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- Guy S. Little, Jr. Presents

Margaret Hamilton in "Bloomer Girl"

August 1s t through August 6th, 1961

.. .Who's Who in the Cast

MARGARET HAMILTON (Dolly Bloom- in K I S M E T in 1959.

er), B-oadway, T V and Hollywood's most fa- Mr. Rogers myriad

mous character actress, made a tremendous hit show business credits
with central Illinoip audiences last season at the
Grand as Cissy in A T R E E GROWS I N are culled from mus-

BROOKLYN. Margaret is a very familiar face ical comedy, light

to millions of motion picture fans. having ap- opera, c o n c e r t S,

peared in some seventy-five Hollywood films in- nightclubs, r a d i 0,

cluding WABASH AVENUE. MY L I T T L E television and re-

CHICKADEE. GUEST I N T H E HOUSE and cordings. On a re-

STATE O F T H E UNION with such g-eat stars cent tour of Eng-

a s W. C. Fields, Mae West, Clark Gable, Grace land he earned the
title' of "Voice of
Moors and Spencer Tracy. Perhaps her most the Year'' for his
famous role i s that of the Wicked Witch of the
West in T H E WIZARD O F OZ which co- Parlophone Record-
mgs made during
starred Judy Garland. This classic movie has the run of the pop-
been seen on television a t Christmas time for
the past several years and Ma-garet is kept ular West End re-
RVZWCAYYROGERS vue. O F F T H E
busy re-creating her role of the Witch a t lead- RECORD. In this
ing summer theatres throughout the country.
Before returning to Sullivan, she played the count v he has appeared at all the leading sum-
mer theatres includinq Bucks Countv Plavhouse
Witch in Ft. Worth Texas and Indianapolis Sacramento Music Circus, Kansas City Starlight
and after completing! BLOOMER GIRL she
will fly (by plane that is) to Maine for an ad- Theat-e Cape Cod Melody Tent and many
othcrs. His roles have included Fred Graham in
ditional three, weeks of T H E WIZARD O F OZ. KISS M1E0; K A TE Wood in FINIAN'S RAIN-
Mar aret arrived in New York from her home BOW i n THE M S TPAPPY FELLA,
In Eleveland along about 1931. pounded the ~
Danil; In T H E M E R R Y WIDO,W, Billy in
pavements got into ANOTHER LANGUAGE CAROUSEL and John in ROBERTA. This
in 1932 aie grapes for three acts and stole the
GAMEpatsea
Pi ran
in
show! %er impressive list of B'way appearances s dsoenlloM's rkR-ol%eRnU!*La6P S a eep pff-Broadwa
OP
i s an extensive one-hi hlighting a variety of THE
and at the famous ~ o t i l l i o nROOF of the Hotel
roles tn G O L D I L O C ~ S , T H E FARMER
TAKES A WIFE. FANCY MEETING YOU Pierre on F i f t h Avenue i n NO, NO, N A N E T T E
for four weeks.
AGAIN and ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. Mar-
ga~et'svoice was heard daily on CBS in T H E
COUPLE NEXT DOOR ana she is familiar to ANDREA BLAYNE (Evalina) returns to
p-ople on the Eastern seaboard as Emily Tip. the Grand after an absence, of two seasons.
the Tip Top Lady for Tip Top Bread. On T V Miss Blayne was an immediate success with
Margaret has had runnin parts in VALIANT central Illinois audi-
ILBERT.LADY, ETHEL AND ences when she made
THE EGG he- SUMMER O F
MUSICALS debut
AND I and has ap eared on S T U D I O O N E as Mrs. Sally Adams
HALLMARK, OMJIBUS, PLAY OF T H ~ in C A L L ME
WEEK, and P H I L SILVERS. This past season
she was featured on two U. S. S T E E L THEA- MADAM i n 1957.
T R E GUILD reductions from New York. I n That same year she
musical stock hargaret has starred in Dallas, femained to appear
St. Louis, Kansas City and other leading in WISH YOU
theatres throughout the country as Sue in W E R E H E R E and
BELLS ARE RINGING, Aunt Elller in OKLA- GUYS AND DOLLS
and returned as
HOMA! and Parthy in SHOW .BOAT. She leading actress-sing-
now lives in a large and charming apartment er for the entire
in Gramercy Park in New York and ghe has 1958 season. An-
a son who recently graduated from Princeton. drea's great variety
Maggie as she is most affectionately known is of roles that year in-
admired, respected and loved equally by di- cluded Anna in T H E ANDREA BLAYNE
rectors, producers agents and her co-performers. K1N.G .AND I , Lola in DAMN YANKEES. Ado
She i s indeed quite a rare gal in the world of Annie in OKLAHOMA! and L a Mome Pistache
show business. in CAN-CAN. On B r o a d w z Andrea has been
seen as Bianca in K I S S E, KATE and a s
RONALD ROGERS (Jeff) opened the first one of Tom Ewell's 'Dream Girls' in T H E
season of SUMMER O F MUSICALS a s Tom- SEVEN YEAR ITCH. Among the numerous
my in BRIGADOON i n 1957. H i s outstanding s'ock companies which have claimed her time
volce and personalit$ have been extremely and talent during recent years are Gateway
popiilar with Grand heatre audiences and he Musical Playhouse in New jersey. Northland
has returned to the Grand to appear as Robert Playhouse in Detroit and L a olla Playhouse in
Baker in WONDERFUL T O W N and Sky Mas-
tcrson i n GUYS AND DOLLS i n 1957, Gaylord (Please turn to page 10)
Ravenal in S H O W BOAT in 1958, and Hajj

GrowLGrow-GROW with

AYLCO CHEMICAL COMPANY PLANTS LOCATED AT
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GUY S. LITTLE, JR.
Presents

MARGARET HAMILTON

RONALD ROGERS ANDREA BLAYNE

"Bloomer Girl"

with

Michael Wright, Leroy Kalbas, Rhoda Levine, Helen Malone, Dick Stephens

Book by SIG HERZIG and FRED SAlDY Based on a play by DAN and LlLTH JAMES

Music by HAROLD ARLEN Lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG

DIRECTED by JEFF WARREN
CHOREOGRAPHY by RHODA LEVINE
MUSICAL DIRECTION by ELWOOD SMITH
DESIGNED AND LlGHTED by JACK W. KIRKBY
COSTUMES by JESSIE AND ROD FERNANDEZ

ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LITTLE

CAST
(In order of appearance)

Serena Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HELEN MALONE
Phoebe Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S. HARON SELTZER
Octavia Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUDY ERICKSON
Delia Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..CHARLOTTE SPERRY
Julia Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CARROLL INGERSOLL
Lydia Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...BRENDA TOOLEY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHODA LEVINE
Daisy
Horatio Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEROY KALBAS
Gus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DICK STEPHENS
Evalina Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..ANDREA BLAYNE
Joshua Dingle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT BYARS
Herman Brasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES HARRIS
Ebenezer Mimms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM HENKIN
Wilfred Thrush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..LAWRENCE BENNETT
Hiram Crump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID KELSON
Dolly Bloomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MARGARET HAMILTON
Jeff Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RONALD ROGERS
Prudence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAN CARLA RINKER
Paula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRENDA TOOLEY
Hetty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BETTY CHAMBERS
Bloomer Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NINA TABOR, BONNIE MacNEALIE, JANET
SILVER and CAROLEE GEARHART

Pompey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MICHAEL WRIGHT
Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES PANOWSKI
Jonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TERRY SOLDWEDEL
1st Deputy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD DOLPH
2nd Deputy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G O MacALlSTER
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DON RICHETTA
3rd Deputy
Hamilton Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..ROBERT LEOPOLD
Augustus ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........................................................... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .SIDNEY SHAW
Governor Newton O'DELL
HERB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROD FERNANDEZ
Governor's Aide

Children . VANESSA LITTLE, SUSlE ATCHISON and KENNY and ERIC SMITH

ORCHESTRA: Two pianos-Elwood Smith and Eddie McCarty; Percussion-Hal Fair-
w2ather; Bass-Frank Post; Clarinet-Jack Anderson.

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Scene 1. ACT ONE
Scene 2.
Scene 3. The conservatory of the Applegate mansion.
Scene 4. The Applegate bafhroom.
Scene 5. The L I L Y House.
Outside the Applegate estate.
The Applegate pavilion.

Scene 1. ACT TWO

Scene 2. The village green.
Scene 3. The jail.
Scene 4. The Opera House.
The conservatory of the Applegate mansion.

MUSICAL SYNOPSIS

ACT ONE

scene One

1. "When the Boys Come Hame" ........................... Daughters
2. "When the Boys Come Home" Daughters
Reprise . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sons-in-law and
3. "Evelina" .......................................Jeff and Evelina
4. "Welcome Hingesa' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Serena, Horat'io, Jeff, Evelina,

Daughters and Sons-in-law

Scene Two ................ Sons-in-law

5. "The Farmer's DaughterN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scene Three

6. "It Was Good Enough for Grandma" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelina and Bloomer Girls
7. "The Eagle and Me" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pompey and Bloomer Girls
8. "Right as the Rain" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff and Evelina

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Bloomer, Pompey, Augustus,
Uncle Tom's Cabin Parade.. .Do lly

