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“ JERRY MITCHELL PUTS SHEER SHOW-STOPPERY ON STAGE. “

“ JOYOUS, SPECTACULAR, AND A CREATIVE WONDERLAND! “

“ JASMINE AMY ROGERS IS A SHINING NEW STAR. “

“ DAVID FOSTER’S SCORE IS FILLED WITH RICHES. “

Bob has been working as a writer, performer, and producer in television, film, and theater in Canada and the US for more than three decades. He is a co-creator of the beloved musicals The Drowsy Chaperone , Elf , and The Prom . These shows have garnered high critical acclaim, been named New York Times Critic’s Picks, and earned Mr. Martin a Tony win and additional nominations. He recently adapted The Prom for a star-studded Ryan Murphy film on Netflix. His theatrical endeavors in development include The Princess Bride , Night at the Museum , and Smash . Mr. Martin was the co-creator of cult favorite TV show “Slings & Arrows.”

David Foster

David is one of the most illustrious composers/producers of our time, with 16 Grammy Awards and 47 nominations; and Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and three Oscar nominations. He played a key role in the discovery of Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, and others. His hit songs include “Hard to Say I’m Sorry,” “You’re the Inspiration” (Chicago), “I Have Nothing” and “I Will Always Love You” (Whitney Houston), “The Power of Love” and “All By Myself” (Celine Dion), and “The Prayer” (Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli). The David Foster Foundation provides financial support to Canadian families with children in need of life-saving organ transplants. This is Foster’s first musical, although he did play in the pit of The Rocky Horror Show in 1975.

Susan Birkenhead

Susan received a Tony nomination, a Grammy nomination, and a Drama Desk Award for her lyrics for Jelly’s Last Jam , which she wrote with George C. Wolfe. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Working and a Drama Desk Award for Triumph of Love . She won an Outer Critics Circle Award for What About Luv? and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Minsky’s . She wrote additional lyrics for High Society on Broadway. The Secret Life of Bees , which she wrote with Lynn Nottage and Duncan Sheik, recently completed its run at the Almeida Theatre in London.

Jerry Mitchell

Directed and Choreographed by

Jerry received the Tony Award for Best Choreography twice, for the Tony Award–winning Best Musical Kinky Boots (also Tony nomination for Best Director) and the revival of La Cage aux Folles . His most recent Broadway production, currently touring, is Pretty Woman (Director/ Choreographer). He directed the Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! (also the international tour and at London’s Coliseum Theatre) and was nominated for an Olivier Award for his choreography in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , which he also directed and co-produced in London. In the 35 preceding years, he has been involved with more than 50 Broadway, West End, and touring productions. His Broadway debut as Choreographer, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown , was followed by The Full Monty (Tony nom.), The Rocky Horror Show , Hairspray (Tony nom., NBC Live), Gypsy , Never Gonna Dance (Tony nom.), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nom.), La Cage aux Folles , Imaginary Friends , Legally Blonde (Tony nom., which he also directed on Broadway and in London), Catch Me if You Can , and Kinky Boots . Choreography for Off-Broadway includes Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jeffrey . On film, he created memorable dance sequences for Scent of a Woman , The Object of My Affection , In and Out , and Drop Dead Gorgeous . Thirty or so years ago, Jerry conceived and created Broadway Bares, a comedy burlesque show performed annually for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, for which he was recognized with a third Tony Award in 2023.

BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY MAX FLEISCHER

About the Musical

Please welcome to the stage, LIVE and at the CIBC Theatre for the first time ever…BETTY BOOP! That sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength comes alive in BOOP! , the new Broadway-bound musical-comedy extravaganza.

Tony Award®–winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell ( Kinky Boots , La Cage aux Folles , Hairspray ) brings the Queen of the Animated Screen to the theater with celebrated multiple-time Grammy®-winning composer David Foster (“I Have Nothing,” “After the Love Is Gone,” “The Prayer”), Tony-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead ( Working , Jelly’s Last Jam ), and Tony-winning bookwriter Bob Martin ( The Drowsy Chaperone , The Prom ).

For almost a century, Betty Boop has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice, and style. Now, in BOOP! , Betty’s dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City—one that reminds her and the world, “You are capable of amazing things.” Boop-oop-a-doop!

Jasmine Amy Rogers

Jasmine recently finished a run as the scene-stealing “Gretchen Wieners” in the National Tour of Mean Girls . Prior to that she was seen as “Melody Green” in Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of The Wanderer and as “Francis Bassey” in the world premiere of Becoming Nancy , directed by Jerry Mitchell at the Alliance Theatre. On television she has appeared in “Evil” on Paramount+. She was a Jimmy Awards finalist and appeared in Cabaret as Sally Bowles at the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied Musical Theatre.

Faith Prince

Broadway: Tony Award winner for  Guys and Dolls ; additional nominations for  Jerome Robbins Broadway ,  Bells Are Ringing ,  A Catered Affair . Also:  Nick & Nora, What’s Wrong With This Picture?, The King and I ,  Little Me, James Joyce’s The Dead, Noises Off,  Disney’s  The Little Mermaid, Annie ,  Disaster.  TV/Film:  “ Monarch,”   “Emily in Paris,” “Scream Queens,” “Modern Family,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Huff,” “Spin City,”  Dave ,  My Father the Hero ,  Picture Perfect ,  Our Very Own.  Her many live appearances and two solo albums are available for streaming. Ms. Prince has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati.

Ainsley Anthony Melham

Ainsley starred as Aladdin in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway and the Australian National Tour (Helpmann Nomination). Other credits in his home country of Australia include the National Tours of Pippin (Pippin) and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Prince Topher). Additional credits: Kiss of the Spider Woma n (Molina), Merrily We Roll Along (Charley Kringas), The Normal Heart (Felix), Xanadu (Sonny), Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan (Lost Boy), Hi-5 (host). He is a proud graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and his work on Boop! is dedicated to his dear friend Diana and the Perini family.

Erich Bergen

Raymond Demarest

Erich is best known as Blake Moran on the hit television show “Madam Secretary” and for his performance as Bob Gaudio in the film Jersey Boys , reprising his performance from the National Tour and Las Vegas casts of the Tony Award–winning stage musical. On Broadway, he has starred in the musicals Waitress and Chicago , and has been featured on the television shows “Bull,” “The Good Fight,” and “Gossip Girl.” Erich is also the creative force behind 6W Entertainment, a full-service production company that has produced over 200 projects for television and live events.

Stephen D e Rosa

Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night , Gary: A Sequel , On the Town , Betrayal , The Nance , Hairspray , Twentieth Century , Henry IV , Into the Woods , The Man Who Came to Dinner . Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors , The Alchemist , The Government Inspector , These Paper Bullets! , Love’s Fire (The Acting Company ) , The Mystery of Irma Vep . Regional: Bay Street Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Arena Stage, Yale Rep. Film/TV: “A Holiday Spectacular,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” (Eddie Cantor). MFA, Yale.

Angelica Hale

Angelica is an inspiring 16-year-old singer-songwriter and actress from Atlanta, Georgia, who sang her way into the hearts of America on Season 12 of “America’s Got Talent” in 2017 and “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” in 2019. She has performed all over the world since and made numerous television appearances on shows like “Little Big Shots” and the “Today” show. Her videos and original music have amassed hundreds of millions of views on her YouTube channel. Today, she continues performing and writing music, now setting her sights on the bright lights of Broadway.

Anastacia M c Cleskey

Carol Evans

Broadway: Revival of Caroline, or Change ; Waitress ; Violet ; The Book of Mormon ; Priscilla Queen of the Desert . London: Close to You , What’s It All About . TV/Film: “The Good Fight,” “New Amsterdam,” “Madam Secretary,” “Annie: Live,” “Waitress Live!” (upcoming). Regional: Joanne in Rent , Celie in The Color Purple at The Muny (Best Performer in a Musical, St. Louis Theater Circle); Muse in Disney’s Hercules at Paper Mill; Jo in Afterwords at The 5th Ave. Additional credits: #hellobeautifulspirits podcast 11/23; nominated for a Helen Hayes Award, Alliance Award and an Audelco Award. Asé

Phillip Huber

World-renowned marionette artist, known for the film Being John Malkovich and Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful . Theater: Darling Grenadine (Goodspeed & Marriott Theatre); Chicago , The Road to Hollywood (Goodspeed); That’s Christmas (Shubert Theater Chicago).

