How Jasmine Amy Rogers 'completely transforms' into Betty Boop. For Rogers, “it’s been a long, long road” to playing Betty on Broadway. In early workshops of the show, ...

After noticing the boop-oop-a-doop moment, Sunshine brought burnout Betty Boop T-shirts into the shop, perfect for wearing with baggy jeans and sneakers, she says. “I was like, oh, gotta get on ...

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. Unlike ...

You might remember Betty Boop if you’re really old. She’s the curvaceous icon from the 1930s that gave little boys boners before they knew what sex was all about.

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. By ...

When, in the Act One finale, Betty joins Dwayne at a jazz club—and, in a La La Land touch, Dwayne, a white guy from the 2020s, sings a song to a flapper about how much he loves jazz—her ...

Nicole Scherzinger channelled animated cartoon Betty Boop as she attended the premiere of the musical inspired by the character this weekend.. The actress and singer, 46, was at the opening night ...

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!

Poor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion Picture Production Code, which in 1934 banned profanity and curtailed violence and sexual content in movies — even animated movies.

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.

The 1980s rapper Betty Boo (whose voice, image and name were influenced by the cartoon character) rose to popularity in the UK largely due to the "Betty Boop" revival. The 1933 Betty Boop cartoon Snow ...

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.. Twenty-six ...