
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"