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Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU just opened last night, September 28, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street), after 32 previews. The production is directed by six-time Tony Award-nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Scott Ellis (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Twelve Angry Men, 1776) and will play a 19-week limited engagement. BroadwayWorld was there for the special evening and below, you can check out photos from inside the first official curtain call!

The complete cast of You Can't Take It With You includes: Tony Award and Outer Critics' Circle winner James Earl Jones (Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Fences, The Great White Hope) as Martin Vanderhof, two-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne* ("Damages," Bridesmaids, Neighbors) as Alice Sycamore, Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley(Take Her, She's Mine, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gore Vidal's The Best Man) as The Grand Duchess Olga, Tony Award nominee Annaleigh Ashford (Kinky Boots, Wicked, "Masters of Sex") as Essie Carmichael, Johanna Day (August: Osage County) as Mrs. Kirby, three-time Drama Desk nominee Julie Halston (Anything Goes, The Divine Sister) as Gay Wellington, Byron Jennings (The Merchant of Venice, Inherit the Wind) as Mr. Kirby, Fran Kranz(Death of a Salesman) as Tony Kirby, Mark Linn-Baker (A Funny Thing...Forum, "Perfect Strangers," My Favorite Year) as Paul Sycamore, Tony Award nomineeKristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as Penelope Sycamore, Tony Award nominee Reg Rogers(Holiday, The Royal Family) as Boris Kolenkhov, Will Brill (Act One) as Ed Carmichael, Nick Corley (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) as a G-Man, Austin Durant (War Horse) as a G-Man, Theatre World Award-winner Crystal A. Dickinson(Clybourne Park) as Rheba, Marc Damon Johnson (Lucky Guy) as Donald,Karl Kenzler (Mary Poppins) as Henderson, Patrick Kerr (Stage Kiss, The Ritz) as Mr. De Pinna, and Joe Tapper (Witnessed By The World) as a G-Man.

Family can do crazy things to people. And the Sycamore family is a little crazy to begin with. James Earl Jonesheads 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.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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Reg Rogers, Karl Kenzler, Kristine Nielsen, James Earl Jones, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, Elizabeth Ashley, Annaleigh Ashford, Crystal Dickinson, Will Brill, Mark Linn-Baker, Patrick Kerr and Byron Jennings

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Reg Rogers, Karl Kenzler, Kristine Nielsen, James Earl Jones, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, Elizabeth Ashley, Annaleigh Ashford, Crystal Dickinson, Will Brill, Mark Linn-Baker, Patrick Kerr, Byron Jennings, Marc Damon Johnson and Julie Halston

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Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones and Kristine Nielsen

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Byron Jennings, Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, Annaleigh Ashford and Will Brill

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Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, Annaleigh Ashford, Will Brill and Patrick Kerr

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Byron Jennings, Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, Annaleigh Ashford and Will Brill

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
JohAnna Day, Byron Jennings, Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker and Annaleigh Ashford

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen and Mark Linn-Baker

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones and Kristine Nielsen

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Byron Jennings, Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker and Annaleigh Ashford

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Byron Jennings, Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker and Annaleigh Ashford

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Rose Byrne and James Earl Jones

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, Annaleigh Ashford and Will Brill

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Mark Linn-Baker, Annaleigh Ashford, Will Brill and Patrick Kerr

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones and Kristine Nielsen

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones and Kristine Nielsen

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne and James Earl Jones

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne and James Earl Jones

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Rose Byrne and James Earl Jones

Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
Rose Byrne and James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones Photo Coverage: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at the Longacre Theatre!  Image
JohAnna Day, Byron Jennings, Elizabeth Ashley, Reg Rogers, Fran Kranz, Rose Byrne, James Earl Jones, Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker and Annaleigh Ashford







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