Bloomer Girl

Overview

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.

Cast

Barbara Cook

Evelina Applegate

Keith Andes

Jefferson Calhoun

Carmen Mathews

Dolly Bloomer

Paul Ford

Horatio Applegate

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Rawn Spearman

Pompey

Nydia Westman

Serena Applegate

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Patricia Hammerlee

Daisy

Brock Peters

Alexander

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Dorothy Lang

Applegate Sister

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Margot Moser

Applegate Sister

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Peggy O'Hara

Applegate Sister

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Elise Rhodes

Octavia Applegate