A short item promoting PBS’ Black History Month programming suggested the Betty Boop cartoon character was based on a Black performer of the Jazz Age. That’s not entirely true. Quicker action to ...

In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time. Fleischer’s ...

Created by animator Grim Natwick, and voiced (mostly) by Mae Questel, Betty was the queen of the New York cartoon studio run by Max and Dave Fleischer — Walt Disney's only serious rival in the 1930s.

Boop! The Musical is an exciting original production currently running its pre-Broadway tryouts, one premiere location being Chicago. It brings the iconic Betty Boop cartoon character to life in a way ...

Performances in N.Y.C. 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! Credit ...

The iconic Betty Boop is currently making her musical theatre debut in BOOP! The Musical, a colorful new tuner from director and choreographer, Jerry Mitchell. After nearly 100 years of small screen ...

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 Jesse ...

Until several months ago, I couldn’t recall the last time I saw, or thought about, 1930s cartoon icon Betty Boop, the flapper with the “little girl voice” and sporting a “spit-curls” hairdo, short ...

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Broadway In Chicago has announced complete casting for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) live on stage for the first time for a limited five-week ...