Bells Are Ringing

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Broadway musical musical comedy

Bells Are Ringing is a classic 1956 Broadway musical comedy, with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, about a telephone answering service operator who becomes entangled in her clients’ lives.

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Label Occurrences
Bells Are Ringing canonical 8
Bells Are Ringing (1960 film) 2
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical) 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
actStructure two-act musical ⓘ
award Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Judy Holliday)
basedOn original story by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ⓘ
bookBy Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1956-11-29 ⓘ
broadwayRunLength 924 performances ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Shubert Theatre (Broadway) ⓘ
surface form: Shubert Theatre
composer Jule Styne NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfPremiere 1956 ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
hasCastRecording original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
hasCharacter Ella Peterson ⓘ
Jeff Moss ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation Bells Are Ringing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bells Are Ringing (1960 film)
hasMainCharacterOccupation telephone answering service operator ⓘ
hasRevival 2001 Broadway revival ⓘ
influenced later romantic musical comedies ⓘ
isClassicOf Golden Age of Broadway ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
musicBy Jule Styne NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong It’s a Perfect Relationship ⓘ
Just in Time ⓘ
Long Before I Knew You ⓘ
The Party's Over ⓘ
surface form: The Party’s Over
orchestrator Robert Ginzler ⓘ
Sid Ramin ⓘ
originalBroadwayChoreographer Jerome Robbins ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Jerome Robbins ⓘ
originalBroadwayStar Judy Holliday ⓘ
Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin) ⓘ
surface form: Sydney Chaplin
originalProductionYear 1956 ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Broadway ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
producer Theatre Guild ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
subject mistaken identity ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
show business ⓘ
telephone answering service ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Betty Comden → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
Adolph Green → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
Adolph Green → workedOn → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
Adolph Green → workedOn → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bells Are Ringing (1960 film)
Jule Styne → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
Bells Will Be Ringing → isMisidentifiedAs → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bells Will Be Ringing (as if it were the primary title)
Judy Holliday (divorced) → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Judy Holliday
Judy Holliday (divorced) → workedOn → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Judy Holliday
this entity surface form: Bells Are Ringing (Broadway musical)
Dania Krupska → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
this entity surface form: Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
this entity surface form: Bells Are Ringing (film)
Comden → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Bells Are Ringing → hasFilmAdaptation → Bells Are Ringing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bells Are Ringing (1960 film)
Basya Cohen → notableWork → Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden