| Ambassador Theatre | Opening Date |
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Chicago
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by John Kander; Book by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | 01/29/2003 |
Topdog / Underdog
Play, Original, Comedy, Drama
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks | 04/07/2002 |
Hedda Gabler
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Henrik Ibsen | 10/04/2001 |
A Class Act
Musical, Original,
Music by Edward Kleban; Book by Lonny Price, Linda Kline; Lyrics by Edward Kleban | 03/11/2001 |
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller | 04/09/2000 |
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
Musical, Original, Revue
Book by Charles Bevel, Dan Wheetman, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor | 09/07/1999 |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Clark Gesner; Book by Clark Gesner; Lyrics by Clark Gesner | 02/04/1999 |
Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
Musical, Original, Dance
Music by Daryl Waters, Ann Duquesnay, Zane Mark; Book by Reg E. Gaines; Lyrics by Ann Duquesnay, George C. Wolfe, Reg E. Gaines | 04/25/1996 |
Fool Moon
Special, Original, Comedy
| 10/29/1995 |
Buttons On Broadway
Special, Original, Solo, Stand-up
| 06/08/1995 |
The Circle
Play, Revival, Romantic Comedy
Written by W. Somerset Maugham | 11/20/1989 |
Ain't Misbehavin'
Musical, Revival, Revue
Music by Thomas "Fats" Waller | 08/15/1988 |
Oba Oba
Special, Original, Revue
| 03/29/1988 |
Dreamgirls
Musical, Revival,
Music by Henry Krieger; Book by Tom Eyen; Lyrics by Tom Eyen | 06/28/1987 |
Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre
Special, Original, Concert
| 04/15/1987 |
Leader of the Pack
Musical, Original, Revue
Liner Notes by Anne Beatts | 04/08/1985 |
A View From the Bridge
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Arthur Miller | 02/03/1983 |
Herman Van Veen: All of Him
Special, Original, Solo
| 12/08/1982 |
Dancin'
Musical, Original, Revue
| 11/30/1980 |
Division Street
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Steve Tesich | 10/08/1980 |
Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Musical, Revival,
Music by Alex Bradford; Lyrics by Alex Bradford | 06/02/1980 |
| New Ambassador Theatre | Opening Date |
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Goodbye Fidel
Play, Original,
Written by Howard Sackler | 04/23/1980 |
| Ambassador Theatre | Opening Date |
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Eubie!
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by Eubie Blake; Lyrics by Johnny Brandon, F. E. Miller, Andy Razaf, Noble Sissle | 09/20/1978 |
Same Time, Next Year
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Bernard Slade | 05/16/1978 |
The Mighty Gents
Play, Original,
Written by Richard Wesley | 04/16/1978 |
Miss Margarida's Way
Play, Original, Solo
Written by Roberto Athayde | 09/27/1977 |
Godspell
Musical, Original,
Music by Stephen Schwartz; New lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | 01/12/1977 |
I Have a Dream
Play, Original,
| 09/20/1976 |
Des Journees Entieres Dans le Arbres
Play, Original,
Written by Marguerite Duras | 05/06/1976 |
The Poison Tree
Play, Original,
Written by Ronald Ribman | 01/08/1976 |
Me and Bessie
Musical, Original,
Book by Will Holt, Linda Hopkins | 10/22/1975 |
We Interrupt This Program...