Lawrence Alexander

A Boston Conservatory graduate, Lawrence danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after school. Broadway: Follies , Anything Goes , The Lion King . Additional theater: Young Frankenstein (First National Tour), The Band Wagon (Encores!), Showboat (Carnegie Hall). He recently performed in the “NBCU Upfronts” at RCMH.

Colin Bradbury

Ensemble, u/s Raymond Demarest & Grampy

21+ years in the biz, 4 Broadway shows, 7 National Tours, countless Regional Theater, 2 Tonys, 1 GMA, 1 Macy’s Parade, 1 Christmas Spectacular , 2 feature films, 2 TV shows, 1 theme park, 10+ years married. Dog dad extraordinaire. Ciao!

Tristen Buettel

Ensemble, u/s Betty Boop

Broadway: Bad Cinderella (OBC). Off-Broadway/Tour: Jersey Boys . Regional: Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed), Ever After (The Alliance), MT Wichita. NYC native and Syracuse University alum. Huge thank-you to Jerry, Rachelle, Daniel Hoff & John. Always for Mom & Dad!

Joshua Michael Burrage

BOOP YEAH! Broadway: Cats (2016 Revival). National Tours: Disney’s Newsies , A Bronx Tale . TV/Film: “Imaginary Friends” (Paramount Pictures), “The Gilded Age” (HBO), “Westworld” (HBO), “Newsies: LIVE” (Disney+). All the thanks to my incredible parents, and Rebecca & Sofia at CESD!

Ensemble, u/s Betty Boop & Trisha

Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Society Syncopator), Beetlejuice (Miss Argentina), West Side Story (2020 Revival, u/s Anita), The Prom (u/s Emma, Alyssa). Television: “Billions,” ”FBI: Most Wanted,” “Helpsters.” Regional: Legally Blonde (The Muny, Serena). BFA, Pace University. LA native.

Daniel Castiglione

Dan is a dancer, actor, and singer from New Jersey. His credits include Yes Day , Isn’t It Romantic , and West Side Story at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. He’s extremely excited to be a part of this amazing BOOP! cast!

Rebecca Corrigan

Ensemble, Assistant Dance Captain

Rebecca is a New York–based artist. Credits include Warner Brothers’ In the Heights , the role of Graziella in MRT’s West Side Story , and Phish at MSG. She has performed with Nadine Bommer Dance Company and other artists around the country.

Ensemble, u/s Dwayne & Raymond Demarest

Josh is thrilled to be back in Chicago following the Dirty Dancing tour! Broadway: Aladdin , Bad Cinderella . Tours: Finding Neverland . TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Equalizer.” Creator & host of “Cheat Out” (Amazon Prime). Thank you to the HTA team, Mama, and always Boo Boo.

Originally from Huntington Beach, California. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (S5 on Amazon Prime). Regional: West Side Story (The Muny), Mamma Mia! (Connecticut Rep), Billy Elliot (La Mirada Theatre). All my love and gratitude to my family, UMICH MT, and DGRW.

Nina Lafarga

Broadway: In the Heights (OBC), Frozen (OBC), On Your Feet! (OBC), Women on the Verge… (OBC), Sweet Charity , Aida . Off-Broadway: In the Heights , Oliver , Chess , Capeman. National Tour: Aida . TV/Film: “Fosse/Verdon,” “Elementary,” “Smash,” In the Heights , Friends With Kids .

Morgan M c Ghee

Ensemble, u/s Carol Evans

Baton Rouge native and an AMDA and Clark Atlanta University grad, Morgan recently appeared in The Who’s Tommy (Goodman). Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud . Off-Broadway: The Harder They Come . TV: “Law & Order,” “Everything’s Trash,” “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “FBI,” “Bull.”

Aubie Merrylees

Ensemble, u/s Grampy

Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird, KPOP . Additional theater: Wolf Play (Soho Rep); Hamlet in Hamlet (Bedlam). Barrymore nominations for Hand to God (Philadelphia Theatre Co.); The Aliens (Theatre Exile). Film/TV: Jules (with Sir Ben Kingsley); “The Bite.”

Ensemble, u/s Valentina

Broadway: Once Upon a One More Time . Off-Broadway: Kinky Boots , Another Part of the Forest . National Tour: 9 to 5 . World Premieres: Other World , Moonshine , Beaches . Cast Album: Lizzie for Broadway Records. TV: “The Good Fight,” “Dickinson,” “Louie.”

Christian Probst

Ensemble, u/s Pudgy

Broadway: Bad Cinderella (Ensemble, u/s Sebastian), The Book of Mormon (Swing, u/s McKinley) . Tours: The Little Mermaid (Flounder). Selected Regional: Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain (Ogunquit), Goodspeed, The Muny. Yale ’17. Love to mentors, Tara Rubin Casting, BRS/Gage, and family!

Ricky Schroeder

Theater: Kinky Boots (Off-Broadway, First National Tour), Becoming Nancy (Alliance). TV/Film: “Partner Track, ” “Pose,” “Tales of the City,” “Hairspray Live!”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . ” Music: Wherever you listen to music under the name Ricky Asch!

Gabriella Sorrentino

Proud New Yorker. Broadway: Hamilton , On Your Feet. Hamilton (Chicago). BFA, Dance Point Park. Overjoyed to be part of this production. Thank you, Lucille. Grateful to Jerry, Rachelle, David, and the rest of the creative team for this opportunity.

Brooke Taylor

Brooke is blessed to be making her pre-Broadway debut with BOOP! She recently graduated from the University of Michigan’s Dance Department in April. She wants to thank God, Mom, LINK, CESD, and her Legacy family.

Courtney Arango

Swing, u/s Valentina & Carol Evans

Recent: Diana in A Chorus Line , Assistant Choreographer of the current Jesus Christ Superstar US Tour, 2019 Craig Noel Award recipient. Thanks to AAG, Tara Rubin Casting, The Grit, and my loved ones.

Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald

Swing, Dance Captain

Ian is endlessly humbled to join in a story of female empowerment. He would like to extend his gratitude to the remarkable women who shaped his world: Mom, Connie, Paige, Blair, Nora, Joyce, Bethany, and Rak. For my original Bette.

Sydney Jones

Swing, u/s Trisha

Sydney is stoked to be making theater in Chicago! Broadway: A Beautiful Noise . Regional: Grease (Sandy, Oklahoma), The Karate Kid (STAGES St. Louis), Chess (The Muny). Special thanks to my family, Brett, and Daniel Hoff Agency.

Derek Jordan Taylor

Swing, u/s Dwayne

Derek is incredibly grateful to be along for this journey with BOOP! He is enrolled at Boston Conservatory, where he is pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre. He would like to thank his people for all they do! Love you, Mama!

Amy Van Norstrand

Broadway: Holiday Inn . National Tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Elf the Musical . Countless regional credits. Proud Point Park University alum. Thank you to the creative team for this incredible opportunity. For my husband, Brian, and my boys.

Creative & Production Team

David foster.

Music And Arrangements By

SUSAN BIRKENHEAD

Jerry mitchell, david rockwell.

SCENIC DESIGN

Broadway: A Beautiful Noise , Into the Woods , She Loves Me (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards), On the Twentieth Century (Tony nom.), You Can’t Take It With You (Tony nom.) , Kinky Boots (Tony nom.), Lucky Guy (Tony nom.), Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms). He is the Founder and President of Rockwell Group, an architecture and design firm.

GREGG BARNES

COSTUME DESIGN

Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Tony Award), Pretty Woman , Mean Girls (Tony nom.), Tuck Everlasting (Tony nom.), Something Rotten! (Tony nom.), Aladdin , Kinky Boots (Tony nom., Olivier Award), Follies (Tony Award), Elf , Legally Blonde (Tony nom.), The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Award, Olivier nom.), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , Flower Drum Song (Tony nom.), Side Show . Additional credits: Dreamgirls (Olivier nom.), Radio City Christmas Spectacular .

PHILIP S. ROSENBERG

LIGHTING DESIGN

Broadway and West End: Mrs. Doubtfire , Pretty Woman , The Elephant Man , A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder , It’s Only a Play . Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, The Guthrie, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Huntington Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Denver Center Theatre, The Alley, Arena Stage, McCarter Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival.

GARETH OWEN

SOUND DESIGN

Multiple Tony- and Olivier Award–winning sound designer. Over a hundred different musicals worldwide. Currently on Broadway: MJ: The Musical , & Juliet , Back to the Future .

