SUMMARY

The family of Martin Vanderhof lives “just around the corner from Columbia University — but don’t go looking for it.” Grandpa, as Martin is more commonly known, is the paterfamilias of a large and extended family of charming eccentrics. His granddaughter, Alice, is an attractive and loving girl who is still embarrassed by her family’s idiosyncrasies. When Alice falls for her boss, Tony, a handsome scion of Wall Street, she fears that their two families – so unlike in manner, politics and finances – will never come together. But why be obsessed by money? After all, you can’t take it with you...
 

HISTORY

You Can’t Take It With You opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre on December 14, 1936. A smash hit, the show ran for 838 performances and returned to Broadway five times, most recently in 2014. That production, directed by Scott Ellis, earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for Annaleigh Ashford as Essie. 

ACCOLADES

• Winner! 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
  Winner! 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Revival of a Play
  Winner! 2015 Drama League Award for Best Revival of a Play
  Nominee: Five 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play
  Nominee: Two 2015 Drama Desk Awards

Run Time: about 2 hours 10 minutes including a 15 minute intermission

Providing access to the Arts is key to creating well-rounded human beings.  Some kids find their place in sports, some in academics, and for others, they find their place of belonging in the Arts.  We strive to create an atmosphere that supports a safe space for all students to feel at home and ready to explore new skills. We aim to help the next generation of adults be well prepared and well adjusted when they step up into their own to go out into the world and do great things. 

If you would like to help the FWHS Drama Department further our mission, we gratefully accept financial donations (see the donations tab) as well as parent support with a myriad of tasks including but not limited to: fundraising, running errands, decorating for shows, and more. You can email drama teacher Holly Rose with how you would like to help at [email protected] 

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