I was seeing a Black woman do something I don’t think I’d ever seen before and it changed my life. I was able to look at ...

Two big shows were fuming Tuesday that they’re being left out of the Tony Awards broadcast on CBS Sunday night: “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical” and “Smash.” ...

A new online petition has launched to get Jasmine Amy Rogers and Boop! the Musical a performance slot at the Tony Awards. It kindly asks CBS to consider having her perform 'Something to Shout About,' ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After a successful run as dance captain in Broadway’s “Hamilton,” the Tony Award winning hip-hop ...

The Tony nominee says portraying the iconic character, particularly as a Black woman, has been a “life-changing” experience.

In Boop!, Rogers plays the titular cartoon character who leaves her fictional world behind and travels to modern-day New York ...

Photo: BOOP! The Musical stars, from left, Aubie Merrylees, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Ricky Schroeder and Colin Bradbury. Photo ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers grew up feeling like a cartoon character. “My voice for a kid my age was a little lower than all the rest ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re a Betty Boop fan, look for Jeri Lynn Brigante at your next car show, rockabilly concert or swing dance. There’s a good chance she might be there with the ladies from the Long Island ...