You Can鈥檛 Take It With You began previews on Aug. 26, 2014, and officially opened Sept. 28 at the Longacre.
Directed by six-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner , the production stars Tony winner .
The cast of You Can鈥檛 Take It With You also includes Anna Chlumsky as Alice Sycamore, Tony Award winner as The Grand Duchess Olga, Tony Award nominee as Essie Carmichael, Tony Award nominee as Mrs. Kirby, three-time Drama Desk nominee as Gay Wellington, as Mr. Kirby, as Mr. De Pinna, as Tony Kirby, Tony Award nominee as Penelope Sycamore, Tony Award nominee as Boris Kolenkhov, Emmy Award-winning screen and stage star as Paul Sycamore, as Ed Carmichael, as a G-Man, Theatre World Award winner as Rheba, as a G-Man, as Donald, as Henderson and Joe Tapper as a G-Man. Tony winner penned original music for the revival.
The production also has set design by Tony Award nominee , costume design by 2014 Special Tony Award recipient , lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner , sound design by Jon Weston and hair and wig design by Tom Watson.
"Family can do crazy things to people. And the Sycamore family is a little crazy to begin with," according to press notes. "James Earl Jones heads the wackiest household to ever hit Broadway in Kaufman and Hart鈥檚 Pulitzer Prize-winning classic You Can鈥檛 Take It With You. He plays wily Grandpa Vanderhof, leader of a happily eccentric gang of snake collectors, cunning revolutionaries, ballet dancers and skyrocket makers. But when the youngest daughter brings her fianc茅 and his buttoned-up parents over for dinner, that鈥檚 when the real fireworks start to fly."
The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theatre on Dec. 14, 1936, and played for 837 performances. The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
You Can鈥檛 Take It With You was produced by , , Jam Theatricals, Dominion Pictures, Gutterman & Winkler, , Terry Schnuck, , Caiola Productions, Rebecca Gold, LaRuffa & Hinderliter, Gabrielle Palitz, Spisto & Kierstead, SunnySpot Productions, VenuWorksTheatricals, Jessica Genick and .
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