Broadway History: A Forgotten Smash Hit, Record-Breaking Broadway Show
…Broadway production to surpass 2,000 performances, and Tobacco Road, which opened in 1933 and closed in 1941, would break that record set by Abie’s Irish Rose, and it would become the first show to top 3,000 performances, recording 3,182. Life with Father, which began its run while Tobacco Road was on Broadway, would break the long run record about six years later. All Musicals Matthew Broderick was in the last play to top 1,000 performances. He a…