Rose Byrne joins the Broadway cast of 'You Can't Take It With You'

By Jake Perlman
Published on June 24, 2014 07:43PM EDT
Rose Byrne
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Neighbors star Rose Byrne will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite James Earl Jones in the upcoming revival of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’sPulitzer Prize-winning play You Can’t Take It With You.

Bryne will play Alice Sycamore, the youngest daughter of an eccentric family who brings home her fiancé for their parents to meet. In addition to the previously announced Jones and Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen, the play will also star Tony nominee Annaleigh Ashford(Kinky Boots),Mark Linn-Baker (Perfect Strangers), Crystal A. Dickinson (Clybourne Park), Julie Halston (Anything Goes), Marc Damon Johnson (Lucky Guy), Patrick Kerr (Stage Kiss), and Tony nominee Reg Rogers (Holiday).

Directed by Scott Ellis, the production will begin previews August 26, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre before its official opening on September 28.

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