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She may be playing a two-dimensional character, but she’s one he ck of a triple threat. That’s Jasmine Amy Rogers, the 25-year-old actress who’s making a marvelous Broadway debut in “Boop ...
Boop! The Musical’ imagines the cartoon character leaving 1920s filmdom for 2020s New York City. Ticket sales were weak.
Poor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion Picture Production Code, which in 1934 banned profanity and curtailed violence and sexual content in movies — even animated movies.
Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,” “Boop! The Musical” likewise aims to remake and rebrand another dated pop character for contemporary times and audiences. Unlike ...
When it comes to “hidden figures” in Black history, few have a legacy as instantly recognizable as Esther Jones. A largely ...
BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical has set its Broadway dates! The new musical will open on Broadway in April 2025 at a Shubert theatre to be announced. Learn more about the musical here!
Director Jerry Mitchell’s sing-and-smile-along musical opens in New York, vastly improved from its Chicago tryout and starring the talented Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop.
Gorgeous ‘Boop!’ builds a colorful, tuneful, graceful world for cartoon heroine While plot and supporting characters need more attention, Broadway-bound musical has spectacular songs and a ...
How Jasmine Amy Rogers 'completely transforms' into Betty Boop. For Rogers, “it’s been a long, long road” to playing Betty on Broadway. In early workshops of the show, ...
Auteur-director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell works with cast members of “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical” during rehearsal at the 42nd Street Studios in New York, Oct. 25, 2023.
The Betty Boop cartoons were not just aimed at kids. They had stuff in them for grownups, too: not least, guest appearances by some of the era's top jazz musicians.
The Betty Boop Musical directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, will open on Broadway in April 2025 at a Shubert theater to be announced, producers said today.