Bloomer Girl
Shubert Theatre
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Opening Night: October 5, 1944
Closing Night: April 27, 1946
Music: Harold Arlen
Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg
Book: S. M. Herzig
Fred Saidy
The daughter of an upstate New York hoop skirt manufacturer falls for a Southern slave owner, despite being influenced by the feminist, anti-slavery politics (and revolutionary undergarments) of her aunt, Dolly Bloomer.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
When the Boys Come Home…………..Serena, Octavia,
Lydia, Julia, Phoebe,
Delia
Evelina……………………………………Jeff Calhoun, Evalina
Welcome Hinges…………Serena, Horatio, Lydia, Julia,
Phoebe, Delia, Joshua Dingle,
Herman Brasher, Ebenezer Mimms,
Wilfred Thrush, Hiram Crump,
Evalina, Jeff Calhoun
Farmer’s Daughter……………………………Joshua Dingle,
Herman Brasher,
Ebenezer Mimms,
Wilfred Thrush,
Hiram Crump
It Was Good Enough for Grandma……………….Evalina,
the Bloomer Girls
The Eagle and Me………………………………………Pompey
Right As the Rain…………………….Jeff Calhoun, Evalina
T’Morra’, T’Morra’………………………………………….Daisy
Rakish Young Man With the Whiskers…………Evalina,
Jeff Calhoun
Pretty As a Picture………………………….Male Ensemble
ACT TWO
Sunday in Cicero Falls……………..Principals, Company
I Got a Song……………….Alexander, Augustus, Pompey
Lullaby………………………………………………………..Evalina
Simon Legree………………………………….Second Deputy
Liza Crossing the Ice……………………………….Ensemble
I Never Was Born…………………………………………..Daisy
Man For Sale………………………………………………..Soloist
The Eagle and Me (Reprise)……………………..Ensemble
When the Boys Come Home (Reprise)……….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Celeste Holm Evalina
Arlene Anderson Hetty
Lee Barrie Paula
Dorothy Baxter Ensemble
William Bender Herman Brasher
Cecile Bergman Dancer
Florence Berline Ensemble
Matt Briggs Horatio
David Brooks Jeff Calhoun
John Byrd 1st Deputy
State Official
John Call Gus
Blaine Cordner Hamilton Calhoun
Hubert Dilworth Augustus
Margaret Douglass Dolly
Nancy Douglass Delia
John Duane Dancer
Jean Faust Dancer
Joseph Florestano 2nd Deputy
Ensemble
Lidija Franklin Dancer
Dan Gallagher Hiram Crump
Phyllis Gehrig Dancer
Arthur Grahl Dancer
Harriet Hall Ensemble
Toni Hart Julia
Dorothy Hill Dancer
Butler Hixon Governor Newton
Jean Houloose Dancer
Lucas Hoving Dancer
Charles Howard Sheriff Quimby
Richard Huey Alexander
Eleanor Jones Prudence
Claudia Jordan Lydia
Elena Karina Dancer
Carmelita Lanza Dancer
Betty Low Dancer
Adele Lulince Ensemble
Robert Lyon Joshua Dingle
Carol MacFarlane Phoebe
Joe E. Marks Ebenezer Mimms
Joan McCracken Daisy
Byron Milligan Ensemble
James Mitchell Dancer
Kathleen O’Brien Dancer
Paul Olson Dancer
Brian Otis Ensemble
Pamela Randell Octavia
David Reher Dancer
Henry Roberts Ensemble
Jimmy Russell Dancer
Ralph Sassano 3rd Deputy
Ensemble
Carlos Sherman Ensemble
Emy St. Just Dancer
Claire Stevens Ensemble
Mabel Taliaferro Serena
Vaughn Trinnier Wilfred Thrush
Gloria Tromara Ensemble
John Ward Dancer
Dooley Wilson Pompey
Eleanor Winter Betty
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