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You Can’t Take It With You

You Can’t Take It With You

by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

Award-Winning
Comedy
Large Cast (14+)

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You Can’t Take It With You





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.


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Cast and Creative Team

Playwright

Playwright
Moss Hart

Playwright

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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Videos

DVD
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Awards and Reviews

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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