A Newsworthy Celebration! The Newsies Gypsy Robe Ceremony
Before Disney’s Newsies, based on the 1992 film of the same name, opened on March 29 at the Nederlander Theater, stars Jeremy Jordan and Kara Lindsay, and the rest of the company gathered around as ensemble member Aaron J. Albano was awarded with the fabled Gypsy Robe. The ritual, which started in 1950 when Bill Bradley, in the chorus of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, borrowed a robe from fellow a fellow cast m…