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Total Rating: 
***
Previews: 
March 13, 2001
Opened: 
April 12, 2001
Ended: 
June 10, 2001
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Mitchell Maxwell, Victoria Maxwell & Mark Balsam (for Momentum Productions, Inc.), Robert Barandes, Richard Bernstein & James L. Simon.
Theater Type: 
Broadway
Theater: 
Plymouth Theater
Theater Address: 
236 West 45th Street
Phone: 
(212) 239-6200
Running Time: 
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre: 
Musical
Author: 
Music: Jule Styne; Book/Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green.
Director: 
Tina Landau
Review: 

While not among the evergreens, Bells Are Ringing has enough pleasures to be a legitimate example of the "good old days" of Broadway musicals.  Tina Landau's proficient but bland revival simply has the bad luck to be up against a lively crop of spring shows and suffers by comparison. Taken on its own terms, however, this Bells certainly entertains.  Faith Prince and Marc Kudisch are individually good, though they lack romantic sizzle. The subway scene remains a can't-miss joy.

Cast: 
Faith Prince, Marc Kudisch, David Garrison, Beth Fowler, Martin Moran, Robert Ari, Jeffrey Bean.
Technical: 
Set: Riccardo Hernandez; Lighting: Donald Holder; Orchestr: Don Sebesky; Music Dir: David Evans.
Other Critics: 
TOTALTHEATER Jason Clark -
Critic: 
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed: 
April 2001