Opened on November 8, 1939. Closed July 12, 1947 after 3,224 performances — 7.7 years. 👑 Broadway's longest-running show from June 14, 1947 until June 17, 1972. Broadway's longest-running straight play Life with Father is a 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, adapted from a humorous autobiographical book of stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day. The Broadway production ran for 3,224 performances over 401 weeks to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway, a record that it still holds. The play was adapted into a 1947 feature film and a television series. Wiki link