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23-572: (Redirected from New Ambassadors Theatre ) Ambassador Theatre , or close variants thereof, may refer to: United States [ edit ] Ambassador Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) Ambassador Theater (Washington, D.C.) Ambassador Theatre (New York City) Ambassador Theatre (St. Louis) Elsewhere [ edit ] Ambassador Theatre (Dublin) , an events venue and former cinema in Ireland Ambassador Theatres ,

46-551: A ballroom. A few years later it became a dinner theater, and in 1982 became a roller rink . Through this time it had been essentially unaltered. In 1987 it was sold, and in 1989 became the Ron Thomas School of Cosmetology. In 2001 it was sold to the Zion Walls Power of God Ministries, and became a church. It became vacant in 2009, and was damaged by a 2012 fire that destroyed much of the interior. In 2019

69-749: A cinema chain in Taiwan Ambassadors Theatre (London) , a small West End theatre in England Ambassadors Theatre (Perth) , a former cinema and theatre in Australia See also [ edit ] Ambassador Theatre Group, former name of ATG Entertainment , a live entertainment organisation headquartered in the United Kingdom Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

92-608: A film screenwriter – notably the Mel Brooks comedies Silent Movie (1976) and High Anxiety (1977) (in which he played a bellboy) and the Oscar-nominated script (co-written by then-wife Valerie Curtin ), and ...And Justice for All (1979). He was an uncredited co-writer on Dustin Hoffman 's 1982 hit comedy Tootsie . Levinson began his career as a film director with Diner (1982), for which he also wrote

115-567: A number of series, including Homicide: Life on the Street (which ran on NBC from 1993 to 1999) and the HBO prison drama Oz . Levinson also played an uncredited main role as a judge in the short-lived TV series The Jury . Levinson published his first novel, Sixty-Six ( ISBN   0-7679-1533-X ), in 2003, and like several of his films, it is semi-autobiographical and set in Baltimore in

138-667: Is built of yellow brick, accented with contrasting horizontal brick striping. The western pylon holds the theater's sign. The theater is in the Streamline Moderne style, with prominent curves. The rounded forms and steps were originally emphasized by neon tubing . The theater's marquee extends the entire width of the front. A deep recess at the center forms the theater's entrance. Much of the lower facade originally incorporated Vitrolite panels, which has since been removed. The side and rear elevations are plain and utilitarian, in red brick. The interior has been much altered as

161-618: The American University School of Communication , where he studied broadcast journalism . He then moved to Los Angeles to work as an actor and writer and performed comedy routines. Levinson at one time shared an apartment with would-be drug smuggler (and subject of the movie Blow ) George Jung . Levinson's first writing work was for television variety shows such as The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine , The Lohman and Barkley Show , The Tim Conway Show , and The Carol Burnett Show . He moved on to success as

184-649: The National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 2023. Barry Levinson Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are similarly mid-budget comedy drama and drama films such as Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag

207-614: The 1960s. In 2004, he directed two webisodes of the American Express ads " The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman ." In 2004, he was also the recipient of the Austin Film Festival 's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. Levinson directed a documentary PoliWood about the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions: the documentary—produced by Tim Daly , Robin Bronk and Robert E. Baruc—had its premiere at

230-571: The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival . In 2011 Levinson was developing a film based on Whitey Bulger , the Boston crime boss. The resulting film, Black Mass (script by Jim Sheridan , Jez Butterworth , and Russell Gewirtz ), is based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, and it is said to be the "true story of Billy Bulger, Whitey Bulger, FBI agent John Connelly and the FBI's witness protection program created by J. Edgar Hoover ." Levinson later left

253-560: The Ambassodor was acquired by Artspace, a non-profit organization devoted to neighborhood performance and art. Artspace is preparing to restore the theater as a neighborhood cultural center. During its time as a cinema, it was a regular destination for future movie director Barry Levinson , who went almost every week. The Ambassador Theater is a large two-story brick auditorium with a ziggurat -like stepped facade organized around two vertical pylons. The Liberty Heights Avenue frontage

