Ambassador Theatre

By decade125 productions across 10 decades

1. 1920s 28
2. 1930s 31
3. 1940s 11
4. 1950s 9
5. 1960s 14
6. 1970s 13
7. 1980s 10
8. 1990s 3
9. 2000s 5
10. 2010s 1

Counted from the productions we hold, which are Broadway and a partial West End. A quiet decade here can mean a dark theatre and can mean a gap in the record.

Longest runs hereby performances

1996	Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk April 25, 1996 · George C. Wolfe	1,135 perf.
1967	You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running March 13, 1967 · Alan Schneider	756 perf.
1921	Blossom Time September 29, 1921 · J. C. Huffman	516 perf.
1975	Me and Bessie October 22, 1975 · Robert Greenwald	453 perf.
1978	Eubie! September 20, 1978 · Billy Wilson	439 perf.
1926	Queen High September 8, 1926 · Edgar McGregor	367 perf.
1970	Paul Sills' Story Theatre October 26, 1970	243 perf.
1922	The Lady in Ermine October 2, 1922 · Charles Sinclair	238 perf.

Ranked among the 121 runs here that carry a performance count. 4 do not, so a longer run may be sitting outside this table with an empty field.

Everything that played here125 productions

1921	Biff! Bing! Bang! May 9, 1921 · Original	73 perf.
1921	Blossom Time September 29, 1921 · Original	516 perf.
1921	The Rose Girl February 11, 1921 · Original	100 perf.
1922	The Lady in Ermine October 2, 1922 · Original	238 perf.
1923	A Love Scandal November 17, 1923 · Original	24 perf.
1923	Caroline January 31, 1923 · Revival	151 perf.
1923	Steadfast October 29, 1923 · Original	8 perf.
1923	The Newcomers August 8, 1923 · Original	21 perf.
1924	Bluffing Bluffers December 22, 1924 · Original	24 perf.
1924	Princess April December 1, 1924 · Original	24 perf.
1924	The Dream Girl August 20, 1924 · Original	117 perf.
1925	Applesauce September 28, 1925 · Original	90 perf.
1925	The Virgin of Bethulia February 23, 1925 · Original	16 perf.
1926	No More Women August 3, 1926 · Original	6 perf.
1926	Queen High September 8, 1926 · Original	367 perf.
1926	The Great Gatsby February 2, 1926 · Original	112 perf.
1927	The Matrimonial Bed October 12, 1927 · Original	13 perf.
1927	The Racket November 22, 1927 · Original	119 perf.
1928	Angela December 3, 1928 · Original	40 perf.
1928	Lady Dedlock December 31, 1928 · Original	40 perf.
1928	Redemption November 19, 1928 · Revival	20 perf.
1928	The Great Necker March 6, 1928 · Original	39 perf.
1928	The Money Lender August 27, 1928 · Original	16 perf.
1928	The Outsider April 9, 1928 · Revival	56 perf.
1929	A Comedy of Women September 13, 1929 · Original	24 perf.
1929	A Strong Man's House September 16, 1929 · Original	24 perf.
1929	Stripped October 21, 1929 · Original	24 perf.
1929	The Humbug November 27, 1929 · Original	13 perf.
1930	Sweet Chariot October 23, 1930 · Original	3 perf.
1931	Blossom Time March 4, 1931 · Revival	29 perf.
1931	Death Takes a Holiday February 16, 1931 · Revival	32 perf.
1931	If I Were You September 23, 1931 · Original	77 perf.
1931	New Chauve-Souris October 21, 1931 · Original	29 perf.
1932	Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book August 1, 1932 · Original	10 perf.
1932	Intimate Relations March 28, 1932 · Original	32 perf.
1932	The Silent House November 8, 1932 · Revival	16 perf.
1933	Growing Pains November 23, 1933 · Original	29 perf.
1933	June Moon May 15, 1933 · Revival	49 perf.
1933	Springtime for Henry May 1, 1933 · Revival	16 perf.
1933	The Locked Room December 25, 1933 · Original	8 perf.
1933	Under Glass October 30, 1933 · Original	8 perf.
1933	Young Sinners March 6, 1933 · Revival	72 perf.
1934	Are You Decent April 19, 1934 · Original	188 perf.
1934	Biography February 5, 1934 · Return-Engagement	16 perf.
1934	The Perfumed Lady March 12, 1934 · Original	40 perf.
1935	A Lady Detained January 9, 1935 · Original	13 perf.
1935	Night of January 16 September 16, 1935 · Original	235 perf.
1937	Amor April 18, 1937 · Original
1937	Cuando Los Hijos de Eva no son Lo Hijos de Adan April 18, 1937 · Original
1937	Drama at Inish December 13, 1937 · Revival	4 perf.
1937	In a Train November 20, 1937 · Original	9 perf.
1937	Juno and the Paycock December 6, 1937 · Revival	8 perf.
1937	Katie Roche October 2, 1937 · Original	5 perf.
1937	Terra Baja April 18, 1937 · Original
1937	The Far-off Hills October 11, 1937 · Revival	47 perf.
