from November 2, 2010. Casey Nicholaw directed. The final performance took place January 2, 2011 after a run of 15 preview and 57 regular performances. A Broadway cast recording was released on November 1, 2011. Leading the original cast was Wicked and Jersey Boys star Sebastian Arcelus, who was joined by Broadway alums Amy Spanger and Beth Leavel. North American tours (2012 to 2017) Presented by NETworks, a mini-tour of the musical played several cities across North America in the 2012 holiday season. Two separate tours, running simultaneously, began in 2013, and the musical toured again in the holiday seasons in 2014, 2015, and 2016. A limited US/Canadian tour in 2017 featured Erik Gratton as Buddy, with direction by Sam Scalamoni and choreography by Connor Gallagher. It stopped at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City with George Wendt playing Santa. TimeOut said it was one of the best Christmas shows in New York that year. Broadway revival (2012–13) Following the success of the 2010 production, the musical returned to the Al Hirschfeld for a second holiday season beginning November 9, 2012, on a run through January 6, 2013. This new production featured a revised book and a brand new opening number "Happy All the Time." West End (2015–16) A production of the musical opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 24, 2015, for a 10-week run until January 2, 2016, after brief runs with substantially the same cast at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, in December 2014) and at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin from December 2014 to January 2015). The West End production featured Ben Forster as Buddy and Kimberley Walsh as Jovie. It received mixed reviews. In 2015 it was reported that the production was the fastest selling show since the Dominion Theatre opened in 1929. Other noteworthy productions A production ran at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington, from November 30 to December 31, 2012. A Canadian production ran from November 20, 2012, to January 6, 2013, at Neptune Theatre (Halifax), Nova Scotia. A 2013 touring production ran under the name Elf the Musical. A regional production ran at the Paper Mill Playhouse from November 26, 2014 until January 4, 2015. There was a late 2017 UK tour ending January 14, 2018 in The Lowry theatre in Salford, England, with Ben Forster as Buddy. On December 24, 2017, a film of the