Fynsworth Alley
Produced by Bruce Kimmel
Engineer: Vinnie Cirilli
Original Broadway Revival Cast
Opened: April 12, 2001 Closed: June 10, 2001 Performances: 68
Music by
Jule Styne
Book and Lyrics by
Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Dean Martin and Judy Holiday in a scene from the film version
Scenes from the Broadway Revival
Starring
Faith
Prince
David
Garrison
Marc
Kudisch
Lawrence
Clayton
Martin
Moran
Beth
Fowler
Songs
1. Overture
2. Bells Are Ringing
3. It's A Perfect Relationship
4. Independent
5. It's A Simple Little System
6. Better Than A Dream
7. Hello, Hello There
8. I Met A Girl
9. Is It A Crime?
10. Long Before I Knew You
11. Mu-Cha-Cha
12. Just In Time
13. Drop That Name
14. The Party's Over
15. Salzburg
16. The Midas Touch
17. Long Before I Knew You (reprise)
18. I'm Going Back
19. Just In Time (reprise)/Finale
20. The Music And Lyrics Of Dr. Kitchell
REVIEW: CD
VILLAGE VOICE
by Michael Feingold
July 11 - 17, 2001
The much lambasted revival of Bells Are Ringing (Fynsworth Alley) has produced a delightful recording. Nothing will ever replace Judy Holliday, but Faith Prince's reading of the lead role has a focus and vivacity on disc that weren't visible onstage. She still tries too hard—the performance is tricked out with innumerable funny voices, squawks, and growls—but her personality clearly blossoms in a studio. She's strongly backed, too: by Don Sebesky's new orchestrations, which give the show's '50s sensibility only the most delicate metallic edge; by Marc Kudisch's strong, easy baritone; and by the droll character performances of Beth Fowler, David Garrison, and Martin Moran. In keeping with record producer Bruce Kimmel's tradition, the disc preserves, on a bonus track, Moran's memorable turn as the demented songwriter-dentist who composes on his air hose. To add to the surprise, Prince sounds even more engagingly assured on the live recording of her January 2000 gig at Joe's Pub, A Leap of Faith (DRG). Singing show tunes and a range of other material, she doesn't succeed with every number, but does give the show an overarching warmth that suggests, more than anything else I've seen or heard from her, a distinctive and gifted personality. Taken together, the discs suggest that there's every reason for Faith in the American musical.
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