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Bells Are Ringing

Music: Jule Styne
Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Book: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Notes:
Production Year: 1979
Synopsis:
Ella, a switchboard operator for an answering service, becomes overly involved in her clients lives. She falls in love with the voice of a playwright with a writer’s block, and confusion and romance ensue.

Cast Member

Role

David Romano
Singers
James Whitson
Master of Ceremonies
Darlene Romano
Singers
Jerry Trent
Capt. and Swing Dancer
Barbara Stock
Singers
Daryl Lynn Wood
Singers/Other Actors in Café/Understudy for Ella
Peter Virgo, Jr.
Man from Corvello Mob
Oliver Woodall
Dancers/Other Actors in Café/Understudy for Dr. Kitchell, Francis
Bruce Tuthill
Paul Arnold/Announcer/Singers/Understudy for Jeff/Inspector Barnes
Myrna White
Gwynne
Richard Bohannon
Dancers
John Brandon
Inspector Barnes
Mark Bradford
Singers/Understudy for Blake Barton/Man from Corvello Mob
Catherine Gaines
Olga/Singers/Understudy for Gwynne
Gino Conforti
Sandor
Tom Callas
Dancers
Lola Fisher
Sue
Al Checco
Dr. Kitchell
Brooks Almy
Singers/Understudy for Sue
Howard Chitjian
Understudy for Larry Hastings
Ronald Dennis
Dancers
John Bernabei
Francis/Understudy for Sandor
Deborah Bartlett
Michelle/Dancers
Stephen G. Arlen
Blake Barton
Dean Jones
Jeffrey Moss
Elaine Pepparde
Dancers
Myron Natwick
Larry Hastings
Florence Henderson
Ella Peterson
Evans Ray
Telephone Man/Other Actors in Café/Singers
Vincent Pirillo
Carl
Tricia Mahoney
Dancers
Maris O’Neill
Swing Dancer