Productions
The original Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 5, 1944, directed by William Schorr and produced by John C. Wilson in association with Nat Goldstone. Agnes de Mille was the choreographer, and her contributions included a Civil War ballet. The production starred Celeste Holm as Evelina, David Brooks as Jeff Calhoun, Dooley Wilson as the slave Pompey, and Joan McCracken in the featured dancing role as Daisy. While successful (it ran for 657 performances on Broadway), it has seldom been revived. One possible reason for this is the fact that the costumes, particularly for females, are quite complicated and difficult to deal with in the rather confines of a typical theater. Bloomer Girl caused a temporary rift between de Mille and Jerome Robbins when, about a year into the show's run, Robbins summarily appropriated several dancers then in the chorus, including Mitchell and Arthur Partington, for Billion Dollar Baby (1945).
There was an off-Broadway revival at the Theatre of St. Clements, directed by Alisa Roost, in 2000 and City Center Encores! staged a concert version in 2001.
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