You Can't Take It With You at Longacre Theatre

The New York Times - Highly Recommended

"...The only downside to the unconditional upper called "You Can't Take It With You," which wafted open last night at the Longacre Theater, is that it may strain previously underused muscles around your mouth. That can happen when you spend two-and-a-half hours grinning like an idiot."

Associated Press - Somewhat Recommended

"...You know the play you're watching might be a little long in the tooth when there are jokes about Eleanor Roosevelt, the Works Project Administration and Calvin Coolidge, and it makes reference to the nation's 48 states. As in not 50 yet. The Great Depression was still palpable when Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman wrote their Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy You Can't Take It With You in 1936, some 23 years before Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union. A sweet revival opened Sunday at the Longacre Theatre with a perfectly picked cast but offering little reason why this old chestnut needs to be seen again."

Hollywood Reporter - Highly Recommended

"...This is a well-oiled ensemble full of delightful character turns from actors as adept with the witticisms as they are with the physical comedy. Nielsen, a Tony nominee for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, draws on her familiar bag of tics but invests them with genuine warmth that places Penny alongside Grandpa at the heart of the extended family. Byrne and Kranz bring charming chemistry to the central romance. Ashford, whirling around en pointe and striking melodramatic "Dying Swan" poses at ridiculous moments, is a hoot. And Brill is her ideal match, reacting with fey, gangly excitement at every turn."

NBC New York - Highly Recommended

"...Happiness, this solid production insists, is far more important than money-that's a position that easily resonates with audiences, and it's a message that never gets old. I only wish I could travel back in time to see how a beleaguered and downtrodden Depression-era audience would have first experienced it. I'll bet they thrilled to every word even more than we do."

Huffington Post - Highly Recommended

"...You Can't Take It With You still makes the statement grandly. Thanks to Ellis' deft hand and his first-rate cast, what audiences are guaranteed to take with them when exiting is the kind of complete and total happiness that borders on euphoria."