- , , Bloe.mrr G;irls, Daby and Gus

Scene Two

3. "I G d a Seng" ............... ............... .. ...P..o..m...p.e..y.., Au(lus..tu..s.....a..n.Jd.e.fB.f .loa.on.md. eEErvvGeelliiirnnlasa
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6. "Liza Crossing the ..I..c...e...".......................................................................................................................................D.......a......y.D.I.d.aa.lnnr.cdeASuECpcneotsimcoetapnmtaeobnerlyesr
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8. .'"Never War Born".
9.
"Man For Sale"
Civil War Ballet
10. "The Eagle and Me". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pompey, Augurtus and Ensemble

Scene Four

11. Finale ........................................................... Company

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. . .WHO'S WHO pearing with such stars as Buster Keaton. Wally

(Continued from page 2) Cox. Nina Foch. Denise Darcel. Tack Ba-rv and
Sidney Blackmer among others- He has ap-
California. For two vears Andrea was under peared ir. plays demandiog German. Italian.
contract with 20th Cintury Fox Studios in
Hollywood and she appeared on such video British. Irish and Swedish dialects. Mr. Kalbas
propams as T H E ROBERT MONTGOMERY
SHOW and STUDIO ONE. Andrea's roles in has done commercial and documentarv films for
stock have included Vera in PAL JOEY. Sharon E n cvc.< A.-. l o o e- d- i-r- Britannica and manv oiiot oroduc-
In FINIAN'S RAINBOW. Ruth in W O N D E R - ~ ~~ ~
F U L TOWN. Liza in LADY I N T H E DARK,
and the title role In A U N T I E MAMIE. c o n s . Leroy has appeared a t ~ i ' ~ h l a n Pd a-k
Music Theatre in CAROUSEL w ~ t hDoro'hy
Collins and with Debra Panet in T H E PAJAMA

GAME. Before returning to Sullivan- this
season. Leroy was featureld with Nina Foch and
John Nrwland in T H E GUARDSMAN and in
MICHAEL WRIGHT (Pompey) is a native
of Durham, North Carolina, although he calls O N D I N E with Jill Corey a t Hinsdale Summer
Theatre near Chicago.
Shelbyville. Illinois his home. After gradua-
tion from hiqh school Michael continued his
H E L E N MALONE (Serena) who cha-med
education and received his B.S. Degree from Grand Theatre audiences as the Grand Duchess
North Carolina College and his M.S. from Co- Anastasia i n T H E S T U D E N T P R I N C E in 1959
returns to SUMMER O F MUSICALS for
lumbia University, but a Portion of each year
of this time he devoted to his first love-the BLOOMER GIRL. Miss Malone is another
popular actress from Chicago who has appeared
theatre. Michael attracted the attention of the in leading roles at Drury Lane Chevy Chase.
Highland Park Music Theatre aAd Shad
noted photographer Carl Van Vechten and was
referred to a later-to-be history making produc-

tion of HAMLET. He was asked to play a Helen has performed for over 400 do%:
featured role in the Company's next production.
the American P-emiere of the noted Danish Clubs in and around Chicaeo and has been seen
coast to coast on such television programs as
playwrinhf Kaj Monk's T H E WORD. As a re- THEY STAND ACCUSED. CURTAIN TIME,
sult of hls Performance in this ~roductionhe
wps asked to play the male lead in the off- HAWKINS PALLS and many others. Her out-
standing commercials have been used on SUPER
B way revival of T H E VOICE O F T H E
TURTLE. and later replaced the romantic lead CIRCUS. OUIZ KIDS and T H E CHICAGO
H.-e.le.n.-h-a s- b- e- e-n- a- f- a s- h i o n com-
in the floundering off-B'way musical entitled S-Y.MPH--O-N.Y~-. . ~~~

T H E W.ORLD I S MY OYSTER. From this mentator on all network radio shows including
work ior Morris B. Sachs and Charles Stevens.
show, nightclub offers came in and from the On the legitimate stage her roles have included

intimate nightclubs came his chance t o ~ l a va the mother in PICNIC with Darren McGavin at

role in the Broadway hit JAMAICA 'whic!~ Drury Lane. Allison in LADY I N T H E DARK
starr ea Len aapHpeoarrnaenceasndbh~s;iicGh iaarid o Montalban.
This led to radio-shows at Music Theatre and the lead with Lynn Bari
in GOODBYE MY FANCY a t Chevy Chase.
and the S T E V E ALLEN S H O W on NBC-TV. She has appeared in a grsat variety of roles
Recently Michael made a recording of "Corina.
Corina" which has been released in Europe, and and some of her characterizations have included

