She may be playing a two-dimensional character, but she’s one he ck of a triple threat. That’s Jasmine Amy Rogers, the 25-year-old actress who’s making a marvelous Broadway debut in “Boop ...

Originally the anthropomorphized dog boyfriend of Betty Boop, Bimbo's status as the hero of his own cartoons declined as his ...

Boop! The Musical’ imagines the cartoon character leaving 1920s filmdom for 2020s New York City. Ticket sales were weak.

Director Jerry Mitchell’s sing-and-smile-along musical opens in New York, vastly improved from its Chicago tryout and starring the talented Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop.

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.

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.

“Boop! The Musical” borrows from “Barbie” and “The Wizard of Oz,” takes on #MeToo Baddies and Eric Adams, and brings a show-stopping rainbow of joy to Broadway.

Tony winner David Rockwell reunites with Mitchell, a frequent collaborator since the 2000 production of The Rocky Horror Show, as the musical's scenic designer. He is telling BroadwayWorld all ...

Mitchell figured out that it says Betty Boop on the marquee, and he excised a hefty chunk of the old Chicago caper plot in favor of giving as much stage time to Rogers as possible. Excellent choice.

This essay by Betty Gabriel on her scariest movie of all-time is one of several contributed as part of Variety’s 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time package. What “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ...