Productions3 on Broadway
| 1956 | Shubert Theatre Original. November 29, 1956 · Jerome Robbins | 924 performances |
| 1957 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2001 | Plymouth Theatre Revival. April 12, 2001 · Tina Landau | 68 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature57 passages
The show, Bells Are Ringing (11/29/56), also starred Charlie Chaplin’s son Sydney. The Styne, Comden, and Green score yielded such gems as “Just in Time” and “The Party’s Over.” This resulted in their longest run to date, 924 performances. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p133
Faith Prince starred in an ill-conceived revival of the JULE STYNE and COMDEN AND GREEN musical Bells Are Ringing (4/12/2001; 68 performances). book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p436
Next, Styne, Comden, and Green collaborated on Bells Are Ringing (11/29/56; 924 performances), written as a vehicle for Judy Holliday. Comden and Green had cut their teeth performing with Holliday as members of the Revuers, an early musical comedy act that played Greenwich Village clubs. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p538
JULE Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (see COMDEN AND GREEN), wrote the Judy Holliday musical Bells Are Ringing (11/29/56; 924 performances). The show introduced such standards as “The Party’s Over” and “Just in Time.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p549
Despite reprising her smash success as Ella Peterson in the film version of Bells Are Ringing, she was able to create only one more role on the musical stage, that of Peace Corps volunteer Sally Hopwinder in the 1963 misfire Hot Spot. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p37
Through the 1950s and ’60s, his stock rose, as he teamed often with longtime collaborators Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Their scores for Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, and Do Re Mi were in perfect step with the personas of Mary Martin, Judy Holliday, and Phil Silvers, respectively. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p153
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