Bloomer Girl (Original Broadway Production, 1944)

Production Info

Previews: October 4, 1944 (One preview on October 4. Unknown whether there were perhaps 1 or 2 more.)
Opening October 5, 1944
Closing: April 27, 1946
Length of Run: 654 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Staging	E. Y. Harburg
... Dances	Agnes de Mille
... Book Direction	William Schorr

Cast

... Daisy	Joan McCracken
... Evelina	Celeste Holm
... Dolly	Margaret Douglass
... Jeff Calhoun	David Brooks (i)
... Pompey	Dooley Wilson
... Serena	Mabel Taliaferro
... Octavia (Applegate Daughter)	Pamela Randell
... Lydia (Applegate Daughter)	Claudia Jordan
... Julia (Applegate Daughter)	Toni Hart
... Phoebe (Applegate Daughter)	Carol MacFarlane

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Musical Numbers

Act One

When the Boys Come Home .... Serena, the daughters
Evelina .... Jeff and Evelina
Welcome Hinges .... Serena, Horatio, daughters, sons-in-law, Evelina, Jeff
The Farmer's Daughter .... The sons-in-law
It Was Good Enough for Grandma .... Evelina and the Bloomer Girls
Dance Specialty .... Daisy and dancers
The Eagle and Me .... Pompey
Right As the Rain .... Jeff and Evelina
T'morra' T'morra' .... Daisy
Rakish Young Man with the Whiskers .... Jeff and Evelina
Pretty as a Picture .... Male Ensemble
Waltz .... Dancers
Style Show Ballet .... Principals and dancers

Act Two

Sunday in Cicero Falls .... Principals and company
I Got a Song .... Alexander with Augustus and Pompey
Lullaby .... Evelina
Simon Legree .... Second Deputy
Liza Crossing the Ice .... Ensemble
I Never Was Born .... Daisy
Man for Sale .... Auctioneer
Civil War Ballet .... Dancers
Reprise: The Eagle and Me .... Ensemble
Reprise: When the Boys Come Home .... Entire company

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Production Info

Previews: October 4, 1944 (One preview on October 4. Unknown whether there were perhaps 1 or 2 more.)
Opening October 5, 1944
Closing: April 27, 1946
Length of Run: 654 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Venues

Main Run

Shubert Theatre (New York, NY)
10/5/1944 - 4/27/1946

Tryout

Forrest Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
9/11/1944 - 9/30/1944

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Commercial Recordings

Original Broadway Cast (1944)
Celeste Holm , David Brooks (i) , Richard Huey , Joan McCracken , Dooley Wilson

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