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.
Barbara Cook
as Evelina Applegate
Keith Andes
as Jefferson Calhoun
Carmen Mathews
as Dolly Bloomer
Paul Ford
as Horatio Applegate
Rawn Spearman
as Pompey
Nydia Westman
as Serena Applegate
Patricia Hammerlee
as Daisy
Brock Peters
as Alexander
Dorothy Lang
as Applegate Sister
Margot Moser
as Applegate Sister
Peggy O'Hara
as Applegate Sister
Elise Rhodes
as Octavia Applegate
