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You Can’t Take It With You Celebrates Grandparents Day With Gifts and an Ecard

The first 50 grandparents to visit the merchandise booth at the Longacre Theatre will receive a special gift.

Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, Rose Byrne, Annaleigh Ashford, James Earl Jones, and Will Brill.
Kristine Nielsen, Mark Linn-Baker, Rose Byrne, Annaleigh Ashford, James Earl Jones, and Will Brill.
(© Seth Walters)

This Sunday, September 7, Broadway's You Can't Take It With You will celebrate National Grandparents Day with special gifts for the first 50 grandparents who visit the merchandise booth at the Longacre Theatre that day. In addition, the show has created a special e-card for anyone to send to loved grandparent with a special offer to the show.

You Can't Take It With You stars two-time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones as one of the most famous grandpas of the stage – Grandpa Martin Vanderhof. He is joined by two-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids) as Alice Sycamore, Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) as The Grand Duchess Olga, Tony Award nominee Annaleigh Ashford (Kinky Boots) as Essie Carmichael, Byron Jennings (The Merchant of Venice) as Mr. Kirby, Mark Linn-Baker (My Favorite Year) as Paul Sycamore, Tony Award nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as Penelope Sycamore, Tony Award nominee Reg Rogers (Holiday) as Boris Kolenkhov, Crystal A. Dickinson (Clybourne Park) as Rheba, Julie Halston (Anything Goes) as Gay Wellington, Marc Damon Johnson (Lucky Guy) as Donald, Patrick Kerr (Stage Kiss) as Mr. De Pinnam, Will Brill (Act One) as Ed Carmichael, Fran Kranz (Death of a Salesman) as Tony Kirby, Johanna Day (August: Osage County) as Mrs. Kirby, and Nick Corley (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Austin Durant (War Horse), and Joe Tapper (Witnessed by the World) as the three G-men. Barrett Doss, Ned Noyes, and Pippa Pearthree will understudy.

Directed by six-time Tony nominee Scott Ellis (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), the play follows two families, the Sycamores and the Kirbys, whose worlds collide when their children become engaged. Three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (The Bridges of Madison County) will compose original music.

The Grandparents Day offer is valid one per family/couple while supplies last.

For tickets and more information, click here.

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