Bloomer Girl
New York City Center
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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
Anita Gillette Serena Applegate
Michele Ragusa Octavia
Ensemble
Joy Hermalyn Lydia
Ensemble
Ann Kittredge Julia
Ensemble
Teri Hansen Phoebe
Ensemble
Gay Willis Delia
Ensemble
Donna Lynne Champlin Daisy
Philip Bosco Horatio Applegate
Ned Eisenberg Gus
Kate Jennings Grant Evelina Applegate
Joe Cassidy Joshua Dingle
Ensemble
David de Jong Herman Brasher
Ensemble
Eddie Korbich Ebenezer Mimms
Ensemble
Tim Salamandyk Wilfred Thrush
Ensemble
Roger DeWitt Hiram Crump
Ensemble
Kathleen Chalfant Dolly Bloomer
Michael Park Jeff Calhoun
Jubilant Sykes Pompey
Mike Hartman Sheriff Quimby
Herndon Lackey Hamilton Calhoun
Todd Hunter Augustus
Ballet Soloist
Everett Bradley Alexander
Carson Church Governor’s Aide
Ensemble
Merwin Goldsmith Governor Newton
Karine Plantadit-Bageot Ballet Soloist
Nina Goldman Ballet Soloist
Robert Wersinger Ballet Soloist
Deborah Allton Ensemble
Kate Baldwin Ensemble
Susan Derry Ensemble
Donna Dunmire Ensemble
John Halmi Ensemble
Cherylyn Jones Ensemble
Jason Lacayo Ensemble
Mary Kate Law Ensemble
Lori MacPherson Ensemble
Vale Rideout Ensemble
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