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.
Brock Peters
AlexanderBarbara Cook
Evelina ApplegateKeith Andes
Jefferson CalhounFrank Overton
Hamilton CalhounJames Mitchell
Principal Dancer - "The Returned Soldier"Nydia Westman
Serena ApplegateCarmen Mathews
Dolly BloomerPaul Ford
Horatio Applegate