<page_title> List of the longest-running Broadway shows </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Life With Father <col_header> Title </col_header> </cell> <cell> November 8, 1939 <col_header> Opening date </col_header> </cell> <cell> July 12, 1947 <col_header> Closing date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Broadway's longest-running straight play <col_header> Comment </col_header> </cell> </table>
The 1939 Broadway production ran for over seven years to become the longest-running play on Broadway.