He finally broke through to widespread critical and audience acclaim in Britain with his 1976 London production "Housewife, Superstar!" at the Apollo Theatre. Its success in Britain and Australia led Humphries to try his luck with the show in New York in 1977 at the off-Broadway Theatre Four (now called the Julia Miles Theatre), but it proved to be a disastrous repeat of his experience with "Just a Show". Humphries later summed up his negative reception by saying: "When "The New York Times" tells you to close, you close."