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Elf is a musical based on the 2003 motion picture, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the film. The musical premiered on Broadway in the Christmas season of 2010 and was revived in 2012 and 2024.
Elf: The Musical is the latest in this long line of silver screen-to-Broadway adaptations. While the show shares characters, a story arc and even dialogue with the 2003 holiday movie that stars ...
At the time, Favreau, 58, was shooting what would become one of the most iconic Christmas movies of all time: Elf. Flash forward 21 years, and Astin, 53, is making his Broadway debut
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Elf The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 2003 Will Ferrell Christmas comedy, will return to the Great White Way this holiday season in a new production led ...
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas received positive reviews from critics. The review-aggregation website Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 74 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
On Rotten Tomatoes, Elf holds an approval rating of 86%, based on 203 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A movie full of Yuletide cheer, Elf is a spirited, good-natured family comedy, and it benefits greatly from Will Ferrell's funny and charming performance as one of Santa's biggest helpers."
There's an "Elf" Broadway musical. "Elf" during its opening night. Michael Stewart/WireImage/Getty Images. For just a few short weeks at the end of 2010, ...
[10] [4] [12] He co-wrote the book for the production of the musical Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin which ran at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2010 [13] and premiered on Broadway in 2012. In 2011 he revised the book originally written by Peter Stone for the Off-Broadway musical Death Takes a Holiday with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston .