Judy Holliday "BELLS ARE RINGING" Sydney Chaplin / Jule Styne 1958 Playbill

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I'm currently listing a large number of playbills representing some of the most memorable Broadway performances of the 1950's and 1960's ....... This is a beautiful May 19th, 1958 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the JULE STYNE, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical hit "BELLS ARE RINGING" which played the Sam S. Shubert Theatre in New York City. (The production opened November 29th, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 924 performances.) ..... The musical starred the legendary JUDY HOLLIDAY as "Ella Peterson" (shown in the cover photo) and included SYDNEY CHAPLIN, ALICE PEARCE, EDDIE LAWRENCE, DORT CLARK,
FRANK ALETTER,
PAT WILKES, PAUL LIPSON,
BERNIE WEST,
FRANK DERBAS, CARMEN GUITIERREZ, HEYWOOD HALE BROUN, NORMA DOGGETT and STEVE ROLAND ..... CREDITS: Music by JULE STYNE (prolific composer of "Gypsy", "Darling of the Day", "Do Re Mi", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Funny Girl", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Hazel Flagg", "High Button Shoes", "Lorelei", "Sugar", "Prettybelle", "Subways Are For Sleeping" and "Two on the Aisle"); Book and Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Wonderful Town", "Bells are Ringing", "Say, Darling", "Do Re Mi", "Subways are for Sleeping", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "On the Twentieth Century", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS and BOB FOSSE; Directed by JEROME ROBBINS; Produced by THE THEATRE GUILD ..... DETAILS: The 34 page playbill measures 6 1/2" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and individual bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team but with the exception of the front cover, no cast photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.