Elf - The Musical Reading reviews
Very entertaining evening!
Having loved the movie and wanting to take in a Christmas show with the family besides the spectacular - we opted to see Elf. It was a great choice! The actor playing elf had big shoes to fill and he nailed it!! Fantastic! Also noteworthy was the young boy - very nice harmonies with the mom. Most of the songs that were added in did compliment the story and the show stayed pretty true to the movie. My youngest daughter felt that perhaps there was too much question about Santa being real for her liking. Two points - would have really liked them to sing Santa Claus is coming to town and get the audience to participate to make the sled fly as in the movie. This doesn't happen and would work nicely instead of that generic song. Second - audience members - PLEASE show respect and wait till the show is over before dashing out. Never saw so much of that until this show - VERY VERY RUDE!