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Exclusive Photo Coverage: Brendon Stimson Takes Home the Gypsy Robe for MEAN GIRLS!
By: Walter McBride Apr. 10, 2018
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Mean Girls opened on Sunday night at the August Wilson Theatre and BroadwayWorld at the Gypsy Robe ceremony before the production's opening night performance. We're taking you behind the scenes with recipient Brendon Stimson below!
Stimson's Broadway credits include: West Side Story; Newsies (OBC); Honeymoon in Vegas(OBC); Something Rotten!.
The Gypsy Robe began in 1950, when Bill Bradley, in the chorus of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, borrowed a dressing gown from Chorus member Florence Baum and sent it to a friend in CALL ME MADAM on opening night Oct 12, 1950 saying it was worn by all the Ziegfeld beauties and would "bless" the show. A cabbage rose from Ethel Merman's gown was added and the robe was passed along to the next Broadway musical on opening night. The tradition evolved so that the robe is now presented to the "gypsy" who has performed the most Broadway musicals on a chorus contract. Along the way, the robe is decorated, painted, patched, stitched, and signed by everyone in the show, becoming a fanciful patchwork for an entire Broadway season.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Kyle Selig, Kate Rockwell, Grey Henson, Taylor Louderman, Ashley Park and Kerry Butler
Cast members making their Broadway debuts
Brendon Stimson with the cast
Brendon Stimson with the cast
Brendon Stimson with the cast
Grey Henson, Ashley Parker and Ben Cook
David Westphal, Brendon Stimson and Katie Webber
David Westphal, Brendon Stimson and Katie Webber
Brendon Stimson Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels and Katie Webber with cast
Brendon Stimson and Tina Fey with cast
Brendon Stimson Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels and Katie Webber with cast
Brendon Stimson with cast
Brendon Stimson with cast
Kyle Selig, Kate Rockwell, Grey Henson, Brendon Stimson, Taylor Louderman, Ashley Parker, Kerry Butler, Cheech Manohar, Rick Younger and Barrett Wilbert Weed
Brendon Stimson with cast
Brendon Stimson with cast
Brendon Stimson with Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels and cast
Nikhil Saboo, Brendon Stimson, Ben Cook and Ashley Parker
Kerry Butler and Tina Fey
Kyle Selig and Ashley Parker
Kyle Selig and Erika Henningsen
Ashley Parker and Nikhil Saboo
Kyle Selig, Ashley Parker, Nikhil Saboo and Grey Henson
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