NEA grant a huge step forward for Theatre of Big Bend May 8, 2009
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Music by Cy Coleman. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Mary Printz, 85, inspired musical 'Bells are Ringing' Mar 14, 2009
One of Mrs. Printz's clients was Adolph Green, who, inspired by her extraordinary ministrations, wrote the show's book and lyrics with his frequent collaborator, Betty Comden. (The music is by Jule Styne. (Boston Globe)
Charlie Chaplin's actor-son Sydney Chaplin dies Mar 6, 2009
He won his Tony for "Bells Are Ringing," the 1956 Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical about a telephone answering service operator (Holliday) who falls in love with a customer (Chaplin). New York Herald Tribune critic Walter Kerr wrote that the actor "doubles the evening's warmth by the simple expedient of believing in its love story.". (MSNBC -- News)
