Game Fest, developers of Mouse P.I. For Hire played through a chunk of their Steamboat Willie-style game in front of me.

Esther Jones might not be a name that you recognize. But if you grew up watching old cartoons in the 70's and 80's the name and cartoon Betty Boop might ring a bell. The original Betty Boop cartoons ...

NEW YORK ‒ In high school choir, Jasmine Amy Rogers discovered Audra McDonald, the six-time Tony-winning Broadway legend. “I cried the first time I heard her voice,” recalls Rogers, 26.

Ninety-five years after her inception, Betty Boop has made her way to the Broadway stage in a musical with a breakout star at its center. “Boop! The Musical,” now playing at New York’s Broadhurst ...

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 ...

For “Boop! The Musical” star Jasmine Amy Rogers, Betty Boop was “always in the background of my life somewhere,” says the dynamic Broadway lead. “I always knew who she was because she ...

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 ...

28), with a quizzical raise of the eyebrow. The cartoon character of Betty Boop may be iconic—and she may have a diehard fan-base—but she is not big in the now. Not only that, the show ...

Betty Boop ventures from her black-and-white home ... and sharp choreography to cleverly hop between the cartoon and flesh-and-blood worlds. Old-school tactile dazzle. Rogers shows her vocal ...

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. “Boop!” is the new ...

As Betty, the flapper of early talkie cartoons, Jasmine Amy Rogers is immensely likable. She sings fabulously, sports a credible perma-smile, nails all the Boop mannerisms and has a fetching way ...