AT LAST, THE BROADWAY COMEDY WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, one of the most popular comedies in America is back-with a hilarious ensemble cast ready to light up Broadway.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning, uproarious family affair is led by the legendary James Earl Jones, and features an outrageous cast of 20, including Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne (Neighbors, Bridesmaids), Tony Award nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Tony Award nominee Annaleigh Ashford (Kinky Boots, Masters of Sex) and Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley.
Long before "Modern Family," there was the Sycamore family. Now playing at the Longacre Theatre, you can join this madcap clan as they live, love and laugh in an evening sure to end up with fireworks. Don't let them light the fuse without you!
'You Can't Take It With You' declares itself in a stage direction: 'This is a house where you do as you like, and no questions asked.' That license to live the carefree life of children at play, extended by this 1936 comedy classic by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, appealed to a nation sunk in the Great Depression. But for a modern audience paranoid about 'entitlements,' not so much. That's one excuse, anyway, for this curiously inert revival helmed by Scott Ellis. Toplined by the great James Earl Jones and Rose Byrne, a perfectly swell cast can't convince us that they're having fun living the life of social parasites.
Most deliciously, there is the dancing daughter, played by Annaleigh Ashford -- almost entirely on her toes -- with a joyful combination of humor and virtuosity. Jane Greenwood's terrific costumes appreciate that people without money are not people without style. And there are pet snakes and a massive turntable set used perhaps once too often and, just in case too much is never enough, a basket of kittens to admire.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Annaleigh Ashford |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Julie Halston |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Annaleigh Ashford |
2015 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Scott Ellis |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Annaleigh Ashford |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Julie Halston |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | You Can't Take it with You |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Jane Greenwood |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Scott Ellis |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Annaleigh Ashford |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Larry Magid |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | You Can't Take it with You |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Sydney Beers |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Julia C. Levy |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Harold Wolpert |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Todd Haimes |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Roundabout Theatre Company |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Will Trice |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jessica Genick |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Venuworks Theatricals |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | SunnySpot Productions |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Spisto & Kierstead |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Gabrielle Palitz |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Laruffa & Hinderliter |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Rebecca Gold |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Caiola Productions |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jane Bergere |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Terry Schnuck |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Daryl Roth |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Gutterman & Winkler |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Dominion Pictures |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | JAM Theatricals |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jerry Frankel |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jeffrey Richards |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | David Rockwell |
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