Exclusive Photo Coverage: Inside SHE LOVES ME's Gypsy Robe Ceremony!
By: Walter McBride Mar. 21, 2016
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SHE LOVES ME officially opened last week on March 17, 2016, for a limited engagement through July 10, 2016 at Studio 54 on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the whole evening, starting with the sacred Gypsy Robe ceremony. Below, check out photos of gypsy robe recipient Cameron Adams with the company!
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 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.
Adams' Broadway credits include:The Music Man (Zaneeta), Oklahoma!, Hairspray (u/s Amber), Cry-Baby (u/s Allison), Shrek, Promises, Promises (Miss Della Hoya), How To Succeed...(u/s Rosemary), Nice Work If You Can Get It (u/s Billie and Jeannie), Gigi (u/s Liane). Off Broadway/Regional: Follies, Little Me (NYCC Encores!); Inventing Mary Martin, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Maureen), My Paris (Jane Avril). TV: NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!" ABC/Disney's "The Music Man" (Zaneeta), FX's "The Americans."
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Paul Castree, from 'Disaster!
Peter Bartlett and Nicholas Barasch
Jane Krakowski and Zachary Levi
Jane Krakowski and Zachary Levi
Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti
Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti
Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti with the cast
Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti
Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti
Jane Krakowski and Zachary Levi
Sheldon Harnick and Warren Carlyle
Sheldon Harnick with Margery Gray and son with Warren Carlyle
Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi ans Laura Benanti
Cameron Adams and Jane Krakowski
Cameron Adams and Jane Krakowski with the cast
Cameron Adams and Jane Krakowski
Paul Castree, Cameron Adams and David Westphal
Sheldon Harnick with Cameron Adams
Jane Krakowski, Peter Bartlett with Cameron Adams
Jane Krakowski, Peter Bartlett with Cameron Adams
Cameron Adams and Executive Director Mary McColl
Cameron Adams and Warren Carlyle
Cameron Adams with Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi, Peter Bartlett, Gavin Creel, Michael McGrath and Laura Benanti
Cameron Adams with Jane Krakowski, Zachary Levi, Peter Bartlett, Gavin Creel, Michael McGrath and Laura Benanti
Cameron Adams with cast
Cameron Adams with cast
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