has been busy appearing a t many leading night- Italian. Spanish, Southern and Russian dialects.
Helen lives in a delightful apartment jn Chicago
clubs.
in the area considered to be the Greenwich
LEROY KALBAS (Horatio) gave extreme- Village o i the Windy City'.
ly effective performances a t the Grand last
season as Doc in W E S T S I D E STORY and the RHODA L E V I N E (Daisy), who has been
Starkeeper in CAROUSEL. Mr. Kalbas has a popular performer and choreographer at SUM-
had over thirty years of acting experience ap-
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(Continued from Page 10) ter's Ballet Company and has choreoGaphed
shows at Dayton. Wellesley, and Cohassett.
M E R O F MUSICALS during two previous During the Spring of 1960, Rhoda choreographed
the Broadway-bound musical. LOCK U P YOUR
seasons, 1s one of New York's most popula - DAUGHTERS and last summer journeyed to
,ngla>d to choreograph a musical in London.
and busiest choreoara~hers. Durine t h e Das
DICK S T E P H E N S (Gus) opened the 1961
few years Miss c e v i n e has handGd all -the season a t the Grand as Wint in TAKE ME
ALONG. Dick is a Decatur native who started
choreography for the DUPONT SHOWS O F worklng a t the Grand backstage for BRIGA-
T H E MONTH on CBS-TV and has appeared DOON. in 1957 and has remained with the cqm-
as a performer on many network television pro- pany slnce then to appear In every production
grams including the recent GERSHWIN ,s a d a n c ~ r ,singer and actor. H i s roles last sea-
YEARS and the Lawrence Oliver spectacular, ;i11 included Stewpot in S O U T H PACIFIC,
T H E POWER AND T H E GLORY this past Wi'lie in A T R E E GROWS I N BROOKLYN.
season. Rhoda's first season a t the Grand as Available Jones in L'IL ABNER. Action in
choreographer was in 1958 and she opened the W E S T S I D E STORY and Boatswain in CAR-
season that year a s Gladys in T H E PAJAMA OUSEL. In addition to his talents on the
GAME and won the hearts of central Illinois stage Dick is the outstanding artist who s
audiences. I n 1959 Rhoda was the lead dancer respohsible for all the a r t work in the souvenir
in T H E KING AND I a t the St. Louis Munv and the weekly programs a s well a s :he dis-
Opera and returned to Sullivan to dance in play posters in the theatre lobby. Dick has
K I S M E T and H I G H B U T T O N SHOES. Re- s ~tdieddrama and art s t both Southern Teach-
cmtly she choreographed the successful off- ers' College and Millikin University.
Broadway production FASHION and appeared
in another off-Broadway production. S H E
S H A L L H A V E MUSIC. Rhoda has been a

PRODUCTION STA FOR MR. L I T T L E
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and Pat Bennett
and Gwen Anderson .......Production Assistants. .Carroll Ingersoll.
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Tooley Caroiee Gearhardt. Jan Carla Rinker, Janet
Harris Silver, Judy Erickson, Charlotte Sperry,

Bennett Nina Tabor, Ruth Kaufman, Don Richetta,

and Inis Little Dick Dolph, Tosh MacAlister, Bob Leopold,
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Technical Director. Bcb Byars. Bill Henkin Sidney Shaw
Assistant Dave Kelson, Terry Sold&edel, Joe Fitz:
Theatre A rCt iosstt u m. .e.r. patrick, and Raymond Dews.

Credits: Spinet Pianos thro~!ph the courtesy of SAMUEL MUSIC COMPANY, Effingham. Illinois.
Dresslng Rooms-Best C l ~ n l c . Celestette by G. G. Jenlcins of Decatur. M. B. Productions, Otto
Schlesinger.

Special credit for the assistance of: Ruth Kaufman, Tooker Rappel. Masonic Home, Jibby's. Otto
S c h l e s i n ~ e r ,the Kiwanis Club. and Grand Pharmacy.

Lehman I.G.A. Jividen

Everything in Food

111 North Harnilton S~tllivan,Illinois

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August 8th Through August 13th
Dolores Wilson $I :

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, ..METROPOLITAN OPERA STAR
.rfand JEFF WARREN
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' :f Joanne Koehn, . .

.Leroy Kalbas, Guy Lif&ri:

and Rusty Dore I

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August 15th through dugust 2Oth,E; .J -

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"Anything Goes\\+I

The Great Cole Porter songs in this score include "You're The Top,"
"Blow Gabriel. Blow," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "A1
Night" and the title song.

August 22nd through August 27t

Rodgers and Hammerstein's "ROWER DRUM SONG"

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SINGLE TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL PERFORMANCES 1

SINGLE TICKETS-Tuesday, Wednesday, Thuraday and Sunday n i g h t d 2 . 9 5 . $1.95 and $1.00 includ-

Fing tax. Friday and SaturdaydS.35 and $2.25. Saturday matinee a t 5:00 and Sunday matinee a t 2:30--
$2.75. S1.QS and h.00 Children 75c. Students with identification cards admitted to best seats for $1.50

on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. CURTAIN T I M E : Tuesday through Friday a t *:IS; Saturday at1

5:M) and 9:OO; Sunday a t 2:30 and 7:30. C