1937	The New Gossoon November 29, 1937 · Revival	8 perf.
1937	The Plough and the Stars October 7, 1937 · Revival	4 perf.
1937	Todo Un Hombre April 18, 1937 · Original
1939	The Straw Hat Revue September 29, 1939 · Original	75 perf.
1942	Wine, Women and Song September 28, 1942 · Original	150 perf.
1943	Blossom Time September 4, 1943 · Revival	47 perf.
1944	Cox and Box / The Pirates of Penzance February 17, 1944 · Revival	8 perf.
1944	Down to Miami September 11, 1944 · Original	8 perf.
1944	Iolanthe February 22, 1944 · Revival	6 perf.
1944	Patience February 25, 1944 · Revival	4 perf.
1944	Ruddigore March 2, 1944 · Revival	3 perf.
1944	The Gondoliers February 21, 1944 · Revival	4 perf.
1944	The Mikado February 11, 1944 · Revival	6 perf.
1944	The Yeomen of the Guard March 3, 1944 · Revival	1 perf.
1944	Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore February 14, 1944 · Revival	7 perf.
1956	Protective Custody December 28, 1956 · Original	3 perf.
1956	The Loud Red Patrick October 3, 1956 · Original	93 perf.
1957	Compulsion October 24, 1957 · Original	140 perf.
1957	Eugenia January 30, 1957 · Original	12 perf.
1958	Back to Methuselah March 26, 1958 · Revival	29 perf.
1958	Comes a Day November 6, 1958 · Original	28 perf.
1958	Third Best Sport December 30, 1958 · Original	79 perf.
1959	Kataki April 9, 1959 · Original	20 perf.
1959	The Gang’s All Here October 1, 1959 · Revival	132 perf.
1960	Cut of the Axe February 1, 1960 · Original	2 perf.
1960	One More River March 18, 1960 · Original	3 perf.
1960	The 49th Cousin October 27, 1960 · Original	100 perf.
1960	The Long Dream February 17, 1960 · Original	5 perf.
1962	A Passage to India January 31, 1962 · Original	109 perf.
1962	Calculated Risk October 31, 1962 · Original	221 perf.
1962	Something About a Soldier January 4, 1962 · Original	12 perf.
1964	Absence of a Cello September 21, 1964 · Original	120 perf.
1965	The World of Charles Aznavour October 14, 1965 · Original	29 perf.
1966	The Investigation October 4, 1966 · Original	103 perf.
1966	The Lion in Winter March 3, 1966 · Original	92 perf.
1967	You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running March 13, 1967 · Original	756 perf.
1968	We Bombed in New Haven October 16, 1968 · Original	85 perf.
1969	Celebration January 22, 1969 · Original	109 perf.
1970	Paul Sills' Story Theatre October 26, 1970 · Original	243 perf.
1970	The Boy Friend April 14, 1970 · Revival	111 perf.
1971	Ovid's Metamorphoses April 22, 1971 · Original	35 perf.
1972	The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild November 14, 1972 · Original	23 perf.
1973	Warp February 14, 1973 · Original	8 perf.
1975	Me and Bessie October 22, 1975 · Original	453 perf.
1975	We Interrupt This Program... April 1, 1975 · Original	7 perf.
1976	Des Journées Entières Dans les Arbres May 6, 1976 · Original	12 perf.
1976	I Have a Dream September 20, 1976 · Original	88 perf.
1976	The Poison Tree January 8, 1976 · Original	5 perf.
1977	Miss Margarida's Way September 27, 1977 · Original	98 perf.
1978	Eubie! September 20, 1978 · Original	439 perf.
1978	The Mighty Gents April 16, 1978 · Original	9 perf.
1980	Division Street October 8, 1980 · Original	21 perf.
1980	Your Arms Too Short to Box With God June 2, 1980 · Return-Engagement	149 perf.
1982	Herman Van Veen: All of Him December 8, 1982 · Original	6 perf.
1983	A View From the Bridge February 3, 1983 · Revival	149 perf.
1985	Leader of the Pack April 8, 1985 · Original	120 perf.
1987	Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre April 15, 1987 · Original	13 perf.
1987	Dreamgirls June 28, 1987 · Revival	177 perf.
1988	Ain't Misbehavin' August 15, 1988 · Revival	176 perf.
1988	Oba Oba March 29, 1988 · Original	46 perf.
1989	The Circle November 20, 1989 · Revival	208 perf.
1995	Buttons On Broadway June 8, 1995 · Original	33 perf.
1995	Fool Moon October 29, 1995 · Return-Engagement	81 perf.
1996	Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk April 25, 1996 · Original	1,135 perf.
2000	The Ride Down Mt. Morgan April 9, 2000 · Original	121 perf.
2001	A Class Act March 11, 2001 · Original	105 perf.
2001	Hedda Gabler October 4, 2001 · Revival	117 perf.
2002	Topdog / Underdog April 7, 2002 · Original	144 perf.
2004	Passion October 20, 2004 · Revival	1 perf.
2011	The Visit November 30, 2011 · Revival	1 perf.

