"I feel so good, life is running around inside of me like a squirrel!"

— Kolenkhov in You Can’t Take It with You

When a girl from an eccentric family of spirited non-conformists falls in love with a boy from a conservative business pedigree the result can only be outright hilarity. The Vanderhof-Sycamore-Carmichael household in upper Manhattan is unique. Grandpa enjoys going to college commencements, tending to his snakes and avoiding paying his taxes. His daughter Penny pursues playwriting and painting with equal zest while her husband, Paul, manufactures fireworks in the basement. Their daughter, Essie, is a would-be ballerina and part-time candy maker, and her husband, Ed, is a xylophone player and delivery man for his wife’s candies. Then there is Alice Sycamore, Paul and Penny’s other daughter, who, despite the eccentricity thriving all around her, holds down a job in a highly respected New York business firm and has fallen in love with her boss, Tony Kirby. However their relationship is threatened when Tony insists that their families meet – resulting in a would-be dinner party that remains a high point in American comedy. suu.edu/pva