“What makes You Can't Take It With You so popular and a perennial favorite with student and amateur productions (it continues to be one of the top 10 best-selling plays year after year) is the breadth of characters and personalities on display: in age, race, gender, social status, a true cross section of society when the play was written and also true today in terms of the reality of the humanity on display.” YearsPlayCharacterRealityAgeTodayHumanitySocialTermRaceWrittenStudentsPersonalityCrossesProductionsGenderSellingDisplaySectionsBreadthSocial StatusTop 10 Author:Chris Hart
“A couple of years ago my friend and business partner Jeffrey Richards was doing the Gore Vidal play, The Best Man, starring James Earl Jones. I asked Jeffrey out to lunch and asked him what he thought of James playing Grandpa in You Can't Take It With You. Jeffrey thought it was a fabulous idea and so did James.” MenYearsIdeasPlayCoupleMy FriendsYears AgoPartnersLunchFabulousGoreGrandpaBusiness Partners Author:Chris Hart