Show Plot Bells Are Ringing

Authors: Book and Lyrics: Betty Comden & Alolph Green

Time Period: Summer of 1953

Setting: New York City

Summary: Ella Peterson works at a telephone answering service and falls in love with the voice of one of her clients. A mob of gangsters complicate things by scheming to use the answering service as a cover for their bookie operation. Enter a pair of bumbling police detectives and a dentist who dreams of being a Broadway songwriter.