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 ...

Despite a strong lead performance by Jasmine Amy Rogers, fun songs and nifty designs, this cartoon of a show remains stuck in two dimensions.

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

Betty Boop has tumbled out of her black-and-white cartoon world into moden-day New York City with all its vibrant sights and ...