Play, Original, Mystery, Thriller
Written by Norman Krasna | 04/01/1975 |
Scapino
Play, Revival, Comedy
Adapted from the 1671 Commedia dell'Arte play "Les Fourberies de Scapin" by Molière | 09/27/1974 |
Warp
Play, Original,
Written by Bury St. Edmund, Stuart Gordon | 02/14/1973 |
The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Paul Zindel | 11/14/1972 |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Musical, Original,
Music by Melvin Van Peebles; Book by Melvin Van Peebles; Lyrics by Melvin Van Peebles | 11/17/1971 |
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Play, Original, Play with music
Music by The True Brethren (Camp, Grinage, Pickford, Ross); Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein | 04/22/1971 |
Paul Sills' Story Theatre
Play, Original, Play with music
| 10/26/1970 |
The Boy Friend
Musical, Revival, Comedy
Music by Sandy Wilson; Book by Sandy Wilson; Lyrics by Sandy Wilson | 04/14/1970 |
Celebration
Musical, Original,
Music by Harvey Schmidt; Book by Tom Jones; Lyrics by Tom Jones | 01/22/1969 |
We Bombed in New Haven
Play, Original, Satire
Written by Joseph Heller | 10/16/1968 |
The Shock of Recognition
Play, Original, One Act
Written by Robert Anderson | 03/13/1967 |
The Footsteps of Doves
Play, Original, One Act
Written by Robert Anderson | 03/13/1967 |
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Play, Original, One Act
Written by Robert Anderson | 03/13/1967 |
I'm Herbert
Play, Original, One Act
Written by Robert Anderson | 03/13/1967 |
The Investigation
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Peter Weiss | 10/04/1966 |
The Lion in Winter
Play, Original,
Written by James Goldman | 03/03/1966 |
The World of Charles Aznavour
Special, Original, Solo, Concert
Music by Charles Aznavour; Written by Charles Aznavour | 10/14/1965 |
Absence of a Cello
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Ira Wallach | 09/21/1964 |
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
Musical, Original,
Music by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Book by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley | 09/09/1963 |
Calculated Risk
Play, Original, Mystery
Written by Joseph Hayes | 10/31/1962 |
A Passage to India
Play, Original,
Written by Santha Rama Rau | 01/31/1962 |
Something About a Soldier
Play, Original,
Written by Ernest Kinoy | 01/04/1962 |
Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole
Play, Original,
Written by James Goldman, William Goldman | 12/09/1961 |
The Tenth Man
Play, Original,
Written by Paddy Chayefsky | 01/23/1961 |
The 49th Cousin
Play, Original,
Written by Caroline Francke, Florence Lowe | 10/27/1960 |
One More River
Play, Original,
Written by Beverley Cross | 03/18/1960 |
The Long Dream
Play, Original,
Written by Ketti Frings | 02/17/1960 |
Cut of the Axe
Play, Original,
Written by Sheppard Kerman | 02/01/1960 |
The Gang's All Here
Play, Original,
Written by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee | 10/01/1959 |
Kataki
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Shimon Wincelberg | 04/09/1959 |
Third Best Sport
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Eleanor Bayer, Leo Bayer | 12/30/1958 |
Comes a Day
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Speed Lamkin | 11/06/1958 |
Back to Methuselah
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Bernard Shaw | 03/26/1958 |
Compulsion
Play, Original,
| 10/24/1957 |
The Diary of Anne Frank
Play, Original, Drama
| 02/26/1957 |
Eugenia
Play, Original,
Written by Randolph Carter | 01/30/1957 |
Protective Custody
Play, Original,
Written by Howard Richardson, William Berney | 12/28/1956 |
The Loud Red Patrick
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John Boruff | 10/03/1956 |
School for Brides
Play, Original,
Written by Frank Gill, Jr., George Carleton Brown | 10/03/1944 |
Down to Miami
Play, Original,
Written by Conrad Westervelt | 09/11/1944 |
Decision
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Edward Chodorov | 03/28/1944 |
The Yeomen of the Guard
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 03/03/1944 |
Ruddigore
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 03/02/1944 |
Patience
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/25/1944 |
Iolanthe
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/22/1944 |
The Gondoliers
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/21/1944 |
Cox and Box
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Book by F.C. Burnand; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/17/1944 |
The Pirates of Penzance
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Book by F.C. Burnand; Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/17/1944 |
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/14/1944 |
Trial by Jury
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/14/1944 |
The Mikado
Musical, Revival, Operetta
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Written by W. S. Gilbert | 02/11/1944 |
Victory Belles
Play, Original,
Written by Alice Gerstenberg | 12/05/1943 |
Lady, Behave!
