Jasmine Amy Rogers, the Tony-nominated star of 'Boop! The Musical,' reveals her favorite Betty Boop cartoon, too.

The classic cartoon character Betty Boop is bigger than ever with a Broadway musical, makeup, clothes and more.

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

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 ...

It's "boop-oop-a-doop" for a musical that needs a good spritz of Pooph from David Foster, making his Broadway debut.

Rogers, however, tones down Betty’s flirtatiousness (Boop! is about as family-friendly as you can get), adopting a more feminist persona that stays sexy but knows where to draw the line with male, ...

‘Boop! The Musical’ aims to get the 1930s cartoon archetype out of her cel and into the real world, but only intermittently succeeds.

The Surprising History of Betty Boop 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.

First as an art director, then a creative director in King Features' licensing department, lately as the creative director of Fleischer Studios, Caruso has been drawing Betty Boop ever since.

Jasmine Amy Rogers plays Betty Boop, and she embodies a jazz-age look and style that can be seen in period stars from Clara Bow to Josephine Baker.

The cast aluminum Betty Boop figure was stolen from the downtown business on New Year’s Day.