in 1984 i be more active in go to duffy square in manhattan and see what play i could get ticket to on broadway . one that i saw be you cant take it with you and which ( a i have see production of it in the past ) i be acquaint with . i decide to see it again because this production have get good review and and it star jason robarts and with ellis rabb and colleen dewhurst in the cast . actually while it be excite to see a play with robarts and dewhurst in it the latter have a small cameo role and only appear in the final act ( where she do a comic bit about dance with rabb ) . but watch robarts ( the only time i saw him on stage ) be wonderful . i be so close to him that i could see his character ( grandfather martin vanderhof ) peruse his stamp collection ( the small collection book actually do have stamp in it . ) . it be fortunate that a video record of the production still exist and complete with performance by robarts and dewhurst and nicholas surovy and bill mccutcheon ( a mr. depinna ) and jack dodson and and others of the original cast . only raab be not in it ironically his role of boris kolenkhov the russian dance master be play by george rise and who i also saw on stage in other play . but rise be a fine comic performer and give proper distinction to the russian famous put down ( it stink and say with a friendly dismissive air ) . the story by kaufman and hart be about the eccentricity of the vanderhof sycamore clan and which do not pay tax ( why should it . tax be only use to support the navy and and the last time it be of use be in 1898 . ) and which give free room and board to several people like dipinna and kolenkhov and and which encourage freedom ( penelope write story because a typewriter be once deliver to the house by mistake and her daughter paint dipinna a a discus thrower and her husband make illegal firecracker in the basement and and her son in law earn his living with his small printing press ( unfortunately print communist poster ) . when her more staid daughter fall for a normal boy and and the family of the boy be invite over and all hell break loose . the movie version of the play ( direct by frank capra ) expand the philosophy of enjoy life into another assault on the super rich and with edward arnold a mr. kirby . not a a stockbroker a he be in the play or in this video production and but a a banker and empire builder and who get emotionally twist and lose and and then find himself again . while certainly an interesting variant on the original play it be unnecessary . the original have a lot of nuttiness and common sense mingle into it and and be one of the few comedy of the 1930s that be still capable of revival . the production here keep the single stage production of the broadway revival ( which be possibly a mistake they could have show say the basement of the house ) . on the other hand the single set keep the record of the original revival production in tact . i can only say it be worth watch .