Play, Original,
| 11/21/1943 |
Laugh Time
Musical, Original, Vaudeville
| 10/17/1943 |
Blossom Time
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music adapted and augmented from the melodies of: Franz Schubert; Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Dorothy Donnelly; Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly | 09/04/1943 |
Wine, Women and Song
Musical, Original, Revue
| 09/28/1942 |
Cuckoos on the Hearth
Play, Original, Comedy
| 11/18/1941 |
The Straw Hat Revue
Musical, Original, Revue
Music by James Shelton, Sylvia Fine; Book by Max Liebman, Sam Locke; Lyrics by James Shelton, Sylvia Fine | 09/29/1939 |
Drama at Inish
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Lennox Robinson | 12/13/1937 |
Juno and the Paycock
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by Sean O'Casey | 12/06/1937 |
The New Gossoon
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by George Shiels | 11/29/1937 |
In a Train
Play, Original, One Act
Written by Hugh Hunt, John Millington Synge | 11/20/1937 |
The Playboy of the Western World
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Hugh Hunt, John Millington Synge | 11/20/1937 |
The Far-off Hills
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Lennox Robinson | 10/11/1937 |
The Plough and the Stars
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by Sean O'Casey | 10/07/1937 |
Katie Roche
Play, Original,
Written by Teresa Deevy | 10/02/1937 |
Todo Un Hombre
Play, Original,
Written by Miguel Unamuno | 04/18/1937 |
Amor
Play, Original,
Written by Homer Vianna | 04/18/1937 |
Terra Baja
Play, Original,
Written by Gulmera | 04/18/1937 |
Cuando Los Hijos de Eva no son Lo Hijos de Adan
Play, Original,
Written by Jacinto Benavente | 04/18/1937 |
Stork Mad
Play, Original, Farce
Written by Frank Fenton, Lynn Root | 09/30/1936 |
Night of January 16
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by Ayn Rand | 09/16/1935 |
Post Road
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Norma Mitchell, Wilbur Daniel Steele | 04/08/1935 |
A Lady Detained
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John B. Hymer, Samuel Shipman | 01/09/1935 |
Are You Decent
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Crane Wilbur | 04/19/1934 |
The Perfumed Lady
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Harry Wagstaff Gribble | 03/12/1934 |
Biography
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by S. N. Behrman | 02/05/1934 |
The Locked Room
Play, Original, Melodrama
| 12/25/1933 |
Growing Pains
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Aurania Rouverol | 11/23/1933 |
Under Glass
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Eva Kay Flint, George Bradshaw | 10/30/1933 |
June Moon
Play, Revival, Comedy
Music by Ring Lardner; Written by Ring Lardner, George S. Kaufman; Lyrics by Ring Lardner | 05/15/1933 |
Springtime for Henry
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Benn W. Levy | 05/01/1933 |
Young Sinners
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by Elmer Harris | 03/06/1933 |
The Silent House
Play, Revival, Melodrama
Written by George Pickett, John G. Brandon | 11/08/1932 |
Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book
Musical, Original, Revue, Vaudeville
Sketched by Chamberlain Brown | 08/01/1932 |
Intimate Relations
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Earle Crooker | 03/28/1932 |
New Chauve-Souris
Musical, Original, Revue
Book by Nikita Balieff | 10/21/1931 |
If I Were You
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Sholom Aleichem | 09/23/1931 |
Blossom Time
Musical, Revival, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Book by Dorothy Donnelly | 03/04/1931 |
Death Takes a Holiday
Play, Revival, Drama, Fantasy
Written by Alberto Casella | 02/16/1931 |
King Lear
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
Hamlet
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
The Merchant of Venice
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
