Elf The Musical is making a holiday Broadway return! Shucked and Mean Girls' Grey Henson will star in the title role, with performances set to begin November 9 at the Marquis Theatre. Opening night will be November 17, and the limited engagement will continue through January 4, 2025.

“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,” says Henson in a statement. “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!”

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, and video design by Ian William Galloway. Alan Williams will be music supervisor.

Further casting, by The Telsey Office's Rachel Hoffman, is to be announced.

Temple Live Entertainment and Crossroads Live North America are producing.

Tickets are available at ElfOnBroadway.com.