Bloomer Girl
New York City Center
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Opening Night: January 6, 1947
Closing Night: February 15, 1947
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
Capt. Sidney Bassler Governor Newton
Victor Bender Herman Brasher
Matt Briggs Horatio
John Byrd Hamilton Calhoun
State Official
John Call Gus
Peggy Campbell Daisy
Edward Chapel 1st Deputy
Dorothy Cothran Julia
Hubert Dilworth Pompey
Nanette Fabray Evalina
Donald Irving Green 3rd Deputy
Holly Harris Octavia
Arthur Lawson Augustus
Ellen Leslie Lydia
Joe E. Marks Sheriff Quimby
Byron Milligan Wilfred Thrush
Claire Minter Delia
Lily Paget Paula
Noella Pelloquin Prudence
Olive Reeves-Smith Dolly
Walter Russell Hiram Crump
Ralph Sassano 2nd Deputy
Carlos Sherman Joshua Dingle
Dick Smart Jeff Calhoun
Claire Stevens Phoebe
Mabel Taliaferro Serena
Lester Towne Ebenezer Mimms
Alice Ward Hetty
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