Ambassador
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Previews Began: November 2, 1972
Opening Night: November 19, 1972
Closing Night: November 25, 1972
Music: Don Gohman
Lyrics: Hal Hackady
Book: Anna Marie Barlow
Don Ettlinger
An uptight lawyer from Massachusetts is sent to Paris and falls in love with Europe in this musical adaptation of the Henry James novel.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Lambert’s Quandary……………Lewis Lambert Strether
Lilas………………………………………………………Flower Girl
I Know the Man……………………………Marie de Vionnet
The Right Time, the Right Place……Gloriani’s Guests
She Passed My Way…………Marie de Vionnet, Guests
Something More…………………Lewis Lambert Strether
Love Finds the Lonely………………….Jeanne de Vionnet
Surprise………………………………………Marie de Vionnet,
Lewis Lambert Strether,
People of Left Bank
Happy Man………………………..Lewis Lambert Strether
ACT TWO
Lilas, What Happened to
Paris………………..Lewis Lambert Strether, Flower Girl
Young With Him…………………………..Marie de Vionnet
Too Much to Forgive…………..Lewis Lambert Strether
Why Do Women Have to Call It Love………….Gloriani,
Waymarsh
Mama…………………………………………Jeanne de Vionnet
That’s What I Need Tonight…………Marie de Vionnet,
Lewis Lambert Strether
That’s What I Need
Tonight….Lewis Lambert Strether, Marie de Vionnet,
People of Paris
Gossip……………………………………………..Ladies of Paris
Not Tomorrow………………………………Marie de Vionnet
All of My Life………………………Lewis Lambert Strether
Thank You, No……………………Lewis Lambert Strether
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Janis Ansley Person of Paris
Patricia Arnell Flower Girl
Germaine
Person of Paris
Dwight Arno Waiter
Person of Paris
Marcia Brooks Person of Paris
Nikolas Dante Bellboy
Person of Paris
Danielle Darrieux Marie de Vionnet
Richard Dodd Person of Paris
M’el Dowd Amelia Newsome
Vito Durante Person of Paris
Phillip Filiato Person of Paris
Lynn Fitzpatrick Person of Paris
Larry Giroux Dancing Teacher
Artist
Person of Paris
Charlie Goeddertz Person of Paris
Michael Goodwin Bilham
Gerald Haston Person of Paris
Alexis Hoff Person of Paris
Robert L. Hultman Headwaiter
Waiter
Person of Paris
Douglas E. Hunnikin Person of Paris
Howard Keel Lewis Lambert Strether
Genette Lane Person of Paris
Betsy Ann Leadbetter Person of Paris
Nancy Lynch Person of Paris
Linda Lee MacArthur Person of Paris
Andrea Marcovicci Jeanne de Vionnet
Carmen Mathews Gloriani
Adam Petroski Porter
Person of Paris
Dean Russell Person of Paris
David Sabin Waymarsh
Salicia Saree Person of Paris
Michael Shannon Chad
Ellie Smith Person of Paris
Suzanne Sponsler Person of Paris
Dixie Stewart Lady in Park
Person of Paris
Marsha Tamaroff Innkeeper’s Wife
Person of Paris
Jack Trussel Guide
Hotel Manager
Person of Paris
Chester Walker Person of Paris
Standby: Steve Arlen (Lewis Lambert Strether), Margaret Moser (Marie de Vionnet)