In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leading roles in CANDIDE and THE MUSIC MAN still in her future. A solid success when it opened on Broadway in 1944, BLOOMER GIRL boasts a glorious score by the legendary team of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (THE WIZARD OF OZ). The book by Fred Saidy is set at the brink of the Civil War and addresses issues of women's equality (priorities were the right to vote and to wear bloomers, a liberating alternative to hoop skirts) and racial equality.
as Evelina Applegate
as Jefferson Calhoun
as Dolly Bloomer
as Horatio Applegate
as Pompey
as Serena Applegate
as Daisy
as Alexander
as Applegate Sister
as Applegate Sister
as Applegate Sister
as Octavia Applegate
as Julia Applegate
as Sheriff
as Governor Newton
as Hamilton Calhoun
as Joshua
as Ebeneezer
as Principal Dancer - "The Returned Soldier"
as Principal Dancer - "His Girl"
as Principal Dancer - "The Widow"
as Principal Dancer - "The Needle Threader"