PROJECTION DESIGN

Finn has won two Olivier Awards, a Tony, and three Drama Desk Awards. Recent work includes Tammy Faye (Almeida), Dancin’ (Broadway), Back to the Future (International), Frozen (International), Mean Girls (Broadway), The Tempest (RSC), The Curious Incident… Broadway/West End), American Psycho (Broadway & Almeida), Mahagonny (ROH); Jagged Little Pill ( ART Boston); Chimerica (Almeida & West End), A Dog’s Heart , The Magic Flute (Netherlands Opera).

SABANA Majeed

HAIR & WIG DESIGN

Sabana a five-time Emmy-nominated hairstylist who does ”the work all day every day” and is thrilled to be back on Broadway! Film/TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Emmy Award), West Side Story , “Pose,” “Fosse/Verdon.” Broadway: Kinky Boots , Shuffle Along . I am good at what I do because I have an amazing team! Briana Capo, JoAnn Battat, Rose Eubanks.

MICHAEL CLIFTON

MAKE-UP DESIGN

Broadway, Off-Broadway: New York, New York (Make-Up Design); West Side Story (Associate Tattoo & Make-Up Design); FairyCakes: The Play (Associate Make-Up Design). Michael has worked on Broadway for more than 10 years, on shows including The Lion King , Kinky Boots , Beetlejuice , Twelfth Night , and Fish in the Dark . Film/TV: “The Other Two,” “Girls5eva,” “American Horror Story,” “Up Here,” and tick, tick…Boom!

ILLUSIONS DESIGN

Broadway: Fat Ham (Obie Award); Associate Designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , Back to the Future , and A Beautiful Noise . Off-Broadway: Co-Artistic Director of Nightdrive, where he’s directed, co-written, and designed The Grown-Ups ; Alien Nation ; Providence, RI ; Apathy Boy . He’s created magic for The Comeuppance (Signature), You Will Get Sick (Roundabout), Wicked , Matilda (Atelier Cultura), and Damn Yankees (Shaw Festival).

THE HUBER MARIONETTES™

MARIONETTE DESIGN

Designer, Creator, Performer. Phillip Huber’s marionettes have astounded audiences in film, television, and theater, including appearances on “The Tonight Show” and at the Lido, Paris, Casino de Monte Carlo, and Busker Alley. His stage production Suspended Animation is critically acclaimed in 14 countries. From TV commercials to a reindeer for Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular , this is “Art in Entertainment.”

TARA RUBIN, CSA KEVIN METZGER-TIMSON, CSA

Selected Broadway and National Tours: The Wiz , The Outsiders , Water for Elephants , Back to the Future , Here Lies Love , Bad Cinderella , Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ , KPOP , Mr. Saturday Night , Six , Ain’t Too Proud , Aladdin , Mamma Mia! Selected Off-Broadway: Buena Vista Social Club , Gardens of Anuncia , Sing Street . Film: Here Today . Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Goodspeed.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

DB is thrilled to be returning to Chicago, where he previously worked on Kinky Boots and Pretty Woman as Jerry Mitchell’s Associate Director. He has continued as the Worldwide Associate for both shows. Love you, Tess.

RACHELLE RAK

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER

Trained by her mother, Rosalene Kenneth. Celebrates an extensive Broadway career. Thrilled to join Jerry and team on BOOP! Performer, choreographer, writer, and educator. Thank you, team Rak/Sas. Delilah, Mommy’s back. #ldcartist #sasitup

Choreographer of The Unauthorized Untitled Hunter S. Thompson Musical , helmed PHSH’s 2019 NYE show, numbers in Broadway’s SpongeBob, The Cher Show , Isn’t It Romantic , Rent (OSF), West Side (MilRep), Godspell (PCLO), Hombres (Two River), JCS and Aida (Muny), Coheed, Lawrence, NY Lotto.

DOUG BESTERMAN

ORCHESTRATIONS

Broadway: Anastasia , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , A Bronx Tale , Bullets Over Broadway , Sister Act, How to Succeed… , Elf , Young Frankenstein , Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), The Music Man , Fosse (Tony Award), Big , Damn Yankees . Film/TV: The Little Mermaid , Mary Poppins Returns , Frozen , “Schmigadoon,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”

ANDREW RESNICK

MUSIC DIRECTOR & ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Broadway: The Cher Show , Parade , The King and I , The Bridges of Madison County , War Paint , Girl From the North Country , Mean Girls , Peter and the Starcatcher . Off-Broadway: The Last Five Years , Far From Heaven . He music directs for Ben Platt, Jonathan Groff, Kelli O’Hara, and Betsy Wolfe. Pianist for Patti LuPone. Composing an adaptation of The Giver . Education: Yale University.  

DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

Broadway credits include Mrs. Doubtfire ; The Cher Show ; Holler if Ya Hear Me ; Motown: The Musical ; Pippin ; Leap of Faith ; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ; All Shook Up ; Never Gonna Dance ; Bring in ’da Noise , Bring in ’da Funk ; and The Full Monty . Off-Broadway: The Hippest Trip ; Aida ; Smart People ; Harlem Song ; The Brother/Sister Plays ; Radiant Baby .

BONNIE L. BECKER

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Broadway: School of Rock , On the Town , Velocity of Autumn , Let It Be , Nice Work , Billy Elliot , Legally Blonde , Lestat , The Glass Menagerie , Bombay Dreams , Thoroughly Modern Millie , The Real Thing , The Scarlet Pimpernel , Victor/Victoria , Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public , Jelly’s Last Jam .

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Formed in 1998, based in NYC. Currently running: & Juliet , Danny and the Deep Blue Sea , Gutenberg! , Harmony , Harry Potter , Here Lies Love , Here We Are , Kimberly Akimbo , MJ: The Musical , Moulin Rouge! , Shucked , Some Like It Hot , Tina .

MARC BORSAK

COMPANY MANAGER

Broadway: New York, New York ; Funny Girl ; Moulin Rouge! ; The Prom ; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ; Kinky Boots ; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ; Next to Normal ; Hairspray ; Urinetown ; The Weir ; The Phantom of the Opera . Elsewhere: Wicked (Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia).

FORESIGHT THEATRICAL LANE MARSH

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Foresight Theatrical consists of partners Allan Williams, Aaron Lustbader, and Mark Shacket, and Director of Operations Lane Marsh, who oversee and supervise Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Broadway and North American Tour), Here Lies Love , and Purlie Victorious on Broadway; the National Tours of The Wiz and Girl From the North Country ; the upcoming Water for Elephants ; as well as the worldwide management of Kinky Boots.

DARYL WATERS

MUSIC SUPERVISION & ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Music Supervision/Orchestrations/Arrangements: The Cher Show (Drama Desk nomination, Best Orchestrations); Shuffle Along (Tony nom., Best Orchestrations); Holler if Ya Hear Me ; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk. Music Supervisor/Conductor: After Midnight . Co-Orchestrator: New York, New York (Tony nom.); Memphis ( Tony, Drama Desk Awards). Co-Composer: Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk (Tony nom., Best Original Score).

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Full Creative Team Announced For BOOP! THE MUSICAL World Premiere; Tickets Now On Sale

Animation icon Betty Boop is gearing up to hit the stage in a new musical adaptation from David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, Bob Martin, and Jerry Mitchell.

Boop-oop-a-doop! Animation icon Betty Boop is gearing up to hit the stage in a new musical adaptation from Tony Award-winning director/choreographer  Jerry Mitchell with celebrated multiple Grammy Award-winning composer  David Foster , Tony Award-nominated lyricist  Susan Birkenhead , and Tony Award-winning book writer  Bob Martin .   

Go behind the scenes of the production in a teaser for the musical below!

The design and creative team for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical includes  David Rockwell , set design;  Gregg Barnes , costumes;  Philip S. Rosenberg , lighting;  Gareth Owen , sound;  Finn Ross , projection design; and  Daryl Waters , musical supervision and arrangements.

Individual tickets for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will go on sale on Friday, August 18. BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will play Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) live on stage for the first time for a limited five-week engagement, November 19 - December 24. Full ticketing information follows at the end of this release.

Casting for BOOP! will be announced soon.

Betty Boop, that sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength, comes alive in BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical, the new Broadway-bound musical comedy extravaganza. 

For almost a century, Betty Boop has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice, and style. Now, in BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical, Betty's dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City — one that reminds her and the world, “You are capable of amazing things.” 

Individual tickets for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will go on-sale to the public on Friday, August 18 and range from $28.00 - $106.00 with a select number of premium tickets available. Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing  [email protected] . For more information, visit  www.BroadwayInChicago.com .

