6--The Last Five Years (Hudson)
April 17--Bowl EP (Vineyard Theater/National Black Theater)
April 21--Floyd Collins (LCT/Vivian Beaumont)
April 22--Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Marquis)
April 24--The Pirates of Penzance (Roundabout/Todd Haimes Theater)
May--Bus Stop (CSC/NAATCO/Transport Group)
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. (Public)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Good Night and Good Luck
Hold Me in the Water (Playwrights Horizons)
The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (New Group/Signature Center)
Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (NYTW)
Lunar Eclipse (Second Stage/Kiser)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (???)
Show Boat (Target Margin/NYU Skirball)
Smash
2025
Sugar Daddy
We Had a World (MTC/City Center Stage I)
Summer 2025
Twelfth Night (Public Theater/Delacorte)
2025-26
The Queen of Versailles
Fall 2025
Initiative (Public)
Waiting for Godot
2026
Hello, I'm Dolly
Future--Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death; Beaches the Musical; Beat Street; Black Orpheus; Come Fall in Love--The DDLJ Musical; Crazy Rich Asians; The Devil Wears Prada; Ella: An American Miracle; Everybody's Talking About Jamie; Frida, the Musical; Game of Thrones; The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation; High Noon; Imitation of Life; The Interestings; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Just in Time; The Karate Kid; La La Land; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; The Mousetrap; Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor; The Nanny; The Normal Heart/The Destiny of Me; Pal Joey; Particle Fever; Purple Rain; The Queen's Gambit; Rear Window; The Secret Garden; Sing Street; Soul Train; Studio 54; Working Girl.
2024-25 Broadway Season Breakdown
New Plays
All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich
Cult of Love
Good Night and Good Luck
The Hills of California
Job
Left on Tenth
MCNEAL
Oh, Mary!
Purpose
The Roommate
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
New Musicals
Boop! The Betty Boop Musical
Death Becomes Her
Maybe Happy Ending
Old Friends
Redwood
Smash
Swept Away
Tammy Faye
What a Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Play Revivals
English
Eureka Day
Glengarry Glen Ross
Home
Othello
Our Town
Romeo and Juliet
Yellow Face
Musical Revivals
Elf the Musical
Floyd Collins
Gypsy
The Last Five Years
Once Upon a Mattress
The Pirates of Penzance
Sunset Boulevard
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