Opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 27, 1934. Closed March 16, 1935 after 237 performances — 7 months. Life Begins at 8:40 is a musical revue with music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg, and sketches by Gershwin, Harburg, David Freedman, H.I. Phillips, Alan Baxter, Henry Clapp Smith, and Frank Gabrielson. Wiki link