“Boop! The Musical” borrows from “Barbie” and “The Wizard of Oz,” takes on #MeToo Baddies and Eric Adams, and brings a show-stopping rainbow of joy to Broadway. Senior Editor and ...

Who’s Betty Boop? Beyond the iconography you might have seen on a lunchbox or keychain, what do you really know? You can recognize her curls, her red flapper dress, and her pursed lips ...

is one of the feel-good musicals of the year. Like the rest of us, Betty Boop (Jasmine Amy Rogers) needs to get away from it all. She’s exhausted by the stress of fame and tired of being chased around ...

Will Trish go to art school and Dwanye get a steady gig at a nightclub? Will Betty ... “Boop!” shows that cartoon makeovers may be an enticing novelty, but to really succeed it first needs to ...

What’s not to love about Betty ... Boop!” is now a stellar little showcase for its ascendant young star, Jasmine Amy Rogers, who does not let playing a literal cartoon character get in the ...

In BOOP!, Betty’s dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City—one that ...

It's not every day you get to see a new Broadway star be born, but I witnessed it at the first preview of BOOP!, a splashy new musical about the iconic cartoon character Betty Boop.

Together, they’re part of the team bringing the enduring animated icon Betty Boop to contemporary New ... Valentina as the musical has developed. “Well, I wrote a five page email to the ...

What she does have is a heavily tricked-out easy chair invented by her zany Grampy (a splendidly, well, animated Stephen ... As luck would have it, Betty lands at Comic Con, where she fits right ...