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You Can’t Take It With You
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
About the Play
Kaufman and Hart's madcap Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy.
Story:
Tony Kirby and Alice Sycamore fall in love but fear that their eccentric families may make a marriage impossible. Hoping they are wrong, the two plan a dinner at the home of the Sycamores. When Tony brings his family on the wrong night, though, the scene is set for a string of disastrous and hilarious events.
Playwright
Moss Hart
Playwright
George S. Kaufman
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Booth Theatre, Imperial Theatre, Ambassador Theatre
- Opening Night
- Dec 14, 1936
- Total Performances
- 838
- Original Cast
- Ruth Attaway, Jess Barker, Frank Conlan, Mitzi Hajos, Virginia Hammond, Franklin Heller, George Heller, Ralph Holmes, Josephine Hull, William J. Kelly, George Leach, Anna Lubowe, Oscar Polk, Hugh Rennie, Margot Stevenson, George Tobias, Henry Travers, Paula Trueman, Frank Wilcox
- Director
- George S. Kaufman
- Producer
- Sam H. Harris
- Scenic Design
- Donald Oenslager
1945 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- City Center
- Opening Night
- Mar 26, 1945
- Total Performances
- 17
- Original Cast
- Daisy Atherton, Charles Benjamin, Emma Bunting, John Clubley, Charles Collins, Lance Cunard, Charles Foley, Ulla Kazanova, Donald Keyes, Edward Kreisler, Richard Maloy, Lucille Marsh, George McLain, Eulabelle Moore, Spencer Sawyer, Dorothy Scott, John Souther, Dorothy Stone, Fred Stone
- Director
- Frank McCoy
- Producer
- Frank McCoy
- Scenic Design
- Harry Gordon Bennett
1965 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Lyceum Theatre
- Opening Night
- Nov 23, 1965
- Total Performances
- 239
- Original Cast
- Claribel Baird, Joseph Bird, Patricia Conolly, Clayton Corzatte, Keene Curtis, Chuck Daniel, Gordon Gould, James Greene, Jennifer Harmon, Rosemary Harris, Betty Miller, Donald Moffat, Robert Moss, George Pentecost, Nat Simmons, Dee Victor, Sydney Walker, Paulette Waters, Richard Woods
- Director
- Ellis Rabb
- Scenic Design
- James Tilton
- Costume Design
- Nancy Potts
- Lighting Design
- James Tilton
1967 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Lyceum Theatre
- Opening Night
- Feb 10, 1967
- Total Performances
- 16
- Original Cast
- Joseph Bird, Dan Bly, Olivia Cole, Patricia Conolly, Clayton Corzatte, Keene Curtis, Anita Dangler, Gwyda DonHowe, Anne Francine, Alan Fudge, Gordon Gould, James Greene, Jennifer Harmon, Rosemary Harris, Nikos Kafkalis, Michael Alan MacDonald, Nicholas Martin, Betty Miller, Donald Moffat, George Pentecost, Stephen Peters, Christine Pickles, Ellis Rabb, Nat Simmons, Marco St. John, James Storm, Joel Stuart, Dee Victor, Sydney Walker, Paulette Waters, Richard Woods
- Director
- Ellis Rabb
- Producer
- APA-Phoenix Repertory Company
- Scenic Design
- James Tilton
- Costume Design
- Nancy Potts
- Lighting Design
- Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.
1983 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Plymouth Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 4, 1983
- Total Performances
- 312
- Original Cast
- James Coco, Colleen Dewhurst, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Wilson, Maureen Anderman, Carol Androsky, William Castleman, Jack Dodson, Alice Drummond, Wayne Elbert, Christopher Foster, Arthur French, Page Johnson, Rosetta LeNoire, Bill McCutcheon, Meg Mundy, Orrin Reiley, Nicolas Surovy, Richard Woods
- Director
- Ellis Rabb
- Scenic Design
- James Tilton
- Costume Design
- Nancy Potts
- Lighting Design
- James Tilton
2014 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Longacre Theatre
- Opening Night
- Sep 28, 2014
- Total Performances
- 169
- Original Cast
- James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Will Brill, Johanna Day, Annaleigh Ashford, Elizabeth Ashley, Rose Byrne, Nick Corley, Crystal A. Dickinson, Austin Durant, Julie Halston, Byron Jennings, Marc Damon Johnson, Patrick Kerr, Fran Kranz, Mark Linn-Baker, Reg Rogers, Joe Tapper
- Director
- Scott Ellis
- Producer
- Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Dominion Pictures, Gutterman Goldsmith, Daryl Roth, Terry Schnuck, Jane Bergère, Caiola Productions, Rebecca Gold, LaRuffa Hinderliter, Gabrielle Palitz, Spisto & Kierstead, SunnySpot Productions, VenuWorks Theatricals, Jessica Genick and Will Trice
- Scenic Design
- David Rockwell
- Costume Design
- Jane Greenwood
- Lighting Design
- Donald Holder
- Sound Design
- Jon Weston
1938 Film Version
- Movie Name
- You Can’t Take it With You
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Screenplay
- Robert Riskin
- Starring
- Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore
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2015 Tony Award Nominations
Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play - Annaleigh Ashford
Best Revival Of A Play
Best Direction Of A Play
Best Scenic Design Of A Play
Best Costume Design Of A Play
2015 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play - Annaleigh Ashford
Outstanding Featured Actress In A Play - Julie Halston
1983 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Maureen Anderman
1966 Tony Award Nominations
Best Direction of a Play
1937 Pulitzer Prize Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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