NEW YORK—Haul out the holly and pull out the tinsel: Broadway gets into the Christmas spirit with the second Broadway revival of “Elf: The Musical.” First seen in 2010, the holiday staple has a book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin and is based on the film of the same name.
On a snowy Christmas Eve nearly 30 years ago, an orphaned baby boy crawled out of the window of an orphanage and into Santa Claus’ sleigh, which was parked nearby. The tiny stowaway hid deep inside a gigantic bag of toys. Santa (Sean Astin), who had stopped to deliver presents to deserving boys and girls, didn’t discover the tiny stowaway until he until they'd returned to the North Pole.
