NewsPHOTO CALL: A First Look at James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Ashley, Rose Byrne, Annaleigh Ashford and Cast in Broadway's You Can't Take It With YouThe Broadway revival of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy You Can't Take It With You, starring Tony Award-winning theatre veteran James Earl Jones, began previews Aug. 26 at the Longacre Theatre prior to an official opening Sept. 28.
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Matthew Blank
September 23, 2014
Directed by six-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Scott Ellis, the production is currently scheduled for a 19-week limited engagement.
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A First Look at James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Ashley, Rose Byrne, Annaleigh Ashford and Cast in Broadway's You Can't Take It With You
Tony winner Jason Robert Brown has written original music for the revival.
The production also has set design by Tony Award nominee David Rockwell, costume design by 2014 Special Tony Award recipient Jane Greenwood, lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Donald Holder, 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’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic You Can’t 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 fiancé and his buttoned-up parents over for dinner, that’s 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.
Producers of the revival and The Humane Society of New York recently announced a new partnership to support the adoption of kittens that are used in the show; the kittens will be replaced periodically throughout the run as they outgrow their roles. Audience members will be able to visit the theatre lounge at the Longacre before the performance and at intermission to fill out application forms to adopt the kittens used in the show. All kittens are being provided by The Humane Society of New York and are being trained by Bill Berloni.
You Can’t Take It With You is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Dominion Pictures, Gutterman & Winkler, Daryl Roth, Terry Schnuck, Jane Bergere, Caiola Productions, Rebecca Gold, LaRuffa & Hinderliter, Gabrielle Palitz, Spisto & Kierstead, SunnySpot Productions, VenuWorksTheatricals, Jessica Genick and Will Trice.
Tickets are on sale by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting Telecharge.com.
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A First Look at James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Ashley, Rose Byrne, Annaleigh Ashford and Cast in Broadway's You Can't Take It With You