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical is based on the characters created by Max Fleischer. 

First introduced in 1930, Betty Boop was created by Max Fleischer for his “Talkartoons” series, the world’s first animated “talkies” which Max’s company, Fleischer Studios, produced for Paramount Studios. Betty initially appeared as a dog-like stage performer who sang and danced with another dog-like character named Bimbo, joyfully entertaining vast audiences of other Fleischer characters from the animal kingdom.  

Inspired by the collective energy, style, and sound of the many popular Jazz Age flappers and entertainers of the 1920s, Betty quickly evolved into a full-fledged human character, and by 1932 she had become the only female animated screen star in the world. Voiced by Mae Questel , Betty starred in more than 100 cartoons, 90 of which are included in the official Betty Boop series, which ended in 1939. Since then, Betty has appeared in dozens of hit movies, television specials, commercials, and was the first cartoon character to be profiled by A&E’s Biography series. 

Today, Fleischer Studios and their great team of creative professionals, have parlayed the iconic Betty Boop into a worldwide licensing phenomenon entertaining millions of fans and collectors alike. Please visit them online at  www.fleischerstudios.com  and  www.bettyboop.com . 

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Gorgeous ‘Boop!’ builds a colorful, tuneful, graceful world for cartoon heroine

While plot and supporting characters need more attention, broadway-bound musical has spectacular songs and a winning star in jasmine amy rogers..

Jasmine Amy Rogers radiates star wattage in the title role of “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical.”

Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Here’s what doesn’t need to change about “Boop!,” the new musical getting its pre-Broadway tryout at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre this month:

• A single step of director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell’s spectacular footwork.
• A single note in David Foster’s score.
• The gorgeous gray-scale cartoon world that shimmers like silk as it unspools on stage with lush, cinematic detail.

Under Mitchell’s occasionally frenetic direction, “Boop!” offers a lovingly detailed homage to cartoonist Max Fleischer’s iconic pin-curled, squeaky-voiced creation Betty Boop, as well as one spectacular number after another.

Think the Nicholas Brothers meet the Ziegfeld Follies meet the Rockettes and you get an idea of extraordinary athleticism, precision, grace and sheer show-stoppery Mitchell puts on stage.

But while “Boop!” looks and sounds terrific, the plot purportedly driving the show is an overstuffed mess that defies logic, even for a story about a cartoon. It also treats its supporting characters like afterthoughts, which makes the subplots forgettable at best, laborious more often.

“Boop!” boasts not one but two love stories, one wholly unnecessary. There is also a smarmy politician and an imperiled universe that only Betty can save. As scenes veer between Betty’s home in the black-and-white world of cartoons and the technicolor “real world,” Bob Martin’s book winds itself in knots creating and easily solving every last issue with predictable facility.

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A quick word about the show’s heroine: Betty Boop made her debut in 1930, Fleischer’s voluptuous pen-and-ink creation becoming the star of many black-and-white movie “shorts.” Betty’s unapologetic mix of blatant sex appeal, smarts and unconventional adventures — she even ran for president in one of her cartoons — made her a star. More than 90 years after Betty Boop’s screen premiere, she’s almost a cult figure, her likeness found in everything from earpods to talking dolls.

“Boop!,” which was created “in association with Fleischer Studios and based on characters Fleischer created,” has an absolute triple-threat star with Jasmine Amy Rogers in the title role.

The story kicks off as Betty leaves her cartoon world, determined to find out who she really is, minus the outward trappings of fame and endless adventures that come with being a cartoon movie star. To travel from her cartoon world home to the real world, Betty borrows a contraption her Grampy (Stephen DeRosa) invented. Like the DeLorean in “Back to the Future,” it serves as a portal between universes.

“Boop!” replicates the black-and-white cartoon world where Betty (Jasmine Amy Rogers) and her Grampy (Stephen DeRosa) first exist.

Conveniently, the machine (with a massive amount of dazzle and stage smoke) sends Betty to Comicon, a convention of cosplaying animation aficionados. Betty fits right in, and quickly befriends Trisha (Angelica Hale), a Betty Boop superfan who ends up taking Betty home with her. Trisha’s jazz-loving brother Dwayne (Ainsley Anthony Melham) is instantly smitten.

Meanwhile, there’s trouble back in the cartoon world. Without Betty, the entire place and all its cartoon inhabitants will cease to exist. Trouble in the real world ensues when Betty is conned into helping a slimeball politician win a crucial election.

In addition to being convoluted, the plot completely wastes Tony winner Faith Prince, who plays Valentina, a real-world character with enough ribald energy to power an entire burlesque house. Valentina is trapped in a stagnant love story with the cartoon world’s Grampy; Mitchell has both Prince and DeRosa camping it up to 12. Both performers become shrill and strident in a hurry, rendering their potential love story into an overblown series of hardy-har-hars that might momentarily amuse a bored elementary schooler, but few others.

Thankfully, this is Betty Boop’s show, and Rogers’ Betty radiates star wattage even when she’s visible only from the neck up, as she is for the first few refrains of “A Little Versatility,” when her body is rendered in cartoon drawings. Even as little more than a singing head, she steals the stage. When the drawings fall away and Rogers sparkles with full animation, it’s a breathtaking moment.

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Foster’s score is filled with riches. Rogers delivers a massive act-one closer with the incandescent, ferociously energetic “Where I Want to Be,” a song that captures that optimistic ebullience that comes from knowing your powers are at full strength and that you’re in precisely the right place at precisely the right time. When she unfurls the 11 o’clock “I Want” song “Something to Shout About,” the melody soars and swells with amplitude enough to fill an amphitheater.

There’s also a tricky duet between Betty and sleazy, skirt-chasing villain Raymond Demarest (a comically suave Erich Bergen). “Take it to the Next Level” has Bergen as a Sinatra-slick crooner as he chases Betty around his desk. When she outwits him with the help of a handy desk lamp, it’s a wonderful moment.

As Betty’s shy love interest, Melham’s Dwayne moves with the floaty, balletic grace of a latter-day Astaire. He’s pure Old Hollywood charm, with a knack for modern-day relatability.

Ainsley Anthony Melham moves with Astaire-like flair as Dwayne, love interest for Betty (Jasmine Amy Rogers) in “Boop!”

One of the production’s most humorous and self-aware moments arrives as Dwayne is singing his face off in a soaring love song, only to reach an anguished final verse that has him bemoaning the weirdness of falling in love with a drawing.

David Rockwell’s set design and Finn Ross’s projections work wonders on stage. The visuals are stars in their own right, moving the action from black-and-white cartoons to a full-color world with a fluidity that speaks to the artistry and technical prowess of the designers.

Wresting a viable musical from a two-dimensional character whose work peaked in the 1930s is a mighty challenge. Mitchell is part of the way there. “Boop!” looks and sounds great. If its creators can come up with a plot that’s more focused and supporting characters with more depth than, well, cartoons, they just might have a hit.

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical Announces Full Cast

Broadway In Chicago is proud to announce 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 engagement, November 19 - December 24.   Leading the cast are  Jasmine Amy Rogers  as Betty Boop ( Mean Girls  national tour), Tony Award®-winner  Faith Prince  as Valentina ( Guys and Dolls , “Monarch”),  Ainsley Melham  as Dwayne ( Aladdin ),  Erich Bergen  as Raymond ( Jersey Boys , “Madame Secretary”),  Stephen DeRosa  as Grampy (“Boardwalk Empire”),  Angelica Hale  as Trisha (“America’s Got Talent” finalist), and  Anastacia McCleskey  as Carol ( Caroline or Change ).   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. Maisel”),  Phillip Huber  ( Being John Malkovich ),  Nina LaFarga  ( In the Heights ),  Morgan McGhee  ( The Who’s Tommy  at the Goodman),  Aubie Merrylees  ( To Kill A Mockingbird) ,  Ryah Nixon  ( Once Upon a One More Time ),  Christian Probst  ( Bad Cinderella ),  Ricky Schroeder  ( Kinky Boots ),  Gabriella Sorrentino  ( Hamilton ),  Brooke Taylor  (recent graduate of University of Michigan),  Courtney Arango  ( A Chorus Line ),  Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald  ( Kinky Boots ),  Sydney Jones  ( A Beautiful Noise ),  Derek Jordan Taylor  (student at Boston Conservatory),  Amy Van Norstrand  ( Holiday Inn ).   Tony Award®-winning director/choreographer  Jerry Mitchell  ( Kinky Boots, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Hairspray ) brings the Queen of the Animated Screen to the theater in  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , with celebrated multiple Grammy® Award-winning composer  David Foster  (“I Have Nothing,” “After The Love Is Gone,” “The Prayer”), Tony Award®-nominated lyricist  Susan Birkenhead  ( Working, Jelly’s Last Jam ), and Tony Award®-winning book writer  Bob Martin  ( The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom ).       Betty Boop, that sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength, comes alive in  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical ,  the new Broadway-bound musical comedy extravaganza. 

