The 1936 comedy about a crazy mixed up arty family by the masters of their time, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, You Can’t Take it with You, is just as much fun today as it has been all these years. (I played Mr. DePinna in 1947 at Emory University.) With a superb familiar Broadway cast led by James Earl Jones as the grandfather, we are also introduced to a comic gem: Annaleigh Ashford. She’ll go far and high.
David Rockwell’s set, Donald Holder’s lighting, and Jane Greenwood’s costumes lift the production, and, as nimbly directed by Scott Ellis, the show cooks from start to finish. It’s filled with laughs and full of fun as innocent Tony (Fran Kranz) and, later, his square parents, are inserted into this band of nuts. If you don’t love it, I’ll give you a dollar.
