Photo Coverage: Inside A BRONX TALE's Gypsy Robe Ceremony
By: Walter McBride Dec. 04, 2016
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BroadwayWorld was on hand for the sacred Gypsy Robe ceremony and below, check out photos of recipient Jonathan Brody with the company!
On December 1, A Bronx Tale opened at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48thStreet). The new musical, featuring a book by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri, music by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Alan Menken, and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Oscar and Tony Award nominee Glenn Slater, co-directed by two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony nominee Sergio Trujillo, began performances on Thursday, November 3.
BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture photos of the sacred Gypsy Robe ceremony before the production's opening night performance, and you can catch the coverage below!
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
Bobby Conte Thornton, Robert De Niro and Nick Cordero
Bobby Conte Thornton and Richard H. Blake
Jerry Zaks and Sergio Trujillo
Robert De Niro and Nick Cordero
Bobby Conte Thornton and Richard H. Blake
Keith White, Bobby Conte Thornton and Nick Cordero
Keith White, Bobby Conte Thornton and Nick Cordero
Bobby Conte Thornton and Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro and Nick Cordero
Jerry Zaks and Sergio Trujillo
Bobby Conte Thornton with fellow Broadway debut cast members
Bobby Conte Thornton with fellow Broadway debut cast members
Bobby Conte Thornton with fellow Broadway debut cast members
Dominic Nolfi and Bobby Conte Thornton
Jonathan Brody with Jerry Zaks and Sergio Trujillo
Jonathan Brody with Bobby Conte Thornton, Robert De Niro, Nick Cordero and cast
Jonathan Brody and cast
Jonathan Brody with Bobby Conte Thornton, Robert De Niro, Nick Cordero and cast
Jonathan Brody and cast
Jonathan Brody with Jerry Zaks and Sergio Trujillo
Jonathan Brody with Bobby Conte Thornton, Robert De Niro, Nick Cordero and cast
Jonathan Brody with Bobby Conte Thornton, Robert De Niro, Nick Cordero and cast
Jonathan Brody and Katrina Yaukey
Jonathan Brody and Katrina Yaukey
Bobby Conte Thornton, Jonathan Brody and Nick Cordero
Sergipo Trujillo, Robert De Niro, Jonathan Brody and Jerry Zaks
Sergipo Trujillo, Robert De Niro, Jonathan Brody and Jerry Zaks
Sergio Trujillo, Robert De Niro, Jonathan Brody and Jerry Zaks
The cast
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