Most impressively for the newcomer, she’s h anded the tricky task of bringing to life a silly and largely irrelevant cultural icon — the 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop — and t ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers is the breakout star of the Broadway season for her Tony-nominated performance as cartoon siren Betty Boop ...

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 ...

Unlike Barbie, who has had a ubiquitous cultural presence for decades, Betty Boop is a Depression-era cartoon character of a jazz-age flapper, and in looks, attitude and style, she is of her time ...

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 ...

With sky-high hemlines and sex-kitten purrs, Betty Boop and Marilyn Monroe have been no strangers to fawning attention or to the perils of objectification. What sort of women can we allow them to ...

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 ...

Together, they’re part of the team bringing the enduring animated icon Betty Boop to contemporary New York City in “Boop! The Musical.” Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Jasmine Amy Rogers radiates star wattage in the title role of “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical.” Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman Share Here’s what doesn ...