Bells Are Ringing

Opening Night: April 12, 2001
Closing: June 10, 2001
Theater: Gerald Schoenfeld

Long before there were answering machines, there were telephone answering services in which operators would give and take messages all day. Bells Are Ringing, the Comden-Green-Styne musical, focuses on Ella Peterson, one such operator. Ella has become a fixture in the lives of her hapless clients, including playwright Jeffrey Moss, who has just broken up with his writing partner and has no confidence to continue. Ella takes up the challenge of setting Moss on a course to success. This first-ever Broadway revival stars Faith Prince and Marc Kudisch as Ella and Jeffrey, and co-stars Beth Fowler and David Garrison.