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   How long was life with father on Broadway?

   • 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.

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   Was life with father a good play?

   • When Life with Father surpassed Tobacco Road as the longest-running Broadway play, Elliot Norton of the Boston Post celebrated the play as "warmly human and heartily comical and completely inoffensive," thus restoring his faith in the theatre-going public.

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   Is life with father a comedy?

   • Contemporary scholar Jordan Schildcrout describes Life with Father as "a comedy in which characters challenge and ultimately win over a figure of authority," which allows the play to appeal to nostalgia for more conservative times, while also finding pleasure in gentle subversion and anti-authoritarianism.

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   Who was a hit in life with father?

   • Lindsay and Crouse were a hit! Life with Father set the gold standard for long runs on Broadway. Bigger things awaited the writing team. In 1939, they adapted Clarence Day’s comic novel Life with Father, and they created one of Broadway’s first mega hits.

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   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. [1]

   • Author: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
   • Date premiered: November 8, 1939

   • Publish Year: 1939
   • Genre: Comedy

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   The morning room of the Day house on Madison Avenue. The late 1880s. People. Production Staff. Opening Night Cast. Replacements. Theatre Owned / Operated by Al Hayman. Produced by Oscar Serlin. Dramatized by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; Based on stories by Clarence Day.

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   Oct 31, 2014 · Life With Father: the long-lost daddy of Broadway. Life with Father, about a sexist patriarch and submissive wife, holds the record for the longest-running non-musical play in New...

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   Life with Father. Broadway. Original. Empire Theatre. 1430 Broadway (40th & 41st), New York, NY, New York, NY. SYNOPSIS:

7. www.ibdb.com › broadway-show › life-with-father-5379Life With Father – Broadway Show – Play | IBDB

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   The late 1880s. Play Comedy. Shop. ABOUT THIS SHOW. Book by: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse. NYC PRODUCTIONS. 1. Nov 8, 1939 - Jul 12, 1947. Empire Theatre, New York, NY Bijou Theatre, New York, NY Alvin Theatre, New York, NY. Play Original. The original Broadway production of Life With Father opened on Nov 8, 1939.

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   In fact, to this day, “Life With Father” remains the longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history. Andrea’s fondest memory during her time in the show, however, occurred off-stage … when she traveled to the picturesque suburb of Hinsdale, Illinois, on a day off and met her future husband and the love of her life — Nat Willis.

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   Dec 5, 2013 · Lindsay and Crouse were a hit! Life with Father set the gold standard for long runs on Broadway. Bigger things awaited the writing team. In 1939, they adapted Clarence Day’s comic novel Life with Father, and they created one of Broadway’s first mega hits.