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276-615: The Dog (1997), a political satire co-starring Robert De Niro about a Presidential election swayed by a phony war staged on a film studio. The film won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival . Levinson partnered with producer Mark Johnson to form the film production company Baltimore Pictures, with 1990's Avalon as the company's first production. Johnson departed

299-814: The Dog (1997). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes. Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland , the son of Violet "Vi" ( née Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in the furniture and appliance business. . He is of Russian-Jewish descent. After growing up in Forest Park, Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School in 1960, Levinson attended Baltimore City Community College and American University in Washington, D.C. at

322-601: The classic war comedy Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), starring Robin Williams (as Adrian Cronauer ), and he later collaborated with Williams on the fantasy film Toys (1992) and the political comedy Man of the Year (2006). Levinson also directed the critically acclaimed historical crime drama Bugsy (1991), which starred Warren Beatty and which was nominated for ten Academy Awards. He directed Dustin Hoffman again in Wag

345-479: The firm in 1994. Levinson has been a producer or executive producer for such major productions as The Perfect Storm (2000), directed by Wolfgang Petersen ; Analyze That (2002), starring De Niro as a neurotic mob boss and Billy Crystal as his therapist; and Possession (2002), based on the best-selling novel by A. S. Byatt . Levinson has a television production company with Tom Fontana (The Levinson/Fontana Company) and has served as executive producer for

368-403: The former screen location. Fire exits were provided at each corner, with passages leading back out to Liberty Heights Avenue. Most of the interior finishes have been removed, including the auditorium ceiling. The curved proscenium frame survives. Fragments of Art Deco decoration have survived in some locations. The Ambassador was named a Baltimore City Landmark in 2016. It was placed on

391-585: The project. Levinson finished production on The Humbling (2014), starring Al Pacino . Levinson also directed Rock the Kasbah (2015), starring Bill Murray . In 2010, Levinson received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement , which is the lifetime achievement award from the Writers Guild of America . In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed

414-537: The script, earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay . Diner was the first of four films set in the Baltimore of Levinson's youth. The other three were Tin Men (1987), a story of aluminum-siding salesmen in the 1960s starring Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito ; the immigrant family saga Avalon (1990) featuring Elijah Wood in one of his earliest screen appearances; and Liberty Heights (1999). His biggest hit, both critically and financially,

437-423: The theater's use has changed. The front entry opens into a two-story foyer space leading to the auditorium, extending upward behind the facade steps. Stairs to either side give access to the upper level, housed in flanking curved facade pylons There is no balcony, the second floor consisted of the projection booth and accessory space. The auditorium curved inwards toward the screen. There is a shallow stagespace behind

460-510: The title Ambassador Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ambassador_Theatre&oldid=1253850298 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ambassador Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) The Ambassador

483-602: Was Rain Man (1988), a sibling drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in which Levinson appeared as a doctor in a cameo appearance. The film won four Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director . It also won the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival . Levinson directed the popular period baseball drama The Natural (1984), starring Robert Redford . Redford later directed Quiz Show (1994), and he cast Levinson as television personality Dave Garroway . Levinson also directed

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506-593: Was at the time the most modern theater in Baltimore, superseded in 1939 by another Zink cinema, the Senator Theatre . During the 1960s the Ambassador was a first-run cinema, showing movies immediately upon release, as opposed the second and third-run theaters more typical of the outer portions of Baltimore. However, it closed in October 1968, unable to compete with television. A month later, it reopened as

529-626: Was proposed in 1933 by F.H. Durkee Enterprises, who at the time operated the largest chain of movie theaters in Baltimore, at a site directly opposite the Gwynn Theater on Liberty Heights Avenue in the Howard Park neighborhood of Northwest Baltimore. After unsuccessful opposition from the owners of the Gwynn, the new theater was built in 1935. It was designed by John Jacob Zink , a prominent theater architect, and built by E. Eyring and Sons. It

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