For “Boop! The Musical” star Jasmine Amy Rogers, Betty Boop was “always in the background of my life somewhere,” says the dynamic Broadway lead. “I always knew who she was because she ...

But Betty Boop, the 1930s icon the show is based on, was once considered far too sexy and risque for wholesome and impressionable eyes. Poor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion ...

It's "boop-oop-a-doop" for a musical that needs a good spritz of Pooph from David Foster, making his Broadway debut.

Who’s Betty Boop? Beyond the iconography ... The same goes for Gregg Barnes’s costumes, which give Rogers a Boop-ish silhouette, but when they’re in color they’re generally bright and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. From her 1930 debut as a poodle-human hybrid to a modern-day symbol of empowerment, Betty Boop has had an unusual journey to the Broadway stage. Boop-oop-a-doop! Credit ...

(Costumes by Gregg Barnes, lighting by Philip S. Rosenberg.) Also as in Oz, Betty acquires three companions: Trisha (Angelica Hale), a young Boop fanatic she meets at the convention; Dwayne ...

The cartoon character of Betty Boop may be iconic—and she may have ... show in David Rockwell’s striking sets, Gregg Barnes’ costumes, Philip S. Rosenberg’s lighting, and Sabana Majeed ...

Betty Boop has tumbled out of her black-and-white cartoon world into moden-day New York City with all its vibrant sights and sounds. It's a big adventure for our 1930s flapper girl, and an even ...

I’m happy to say that there’s now another diverting show in New York that let me forget about my 401(k) for two-and-a-half hours and had me boop-oop ... channeling Betty’s innocent allure as the ...

Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,” “Boop ... Gregg Barnes’ costumes.) Melham’s adorable real-world Dwayne may be as two-dimensional as Betty but at least he ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In BOOP!, Betty’s dream of an ordinary ...