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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The It girl with the spit curl looks great for 100, but her Broadway musical, which feels like one big merch grab, is boop-boop-a-don’t.
Director Jerry Mitchell’s sing-and-smile-along production of “Boop! The Musical” is like gulping a glass of fizzy sangria after a rough day, heck, after a rough three months and counting of ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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.
Betty Boop has arrived on Broadway at last! The best of Broadway came out to celebrate opening night of BOOP! The Musical across the street from its Broadhurst Theatre home, at Sardi's.
"Boop! The Musical" is a blissful, toe-tapping spectacle that imagines if Betty Boop (Jasmine Amy Rogers) left her black-and-white animated world for the colorful chaos of modern-day Manhattan.
Hold onto your hearts! On opening night of BOOP!, the sweetest new musical in town, the cast and creative team posed for exclusive portraits that are all about the love. See Jasmine Amy Rogers ...
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-a-dooping out the door. That musical is Boop!, a ...
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. Grammy-winning composer David ...
Betty Boop never really went away. The iconic Depression-era cartoon character — who remained omnipresent for much of the 20th century — is back once again. This time, the chirpy, high-pitched ...