In the literature8 passages

• Joint producers of the Big 30 Show had been listed in the tour programme as Christopher Malcolm Ltd (Malcolm’s latest production company) and Ambassador Theatre Group in association with SPZ Entertainment Group (the company of Trevor Horn and Jill Sinclair) and Matthew Mitchell Ltd. Subsequent to Malcolm’s 2004 departure, Sinclair – who h…Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden
• Production credits for the self-proclaimed ‘Brand Spanking New Production’ of The Rocky Horror Show in 2006 would be Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group, David Ian for Live Nation (Theatrical) UK Ltd, SPZ Entertainment Group and Rocky Horror Company.Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden
• Panter’s formidable Ambassador Theatre Group , formed in 1992 with his business partner and future wife Rosemary Squire, had become a major force to be reckoned with in little over a decade. In December 2009, Panter and Squire would be named top of the Stage newspaper’s annually compiled list of the one hundred most powerful people in UK…Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden
• The actor admits to feeling honoured at being asked to reprise the role, especially as Ambassador Theatre Group had reportedly received numerous requests for his return: ‘It was a great way to come back to the show, feeling acknowledged and appreciated from the first production. Chris Luscombe and I were like schoolboys in the rehearsals.…Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden
• On September 20, 1978, Eubie! , a musical tribute to Blake, opened on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre for 439 performances; the revue’s cast included Gregory and Maurice Hines, and offered a number of songs from the 1921 and 1932 productions of Shuffle Along (the cast recording was released on Warner Brothers LP # HS-3267).Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz

What this page does not know

• What played here before Broadway record-keeping starts, and what played here outside it: concerts, benefits, film runs, anything that was not a listed production.
• How long 4 of these runs lasted. We don't have a performance count.
• When 29 of these runs ended. They carry an opening date and no closing date, and they are old enough that they certainly closed. Nobody wrote down the date.
• Who built it.
• Any photograph that shows the building. We hold 2, but none is typed as an exterior, an auditorium or a marquee.