The enduring image of Betty is a flapper in a strapless minidress, with a garter peeking out above her knee and large hoop earrings in her ears. … They would come for the Betty Boop cartoon.” “She’s a big hit,” says Katia Perea, a cartoon scholar at City University New York, “and she’s a big hit in the same way that Felix the Cat is a big hit, where she was drawing audiences to the movie. Tickets for the Chicago premiere are on sale by visiting a time when cartoons were largely opening acts before a featured movie, Betty’s stardom was an outlier. And, in 2008 it was announced that a Betty Boop musical wasĪiming for a Broadway premiere during the 2010-2011 season that production was set to feature music by Foster and a book by Oscar Williams and Sally Robinson. Lindsay-Abaire Jason Robert Brown had previously been attached as theĬomposer. In 2004 Andrew Lippa said he was collaborating with David Official Betty Boop series, which ended in 1939.Ī musical based on the cartoon character has been in the works for Voiced by Mae Questel,īetty starred in more than 100 cartoons, 90 of which are included in the Only female animated screen star in the world. Inspired by the Jazz Age flappers and entertainers of the 1920s, BettyĮvolved into a full-fledged human character, and by 1932 she was the Performer who sang and danced with another dog-like character, Bimbo. Introduced in 1930, Betty Boop initially appeared as a dog-like stage World, “You are capable of amazing things.” Of color, music, and love in New York City-one that reminds her and the The super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an adventure In BOOP!, Betty's dream of an ordinary day off from Musical supervision and arrangements are by Tony winner Daryl Waters. Marionette design is by The Huber Marionettes, and Rosenberg, soundĭesigner Gareth Owen, projection designer Finn Ross, hair & wigĭesigner Sabana Majeed, makeup designer Michael Clifton, and illusionsĭesigner Skyler Fox. The creative team includes set designer David Rockwell, costumeĭesigner Gregg Barnes, lighting designer Philip S. Maisel), Phillip Huber ( Being John Malkovich), Nina LaFarga ( In the Heights), Aubie Merrylees ( To Kill a Mockingbird), Morgan McGhee ( The Who’s Tommy), Ryah Nixon ( Once Upon a One More Time), Christian Probst ( Bad Cinderella), Ricky Schroeder ( Kinky Boots), Gabriella Sorrentino ( Hamilton), Brooke Taylor, Courtney Arango ( A Chorus Line), Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald ( Kinky Boots), Sydney Jones ( A Beautiful Noise), Derek Jordan Taylor, and Amy Van Norstrand ( Holiday Inn). The cast also includes Lawrence Alexander ( Follies), Tristen Buettel ( Bad Cinderella), Colin Bradbury ( Funny Girl), Joshua Burrage ( Cats), Gabi Campo ( Some Like it Hot), Dan Castiglione ( Yes Day), Rebecca Corrigan ( In the Heights), Josh Drake ( Aladdin), RJ Higton ( The Marvelous Mrs. Rogers ( Mean Girls) will be joined by Tony winner Faith Prince ( Guys and Dolls) as Valentina, Ainsley Melham ( Aladdin) as Dwayne, Erich Bergen ( Jersey Boys) as Raymond, Stephen DeRosa as Grampy, Angelica Hale as Trisha, and Anastacia McCleskey ( Caroline or Change) as Carol. Is Gone,” “The Prayer”), lyrics by Susan Birkenhead ( Working, Jelly's Last Jam), and a book by Bob Martin ( The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom). Music by Grammy winner David Foster (“I Have Nothing,” “After The Love Tony winner Jerry Mitchell ( Kinky Boots, La Cages aux Folles, Hairspray) directs and choreographs the new musical based on the characters created by Max Fleischer. Watch Jasmine Amy Rogers, who stars in the title role, perform a portion of "Where I Wanna Be" in the recording studio. BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical is offering a sneak peek of a song from the new production-which will play aįive-week engagement beginning November 19 at the CIBC Theatre in
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