Stuart Ambrose - Bio
A versatile artist and talented performer, Stuart Ambrose has made his mark. Having performed on theatre stages around the country, concert stages around the world and having released his debut album, Making It Through to rave reviews, it is clear that Stuart Ambrose is someone to watch.
Making It Through was the culmination of a long artistic journey that took Stuart from his home base in Los Angeles to a top-notch studio in New York, where he spent months in the studio recording with some of the top musicians in the city. The songs are almost all originals from New York and Los Angeles songwriters and all the tunes are imbued with a positive message echoing Stuart's belief that tomorrow can always be better than today. Although the songs are first-rate and stylings of the musicians tremendous, it is Stuart's soaring vocals that truly carry through.
In addition to his performing career, Stuart was also a ten year member of the US Marine Corps Reserve. A proud sergeant in one of the best infantry battalions in the USMCR, Stuart found military service a great escape from the "me first" attitude of Hollywood. In January of 2008, Stuart was honorably discharged from the Marines and hopes to rejoin the military reserves soon as an officer in another branch of service.
Although Making It Through was his first solo album, Stuart is not a new-comer to the performing stage. Singing since the age of eight, Stuart has sung on concert stages all over the world. More recently, Stuart has been seen starring with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra alongside Dick Van Dyke and Alan Menken, singing with the Indianapolis Symphony along with Sandi Patty, headlining with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra in Georgia, and honoring our country's veterans with the Salt River Brass in Chandler, AZ. Stuart also performs regularly at churches in the Los Angeles and Phoenix areas, and has sung at dozens of private and corporate events.
Stuart has also had an extensive musical theatre career, performing all around the country in dozens of theatres. Most recently, he played the role of Adam in Cabrillo Music Theatre's critically acclaimed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Before that he toured the country as Sir Lionel in the national tour of Camelot, starring Michael York, and understudied and performed the role of Lancelot, including performing that role at the Hummingbird Center in Toronto where the musical was first created 47 years ago. Stuart has also been seen in: The Ten Commandments, starring Val Kilmer at the Kodak Theatre (available now on DVD); The Phoenix Theatre's production of Beauty and the Beast in Arizona playing the title role; 110 in the Shade at the Pasadena Playhouse, starring Marin Mazzie; and playing one of the lead roles in one of Cy Coleman's final musicals Lawyers, Lovers & Lunatics, directed by Pat Birch. Other theatre credits include: 1940s Radio Hour (The Phoenix Theatre - Johnny Cantone); Floyd in a production of Floyd Collins in Hollywood. A New Brain [In concert], starring Malcolm Gets (REPRISE! Theatre - Minister); Annie Get Your Gun (Frank Butler); Carousel (Billy Bigelow); West Side Story (Tony); The Scarlet Pimpernel (Percy); and South Pacific (Lt. Cable).
Stuart has also had multiple appearances on the
daytime dramas Guiding Light and As the World Turns.
In addition to working on established pieces, Stuart has had a strong commitment to helping develop new works. Some of the projects he's worked on have been: Imagine This, [The Concept Album] recorded with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. This is a new epic musical with music by Shuki Levy, and Stuart sings one of the lead roles alongside Jenny Powers and Aaron Lazar; the Los Angeles workshop production of A Room With a View, playing the lead role of George Emerson alongside stars Faith Prince and Anthony Crivello (Chris Renshaw, directing); And A Tale of Two Princes, a fairy tale of two brothers torn apart at birth, by up and coming performer and writer Alexandra Monir.
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