Julius Caesar
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
Macbeth
Play, Revival, Tragedy
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
As You Like It
Play, Revival, Comedy
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
King Richard III
Play, Revival, History
Written by William Shakespeare | 12/25/1930 |
Sweet Chariot
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Robert Wilder | 10/23/1930 |
The Humbug
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Max Marcin | 11/27/1929 |
Stripped
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Jane Murfin | 10/21/1929 |
A Strong Man's House
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Lee Wilson Dodd | 09/16/1929 |
A Comedy of Women
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Leo De Valery | 09/13/1929 |
Lady Dedlock
Play, Original, Romance, Melodrama
Written by Paul Kester | 12/31/1928 |
Angela
Musical, Original, Comedy, Play with music
Written by Fanny Todd Mitchell | 12/03/1928 |
Redemption
Play, Revival,
Written by Leo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy | 11/19/1928 |
Just a Minute
Musical, Original, Vaudeville
Music by Harry Archer; Book by H. C. Greene; Lyrics by Walter O'Keefe | 10/08/1928 |
Fast Life
Play, Original, Melodrama
Written by John B. Hymer, Samuel Shipman | 09/26/1928 |
The Money Lender
Play, Original,
Written by Roy Hornimann | 08/27/1928 |
The Outsider
Play, Revival, Drama
Written by Dorothy Brandon | 04/09/1928 |
The Great Necker
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Elmer Harris | 03/06/1928 |
The Racket
Play, Original,
Written by Bartlett Cormack | 11/22/1927 |
The Matrimonial Bed
Play, Original,
Written by Seymour Hicks | 10/12/1927 |
Queen High
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Lewis E. Gensler; Book by B.G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab; Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva | 09/08/1926 |
No More Women
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Neil Twomey, Samuel Shipman | 08/03/1926 |
The Great Gatsby
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Owen Davis | 02/02/1926 |
Applesauce
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Barry Conners | 09/28/1925 |
The Virgin of Bethulia
Play, Original,
Written by Gladys Unger | 02/23/1925 |
Bluffing Bluffers
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by John Meehan, Thompson Buchanan | 12/22/1924 |
Princess April
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Monte Carlo, Alma M. Sanders; Book by Lewis Allen Browne, William Carey Duncan; Lyrics by Monte Carlo, Alma M. Sanders | 12/01/1924 |
The Dream Girl
Musical, Original, Play
Music by Victor Herbert; Book by Harold Atteridge, Rida Johnson Young; Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young | 08/20/1924 |
A Love Scandal
Play, Original, Comedy
Written by Carlos De Navarro, Sydney Stone | 11/17/1923 |
Steadfast
Play, Original, Drama
Written by Albert Koblitz, Samuel Jesse Warshawsky | 10/29/1923 |
The Newcomers
Musical, Original, Revue
Book by Joe Burrows, Will Morrissey | 08/08/1923 |
Caroline
Musical, Original, Romantic Comedy
Music by Edward Rideamus; Book by Harry B. Smith; Lyrics by Harry B. Smith | 01/31/1923 |
The Lady in Ermine
Musical, Original,
Music by Jean Gilbert; Book by Cyrus Wood, Frederick Lonsdale; Lyrics by Harry Graham, Cyrus Wood | 10/02/1922 |
Blossom Time
Musical, Original, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Franz Schubert, Sigmund Romberg; Book by Dorothy Donnelly; Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly | 08/07/1922 |
Blossom Time
Musical, Original, Comedy, Operetta
Music by Franz Schubert, Sigmund Romberg; Book by Dorothy Donnelly; Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly | 09/29/1921 |
Biff! Bing! Bang!
Musical, Original, Revue
Sketches by: Jack McLaren | 05/09/1921 |
The Rose Girl
Musical, Original, Comedy
Music by Anselm Goetzl; Book by William Carey Duncan; Lyrics by William Carey Duncan | 02/11/1921 |