For almost a century, Betty Boop, created by animation pioneer  Max Fleischer , has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice, and style. Now, in  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical ,  Betty's dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City — one that reminds her and the world, “You are capable of amazing things.”    The design and creative team for  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  includes  David Rockwell , set design (Broadway:  A Beautiful Noise, Into the Woods  [2002],  She Loves Me  [2016 Tony Award®]);  Gregg Barnes , costumes (Tony Awards®:  The Drowsy Chaperone, Follies  [2011],  Some Like It Hot );  Philip S. Rosenberg , lighting (Broadway:  Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman );  Gareth Owen , sound (Tony Award®:  MJ: The Musical );  Finn Ross , projection design (Tony Award®  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time );  Sabana Majeed , hair and wig design ( Uncut) ;  Michael Clifton , makeup design ( New York, New York );  Skylar Fox , illusions design ( Volkov );  The Huber Marionettes , marionette design ( Darling Grenadine , Jeff Award nomination); and  Daryl Waters , musical supervision and arrangements (Broadway:  The Cher Show, Shuffle Along, After Midnight ).   Boop-oop-a-doop!    TICKET INFORMATION Individual tickets for  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  are on sale now and range from $28.00 - $106.00 with a select number of premium tickets available. Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing  [email protected] . For more  information, visit  www.BroadwayInChicago.com .   BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  is based on the characters created by  Max Fleischer .    ABOUT BETTY BOOP AND FLEISCHER STUDIOS   First introduced in 1930, Betty Boop was created by  Max Fleischer  for his “Talkartoons” series, the world’s first animated “talkies” which Max’s company,  Fleischer Studios , produced for  Paramount  Studios . Betty initially appeared as a dog-like stage performer who sang and danced with another dog-like character named Bimbo, joyfully entertaining vast audiences of other Fleischer characters from the animal kingdom.     Inspired by the collective energy, style, and sound of the many popular Jazz Age flappers and entertainers of the 1920s, Betty quickly evolved into a full-fledged human character, and by 1932 she had become the only female animated screen star in the world. Voiced by Mae Questel, Betty starred in more than 100 cartoons, 90 of which are included in the official  Betty Boop  series, which ended in 1939. Since then, Betty has appeared in dozens of hit movies, television specials, commercials, and was the first cartoon character to be profiled by A&E’s  Biography  series.    Today,  Fleischer Studios  and their great team of creative professionals, have parlayed the iconic Betty Boop into a worldwide licensing phenomenon entertaining millions of fans and collectors alike. Please visit them online at  www.fleischerstudios.com  and  www.bettyboop.com .    Connect with  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical :   Facebook: @boopthemusical  Instagram: @boopthemusical  X: @boopthemusical   TikTok: @boopthemusical  YouTube: @boopthemusical    ABOUT BROADWAY IN CHICAGO Broadway In Chicago was created in July 2000 and over the past 23 years has grown to be one of the largest commercial touring homes in the country. A Nederlander Presentation, Broadway In Chicago lights up the Chicago Theater District entertaining up to 1.7 million people annually in five theatres. Broadway In Chicago presents a full range of entertainment, including musicals and plays, on the stages of five of the finest theatres in Chicago’s Loop including the  Cadillac Palace Theatre, CIBC Theatre, James M. Nederlander Theatre, Auditorium Theatre, and just off the Magnificent Mile, the Broadway  Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Facebook  @BroadwayInChicago  ● Instagram  @broadwayinchicago  ● TikTok  @broadwayinchicago  ● #broadwayinchicago   TM & © 2023 Fleischer Studios, Inc.    BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CAST

JASMINE AMY ROGERS  ( Betty Boop ) recently finished a run as the scene stealing “Gretchen Wieners” in the National Tour of  Mean Girls . Prior to that she was seen as “Melody Green” in Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of  The Wanderer  and as “Francis Bassey” in the world premiere of  Becoming Nancy , directed by Jerry Mitchell at the Alliance Theatre. On television she has appeared in “Evil” on Paramount+. She was a Jimmy Awards’ finalist and appeared in  Cabaret  as Sally Bowles at the Manhattan School of Music where she studied musical theatre.    FAITH PRINCE  ( Valentina ). Broadway:  Jerome Robbins Broadway  (Tony nomination),  Nick & Nora ,  Guys and Dolls  (Tony Award),  What’s Wrong With This Picture? ,  The King and I ,  Little Me ,  James Joyce’s The Dead ,  Bells Are Ringing  (Tony nomination),  Noises Off ,  Disney’s The Little Mermaid ,  A Catered Affair  (Tony nomination),  Annie , and  Disaster . TV/Film includes: “Monarch,” “Emily in Paris,” “Scream Queens,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Spin City,” “Huff,” “Modern Family,”  Dave ,  My Father the Hero ,  Picture Perfect ,  It Had to Be You . Her many live appearances and two solo albums available for streaming. Ms. Prince has an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater, U of Cincinnati CCM.   AINSLEY MELHAM  he/him ( Dwayne)  starred as Aladdin in Disney’s  Aladdin  on Broadway and the Australian National Tour (Helpmann Nomination). Other credits in his home country—Australia—include the national tours of both  Pippin  (Pippin) and  Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Cinderella  (Prince Topher). Also  Kiss of the Spiderwoma n (Molina),  Merrily We Roll Along  (Charley Kringas),  The Normal Heart  (Felix),  Xanadu  (Sonny),  Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan  (Lost Boy), and  Hi-5  (host). He is a proud graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and his work on Boop! is dedicated to his dear friend Diana and the Perini family. @ainsleymelham   ERICH BERGEN  ( Raymond ) is best known as Blake Moran on the hit television show “Madam Secretary,” and for his performance as Bob Gaudio in the film  Jersey Boys , reprising his performance from the National Tour and Las Vegas casts of the Tony Award-winning stage musical. On Broadway, Erich also starred in the musicals  Waitress  and  Chicago , and has been featured on the television shows “BULL,” “The Good Fight” and “Gossip Girl” among many others. Erich is also the creative force behind 6W Entertainment, a full service production company that has produced over 200 projects for television and live events. @erichbergen

STEPHEN DeROSA  ( Grampy ). Broadway:  Mr. Saturday Night ,  Gary: A Sequel ,  On the Town ,  Betrayal ,  The Nance ,  Hairspray ,  Twentieth Century ,  Henry IV ,  Into the Woods ,  The Man Who Came to Dinner . Off-Broadway:  Little Shop of Horrors ,  The Alchemist ,  The Government Inspector , These Paper Bullets!, Love's Fire (The Acting Company),The Mystery of Irma Vep.  Regional:  Bay Street Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Arena Stage, Yale Rep.  Film/TV:  A Holiday Spectacular, “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” (Eddie Cantor). MFA: Yale.   ANGELICA HALE  ( Trisha ) is an inspiring 16-year-old singer-songwriter and actress from Atlanta, Georgia who sang her way into the hearts of America on Season 12 of “America's Got Talent” in 2017 and “America’s Got Talent: The Champions in 2019.”  She has performed all over the world since and made numerous television appearances on shows like “Little Big Shots,” the “Today Show,” etc.  Her videos and original music have amassed hundreds of millions of views on her YouTube channel.  Today, she continues performing and writing music, now setting her sights on the bright lights of Broadway.   ANASTACIA McCLESKEY  ( Carol ). Some favorite credits include - BROADWAY: Revival of  Caroline or Change ,  Waitress ,  Violet ,  The Book of Mormon ,  Priscilla Queen of the Desert ; LONDON:  Close to You ,  What’s it All About ; TV/FILM: “The Good Fight,” “New Amsterdam,” “Madam Secretary,” “Annie - Live,” upcoming “Waitress Live!;” FAVORITE REGIONAL: Joanne in  RENT  & Celie in  The Color Purple  @ The Muny (Best Performer in a Musical - St. Louis Theater Circle), Muse in Disney’s  Hercules  @ Paper Mill, JO in  Afterwords  @ The 5th Ave; #hellobeautifulspirits Podcast 11/23; Nominated for a Helen Hayes Award, Alliance Award , & an Audelco Award. Asé   LAWRENCE ALEXANDER  he/him/they ( Ensemble ). Boston Conservatory graduate, Lawrence danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after school. Bway credits:  Follies ,  Anything Goes  and  The Lion King .  1st Nat/ Young Frankenstein ,  The Band Wagon  (Encores!),  Showboat  (Carnegie Hall)! He recently performed in the “NBCU UPFronts” at RCMH.

