A 1938 article in the Central New Jersey Home News headlined “Betty Boop Goes Modern” describes the toon’s transformation. “Before swing came, Betty Boop, a product of the ‘jazz age ...

makes her Broadway debut as the titular Betty Boop who is accidentally sent from a stylish art deco black-and-white set to modern technicolor Comic Con times by her kooky inventor grandfather ...

The cartoon character of Betty Boop may be iconic—and she may have ... Wizard of Oz and Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie odyssey to modern-day California. It is from her black-and-white cartoon ...

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 ...

Tell me how you developed the Betty Boop voice, because it’s not an exact replica of the cartoons, and yet, it’s close enough that there’s no mistaking it. It also sounds kind of modern.

One actress is a newcomer making her Broadway debut after winning raves out of town. The other is a Tony-winning favorite, back on Broadway for the first time in almost a decade. Together, they ...