Broadway
Bells Are Ringing (1956)
Opened at Shubert Theatre
Opened: November 29, 1956
Closed: March 7, 1959
Opened: November 29, 1956
Closed: March 7, 1959
Ella Peterson can't help meddling in people's lives, and she finds the perfect outlet for her passion as an operator at Susanserphone, her cousin's telephone answering service. Before Ella is finished, she'll foil an illegal gambling operation, transform a dentist into a successful composer and turn a lonely playwright into the man of her dreams.
The sparkling score features marvelous comedy songs introduced by the inimitable Judy Holliday, and boasts two of Broadway's best-loved standards, "The Party's Over" and "Just In Time."
The sparkling score features marvelous comedy songs introduced by the inimitable Judy Holliday, and boasts two of Broadway's best-loved standards, "The Party's Over" and "Just In Time."
Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by Jule Styne
Entire Production Directed by Jerome Robbins
Sets and Costumes Designed by Raoul Péne du Bois
Lighting by Peggy Clark
Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett
Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock
Vocal Arrangements and Direction by Herbert Greene and Buster Davis
Dance Arrangements and Incidental Scoring by John Morris
Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse
Produced by The Theatre Guild
Music by Jule Styne
Entire Production Directed by Jerome Robbins
Sets and Costumes Designed by Raoul Péne du Bois
Lighting by Peggy Clark
Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett
Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock
Vocal Arrangements and Direction by Herbert Greene and Buster Davis
Dance Arrangements and Incidental Scoring by John Morris
Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse
Produced by The Theatre Guild
Musical Numbers:
- Overture
- Bells Are Ringing
- It's A Perfect Relationship
- Independent (On My Own)
- You've Got To Do It
- It's A Simple Little System
- Is It A Crime?
- Hello, Hello There!
- I Met A Girl
- Long Before I Knew You
- Mu-Cha-Cha
- Just In Time
- Drop That Name
- Party's Over, The
- Salzburg
- Midas Touch, The
- Long Before I Knew You (reprise)
- I'm Goin' Back
- Finale
Additional Material:
Cast:
| Sue | Jean Stapleton |
| Gwynne | Pat Wilkes |
| Ella Peterson | Judy Holliday |
| Carl | Peter Gennaro |
| Inspector Barnes | Dort Clark |
| Francis | Jack Weston |
| Sandor | Eddie Lawrence |
| Jeff Moss | Sydney Chaplin |
| Larry Hastings | George S. Irving |
| Telephone Man | Eddie Heim |
| Ludwig Smiley | Frank Milton |
| Charles Bessemer | Frank Green |
| Dr. Kitchell | Bernie West |
| Blake Barton | Frank Aletter |
| Another Actor | Frank Green |
| Joey | Tom O'Steen |
| Olga | Norma Doggett |
| Man From Corvello Mob | John Perkins |
| Other Man | Kasimir Kokich |
| Carol | Ellen Ray |
| Paul Arnold | Steve Roland |
| Michelle | Michelle Reiner |
| Master of Ceremonies | Eddie Heim |
| Singer at Nightclub | Frank Green |
| Waiter | Ed Thompson |
| Maitre d'Hotel | David McDaniel |
| Police Officer | Gordon Woodburn |
| Madame Grimaldi | Donna Sanders |
| Mrs. Mallet | Jeannine Masterson |
| Dancers: | Norma Doggett |
| Phyllis Dorne | |
| Patti Karr | |
| Barbara Newman | |
| Nancy Perkins | |
| Marsha Rivers | |
| Beryl Towbin | |
| Anne Wallace | |
| Doria Avila | |
| Frank Derbas | |
| Don Emmons | |
| Eddie Heim | |
| Kasimir Kokich | |
| Tom O'Steen | |
| Willy Sumner | |
| Ben Vargas | |
| Billy Wilson | |
| Singers: | Pam Abbott |
| Joanne Birks | |
| Urylee Leonardos | |
| Jeannine Masterson | |
| Michelle Reiner | |
| Donna Sanders | |
| Frank Green | |
| Marc Leon | |
| David McDaniel | |
| Paul Michael | |
| Julian Patrick | |
| Steve Roland | |
| Ed Thompson | |
| Gordon Woodburn |