TRISTEN BUETTEL  ( Ensemble u/s Betty ). Broadway: OBC  Bad Cinderella . Off-Broadway/Tour:  Jersey Boys . Regional:  Anne of Green Gables  (Goodspeed),  Ever After  (The Alliance), MT Wichita. NYC native and Syracuse University alum. Huge thank you to Jerry, Rachelle, Daniel Hoff, & John. Always for Mom & Dad! @tristenjadee

COLIN BRADBURY  ( Ensemble, u/s Raymond & Grampy ). 21+ years in the biz. 4 Broadway shows. 7 National Tours. Countless Regional Theater. 2 Tonys. 1 GMA. 1 Macy’s Parade. 1 Christmas Spectacular. 2 Feature Films. 2 TV Shows. 1 Theme Park. 10+ Years Married. Dog Dad Extraordinaire. Ciao!

JOSHUA BURRAGE  ( Ensemble ). BOOP YEAH! Broadway:  Cats  (2016 Revival). National Tours: Disney's  Newsies ,  A Bronx Tale . TV/Film: “Imaginary Friends” (Paramount Pictures), “The Gilded Age” (HBO), “West World” (HBO), “Newsies: LIVE” (Disney+). All the thanks to my incredible parents, and Rebecca & Sofia at CESD!

GABI CAMPO  ( Ensemble; u/s Betty; u/s Trisha ). Broadway:  Some Like it Hot  (Society Syncopator),  Beetlejuice  (Miss Argentina),  West Side Story  (2020 Revival, u/s Anita),  The Prom  (u/s Emma, Alyssa). Television: “Billions,” ”FBI: Most Wanted,” “Helpsters.” Regional:  Legally Blonde  (The Muny, Serena). BFA Pace University. LA Native. 

DAN CASTIGLIONE  he/him ( Ensemble ) is a dancer, actor and singer from New Jersey. His credits include  Yes Day ,  Isn’t it Romantic  and  West Side Story  at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. He’s extremely excited to be a part of this amazing  BOOP!  Cast!

REBECCA CORRIGAN  ( Ensemble ) is a New York based artist. Some credits include Warner Brothers’  In the Heights , the role of Graziella in MRT’s  West Side Story , PHISH at MSG. Rebecca performed with Nadine Bommer Dance Company and other artists around the country.

JOSH DRAKE  ( Ensemble, u/s Dwayne & Raymond ) is thrilled to be back in Chicago since the  Dirty Dancing  tour! Broadway:  Aladdin ,  Bad Cinderella . Tours:  Finding Neverland . TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Equalizer.” Creator & host of “Cheat Out” (Amazon Prime). Thank you HTA team, Mama, and always Boo Boo.

RJ HIGTON  ( Ensemble ). Originally from Huntington Beach, CA. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” S5 on Amazon Prime. Regional:  West Side Story  (MUNY),  Mamma Mia  (Connecticut Rep),  Billy Elliot  (La Mirada Theatre). All my love and gratitude to my Family, UMICH MT and DGRW @rj_higton

PHILLIP HUBER  ( Ensemble ). World-renowned marionette artist, known for the film  Being John Malkovich  and Disney’s  Oz The Great and Powerful . Theater:  Darling Grenadine  - Goodspeed & Marriott Theatre  Chicago ,  The Road to Hollywood  - Goodspeed,  That’s Christmas  - Shubert Theater Chicago.

NINA LaFARGA  ( Ensemble ). Broadway:  In the Heights ( OBC ), Frozen  (OBC) , On Your Feet! ( OBC ), Women On the Verge… ( OBC ), Sweet Charity ,  Aida . Off Broadway:  In the Heights ,  Oliver, Chess, Capeman.  Nat’l Tour:  Aida . TV/Film: “Fosse/Verdon,” “Elementary,” “Smash,”  In the Heights, Friends with Kids  @ninalafarga

MORGAN McGHEE  ( Ensemble ). Baton Rouge native, and AMDA and Clark Atlanta University grad, she recently appeared in  The Who’s Tommy  (Goodman). Broadway:  Ain't Too Proud ; Off-Broadway:  The Harder They Come ; TV: “Law & Order,” “Everything's Trash,” “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “FBI,” “Bull.” @morgan.eli

AUBIE MERRYLEES  ( Ensemble ). Broadway:  To Kill A Mockingbird ,  KPOP . Other theatre:  Wolf Play  (Soho Rep); Hamlet in  Hamlet  (Bedlam). Barrymore nominations for  Hand to God  (Philadelphia Theatre Co.);  The Aliens  (Theatre Exile). Film/TV:  Jules  (with Sir Ben Kingsley); “The Bite.”

RYAH NIXON  she/her ( Ensemble ). Broadway:  Once Upon a One More Time . Off Broadway:  Kinky Boots ,  Another Part of the Forest . National Tour:  9 to 5 . World premieres:  Other World ,  Moonshine ,  Beaches . Cast album:  Lizzie  for Broadway Records. TV: “The Good Fight,” “Dickinson,” “Louie.”

CHRISTIAN PROBST  he/him ( Ensemble ). Broadway:  Bad Cinderella  (Ensemble, Sebastian, u/s),  The Book of Mormon  (Swing, McKinley u/s) .  Tours:  The Little Mermaid  (Flounder). Selected Regional: Ogunquit (Cosmo,  Singin' In the Rain ), Goodspeed, The Muny. Yale ’17. Love to mentors, Tara Rubin Casting, BRS/Gage and family! @christianbprobst

RICKY SCHROEDER  ( Ensemble ) Theatre:  Kinky Boots  (Off Bway, 1st National Tour),  Becoming Nancy  (Alliance), TV/Film: “Partner Track, ”  “Pose,” “Tales of the City,” “Hairspray Live!,” “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . ” Music: Wherever you listen to music under the name Ricky Asch! @RickyASchroeder @RickyAsch  www.rickyaschroeder.com

GABRIELLA SORRENTINO  ( Ensemble ). Proud New Yorker. Broadway:  Hamilton ,  On Your Feet. Hamilton  (Chicago). BFA in Dance Point Park. Overjoyed to be part of this production. Thank you Lucille. Grateful to Jerry, Rachelle, David, and the rest of the creative team for this opportunity. 

BROOKE TAYLOR  ( Ensemble ) is blessed to be making her Pre-Broadway debut with  BOOP!  She recently graduated from the University of Michigan’s Dance Department in April. She wants to thank God, mom, LINK, CESD, and her Legacy family. Instagram @brooke.alexandria.taylor 

COURTNEY ARANGO  ( Swing, u/s Valentina ). Recent: Diana in  A Chorus Line , Assistant Choreographer of the current  Jesus Christ Superstar  US Tour. Courtney was awarded the 2019 Craig Noel Award. Thanks to AAG, Tara Rubin Casting, and my Loved Ones. @courtney_arango   IAN GALLAGHER FITZGERALD  he/him ( Swing ) is endlessly humbled to join in a story of female empowerment. He would like to extend his gratitude to the remarkable women who shaped his world: Mom, Connie, Paige, Blair, Nora, Joyce, Bethany, and Rak. For my original Bette.

SYDNEY JONES  she/her ( Swing, u/s Trisha ) is stoked to be making theatre in Chicago! Broadway:  A Beautiful Noise . Regional:  Grease  (Sandy; Oklahoma),  The Karate Kid  (STAGES St. Louis),  Chess  (The Muny). Special thanks to my family, Brett, and Daniel Hoff Agency. @syd__jones

DEREK JORDAN TAYLOR  ( Swing, u/s Dwayne ) is incredibly grateful to be along for this journey with  BOOP!.  Derek is enrolled at Boston Conservatory where he is pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre. Derek would like to thank his people for all they do! Love you Mama! @imderekjordan

AMY VAN NORSTRAND  ( Swing ). Broadway:  Holiday Inn . National Tours:  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ,  Elf the Musical . Countless regional credits. Proud Point Park University alumni. Thank you to the creative team for this incredible opportunity. For my husband Brian and my Boy.

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Broadway-Bound Betty Boop Musical Sets Out-of-Town World Premiere

A new musical based on the cartoon character Betty Boop will have its world premiere this fall. Titled BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , the show will play a six-week limited engagement beginning on November 19 at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. The musical is scheduled to play through Dec. 31 ahead of an anticipated Broadway run.

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! will feature a book by Tony winner Bob Martin, music by Grammy winner David Foster and lyrics by Tony nominee Susan Birkenhead. 

The Betty Boop character was created by Max Fleischer for his Talkartoons series, one of the world’s first animated “talkies,” produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Studios. 

Producers have released a  video teaser  for the upcoming show.

Mitchell’s most recent Broadway outing was Pretty Woman: The Musical , which he directed and choreographed, as he did with Kinky Boots and Legally Blonde: The Musical . Martin is the Tony-winning book writer of The Drowsy Chaperone . His other Main Stem writing credits include Elf and T he Prom , the latter for which he earned a Tony nod. Foster’s work has appeared as part of the Broadway productions The Boy From Oz and Hot Feet , though he has not yet been the composer of a full musical on the Rialto. Birkenhead is best known as the lyricist of Working, Jelly’s Last Jam (both of which earned her Tony nominations) and Triumph of Love .

Casting and the full creative team will be announced.

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BOOP! The Musical is now playing

• Broadway in Chicago
• November 20, 2023

Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce   BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  is now playing at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.). The pre-Broadway world premiere is running for a limited engagement through December 24 only. 

Leading the cast are  Jasmine Amy Rogers  as Betty Boop ( Mean Girls  national tour), Tony Award®-winner  Faith Prince  as Valentina ( Guys and Dolls , “Monarch”),  Ainsley Anthony Melham  as Dwayne ( Aladdin ),  Erich Bergen  as Raymond Demarest ( Jersey Boys  , “Madam Secretary”),  Stephen DeRosa  as Grampy (“Boardwalk Empire”),  Angelica Hale  as Trisha (“America’s Got Talent” finalist),  Phillip Huber  ( Being John Malkovich ), and  Anastacia McCleskey  as Carol Evans ( Caroline or Change ).

The cast also includes  Lawrence Alexander  ( Follies ),  Courtney Arango  ( A Chorus Line ),  Colin Bradbury  ( Funny Girl ),  Tristen Buettel  ( Bad Cinderella ),  Joshua Michael Burrage  (  Cats ),  Gabi Campo  ( Some Like it Hot ),  Daniel Castiglione  ( Yes Day ),  Rebecca Corrigan  ( In the Heights ), Josh Drake ( Aladdin ),  Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald  ( Kinky Boots ),  RJ Higton  (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”),  Sydney Jones  ( A Beautiful Noise ),  Nina Lafarga  ( In the Heights ),  Morgan McGhee  ( The Who’s Tommy at the Goodman ),  Aubie Merrylees  ( To Kill A Mockingbird ),  Ryah Nixon  (  Once Upon a One More Time ),  Christian Probst   (Bad Cinderella ),  Ricky Schroeder  ( Kinky Boots ),  Gabriella Sorrentino  ( Hamilton ),  Brooke Taylor  (recent graduate of University of Michigan),  Derek Jordan Taylor  (student at Boston Conservatory),  Amy Van Norstrand  ( Holiday Inn ).

Tony Award®-winning director/choreographer  Jerry Mitchell  ( Kinky Boots, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Hairspray ) brings the Queen of the Animated Screen to the theater in  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , with celebrated multiple Grammy® Award-winning composer  David Foster  (“I Have Nothing,” “After The Love Is Gone,” “The Prayer”), Tony Award®-nominated lyricist  Susan Birkenhead  ( Working, Jelly’s Last Jam ), and Tony Award®-winning book writer  Bob Martin  (  The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom ).  

Betty Boop, that sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength, comes alive in  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , the new Broadway-bound musical comedy extravaganza. 

For almost a century, Betty Boop, created by animation pioneer  Max Fleischer , has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice, and style. Now, in  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , Betty Boop’s dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City — one that reminds her and the world, “You are capable of amazing things.” 

The design and creative team for  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  includes  David Rockwell,  set design ( Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, Into the Woods  [2002],  She Loves Me  [2016 Tony Award®]);  Gregg Barnes , costumes (Tony Awards®:  The Drowsy Chaperone, Follies  [2011],  Some Like It Hot );  Philip S. Rosenberg , lighting (Broadway:  Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman );  Gareth Owen , sound (Tony Award®:  MJ: The Musical );  Finn Ross , projection design (Tony Award®  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time  );  Sabana Majeed , hair and wig design (Uncut);  Michael Clifton , makeup design (New York, New York);  Skylar Fox , illusions design ( Volkov ); The Huber Marionettes, marionette design (  Darling Grenadine , Jeff Award nomination); and  Daryl Waters , musical supervision and arrangements (Broadway:  The Cher Show, Shuffle Along, After Midnight ).

Boop-oop-a-doop! 

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  photos of Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop are available  here  .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  cast headshots are available  here .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  creative team headshots are available  here .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  press event photos are available  here .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  teaser video is available  here .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  sizzle reel is available  here .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  artwork is available  here .  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  rehearsal video is available  here .

TICKET INFORMATION

Individual tickets for  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  are on sale now and range from $28.00 – $106.00 with a select number of premium tickets available. Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing  [email protected]  . For more information, visit  www.BroadwayInChicago.com .

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical  is based on the characters created by  Max Fleischer. 

ABOUT BETTY BOOP AND FLEISCHER STUDIOS  

First introduced in 1930, Betty Boop was created by  Max Fleischer  for his “Talkartoons” series, the world’s first animated “talkies” which Max’s company,  Fleischer Studios , produced for  Paramount Studios . Betty Boop initially appeared as adog-likestage performer who sang and danced with another dog-like character named Bimbo, joyfully entertaining vast audiences of other Fleischer characters from the animal kingdom. 

Inspired by the collective energy, style, and sound of the many popular Jazz Age flappers and entertainers of the 1920s, Betty Boop quickly evolved into a full-fledged human character, and by 1932 she had become the only female animated screen star in the world. Voiced by Mae Questel, Betty Boop starred in more than 100 cartoons, 90 of which are included in the official  Betty Boop  series, which ended in 1939. Since then, Betty Boop has appeared in dozens of hit movies, television specials, commercials, and was the first cartoon character to be profiled by A&E’s  Biography  series. 

Today,  Fleischer Studios  and their great team of creative professionals, have parlayed the iconic Betty Boop into a worldwide licensing phenomenon entertaining millions of fans and collectors alike. Please visit them online at  www.fleischerstudios.com  and  www.bettyboop.com . 

Connect with  BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical : 

Facebook: @boopthemusical 

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YouTube: @boopthemusical 

ABOUT BROADWAY IN CHICAGO

Broadway In Chicago was created in July 2000 and over the past 23 years has grown to be one of the largest commercial touring homes in the country. A Nederlander Presentation, Broadway In Chicago lights up the Chicago Theater District entertaining up to 1.7 million people annually in five theatres. Broadway In Chicago presents a full range of entertainment, including musicals and plays, on the stages of five of the finest theatres in Chicago’s Loop including the  Cadillac Palace Theatre, CIBC Theatre, James M. Nederlander Theatre, Auditorium Theatre, and just off the Magnificent Mile, the Broadway  Playhouse at Water Tower Place.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CAST

JASMINE AMY ROGERS  (Betty Boop) recently finished a run as the scene stealing “Gretchen Wieners” in the National Tour of Mean Girls. Prior to that she was seen as “Melody Green” in Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of The Wanderer and as “Francis Bassey” in the world premiere of  Becoming Nancy , directed by Jerry Mitchell at the Alliance Theatre. On television she has appeared in “Evil” on Paramount+. She was a Jimmy Awards’ finalist and appeared in Cabaret as Sally Bowles at the Manhattan School of Music where she studied musical theatre. 

FAITH PRINCE  ( Valentina ) Broadway Tony Award winner for  Guys and Dolls . Other nominations for:  Jerome Robbins Broadway, Bells Are Ringing, A Catered Affair.  Also  Nick & Nora ,  What’s Wrong With This Picture?, The King and I, Little Me, James Joyce’s The Dead, Noises Off,  Disney’s T he Little Mermaid, Annie,  and  Disaster . TV/Film appearances include “Monarch”, “Emily in Paris”, “Scream Queens”, “Modern Family”, “Drop Dead Diva”, “Huff”, “Spin City”,  Dave, My Father the Hero, Picture Perfect, Our Very Own . Her many live appearances and two solo albums available for streaming. Ms. Prince has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati.

AINSLEY ANTHONY MELHAM  he/him ( Dwayne ) starred as Aladdin in Disney’s  Aladdin  on Broadway and the Australian National Tour (Helpmann Nomination). Other credits in his home country—Australia—include the national tours of both  Pippin  (Pippin) and Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s  Cinderella  (Prince Topher). Also  Kiss of the Spiderwoman  (Molina),  Merrily We Roll Along  (Charley Kringas),  The Normal Heart  (Felix),  Xanadu  (Sonny),  Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan  (Lost Boy), and  Hi-5  (host). He is a proud graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and his work on Boop! is dedicated to his dear friend Diana and the Perini family. @ainsleymelham

ERICH BERGEN  ( Raymond Demarest ) is best known as Blake Moran on the hit television show “Madam Secretary,” and for his performance as Bob Gaudio in the film  Jersey Boys , reprising his performance from the National Tour and Las Vegas casts of the Tony Award-winning stage musical. On Broadway, Erich also starred in the musicals  Waitress  and  Chicago , and has been featured on the television shows “BULL,” “The Good Fight” and “Gossip Girl” among many others. Erich is also the creative force behind 6W Entertainment, a full service production company that has produced over 200 projects for television and live events. @erichbergen

STEPHEN DeROSA  ( Grampy) . Broadway:  Mr. Saturday Night, Gary: A Sequel, On the Town, Betrayal, The Nance, Hairspray, Twentieth Century, Henry IV, Into the Woods, The Man Who Came to Dinner.  Off-Broadway:  Little Shop of Horrors, The Alchemist, The Government Inspector, These Paper Bullets!,  Love’s Fire (The Acting Company), The Mystery of Irma Vep.  Regional:  Bay Street Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Arena Stage, Yale Rep.  Film/TV:  A Holiday Spectacular, “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” (Eddie Cantor). MFA: Yale.

ANGELICA HALE  ( Trisha ) is an inspiring 16-year-old singer-songwriter and actress from Atlanta, Georgia who sang her way into the hearts of America on Season 12 of “America’s Got Talent” in 2017 and “America’s Got Talent: The Champions in 2019.”  She has performed all over the world since and made numerous television appearances on shows like “Little Big Shots,” the “Today Show,” etc.  Her videos and original music have amassed hundreds of millions of views on her YouTube channel.  Today, she continues performing and writing music, now setting her sights on the bright lights of Broadway.

PHILLIP HUBER  ( Pudgy ). World-renowned marionette artist, known for the film  Being John Malkovich  and Disney’s  Oz The Great and Powerful . Theater: Darling Grenadine – Goodspeed & Marriott Theatre Chicago, The Road to Hollywood – Goodspeed, That’s Christmas – Shubert Theater Chicago.

ANASTACIA McCLESKEY  ( Carol Evans ). Some favorite credits include – BROADWAY:  Revival of Caroline or Change, Waitress, Violet, The Book of Mormon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert ; LONDON:  Close to You, What’s it All About  ; TV/FILM: “The Good Fight,” “New Amsterdam,” “Madam Secretary,” “Annie – Live,” upcoming “Waitress Live!;” FAVORITE REGIONAL: Joanne in  RENT  & Celie in  The Color Purple  @ The Muny (Best Performer in a Musical – St. Louis Theater Circle), Muse in Disney’s  Hercules  @ Paper Mill, JO in Afterwords @ The 5th Ave; #hellobeautifulspirits Podcast 11/23; Nominated for a Helen Hayes Award, Alliance Award , & an Audelco Award. Asé

LAWRENCE ALEXANDER  he/him/they ( Ensemble ). Boston Conservatory graduate, Lawrence danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after school. Bway credits:  Follies, Anything Goes  and  The Lion King  .  1st Nat/ Young Frankenstein, The Band Wagon  (Encores!),  Showboat  (Carnegie Hall)! He recently performed in the “NBCU UPFronts” at RCMH.

COURTNEY ARANGO  ( Swing, u/s Valentina & Carol Evans ). Recent: Diana in  A Chorus Line , Assistant Choreographer of the current  Jesus Christ Superstar  US Tour. Courtney was awarded the 2019 Craig Noel Award. Thanks to AAG, Tara Rubin Casting, and my Loved Ones. @courtney_arango

COLIN BRADBURY  ( Ensemble, u/s Raymond Demarest & Grampy ). 21+ years in the biz. 4 Broadway shows. 7 National Tours. Countless Regional Theater. 2 Tonys. 1 GMA. 1 Macy’s Parade. 1 Christmas Spectacular. 2 Feature Films. 2 TV Shows. 1 Theme Park. 10+ Years Married. Dog Dad Extraordinaire. Ciao!

TRISTEN BUETTEL  ( Ensemble u/s  Betty Boop ). Broadway: OBC  Bad Cinderella . Off-Broadway/Tour:  Jersey Boys  . Regional:  Anne of Green Gables  (Goodspeed),  Ever After  (The Alliance), MT Wichita. NYC native and Syracuse University alum. Huge thank you to Jerry, Rachelle, Daniel Hoff, & John. Always for Mom & Dad! @tristenjadee

JOSHUA MICHAEL BURRAGE  ( Ensemble ). BOOP YEAH! Broadway:  Cats  (2016 Revival). National Tours: Disney’s  Newsies, A Bronx Tale . TV/Film: “Imaginary Friends” (Paramount Pictures), “The Gilded Age” (HBO), “West World” (HBO), “Newsies: LIVE” (Disney+). All the thanks to my incredible parents, and Rebecca & Sofia at CESD!

GABI CAMPO  ( Ensemble, u/s   Betty Boop  & Trisha ). Broadway:  Some Like it Hot  (Society Syncopator),  Beetlejuice  (Miss Argentina),  West Side Story  (2020 Revival, u/s Anita),  The Prom  (u/s Emma, Alyssa). Television: “Billions,” ”FBI: Most Wanted,” “Helpsters.” Regional: Legally Blonde (The Muny, Serena). BFA Pace University. LA Native. 

DANIEL CASTIGLIONE  he/him ( Ensemble ) is a dancer, actor and singer from New Jersey. His credits include  Yes Day, Isn’t it Romantic  and  West Side Story  at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. He’s extremely excited to be a part of this amazing  BOOP!  Cast!

REBECCA CORRIGAN  ( Ensemble ) is a New York based artist. Some credits include Warner Brothers’  In the Heights , the role of Graziella in MRT’s  West Side Story , PHISH at MSG. Rebecca performed with Nadine Bommer Dance Company and other artists around the country.

JOSH DRAKE  ( Ensemble, u/s Dwayne & Raymond Demarest ) is thrilled to be back in Chicago since the  Dirty Dancing  tour! Broadway:  Aladdin, Bad Cinderella.  Tours:  Finding Neverland . TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Equalizer.” Creator & host of “Cheat Out” (Amazon Prime). Thank you HTA team, Mama, and always Boo Boo.

IAN GALLAGHER FITZGERALD  he/him ( Swing ) is endlessly humbled to join in a story of female empowerment. He would like to extend his gratitude to the remarkable women who shaped his world: Mom, Connie, Paige, Blair, Nora, Joyce, Bethany, and Rak. For my original Bette.

RJ HIGTON  ( Ensemble ). Originally from Huntington Beach, CA. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” S5 on Amazon Prime. Regional:  West Side Story  (MUNY),  Mamma Mia  (Connecticut Rep),  Billy Elliot  (La Mirada Theatre). All my love and gratitude to my Family, UMICH MT and DGRW @rj_higton

SYDNEY JONES  she/her ( Swing, u/s Trisha ) is stoked to be making theatre in Chicago! Broadway:  A Beautiful Noise . Regional:  Grease  (Sandy; Oklahoma),   The Karate Kid  (STAGES St. Louis),  Chess  (The Muny). Special thanks to my family, Brett, and Daniel Hoff Agency. @syd__jones

NINA LAFARGA  ( Ensemble ). Broadway:  In The Heights  (OBC),  Frozen  (OBC),  On Your Feet!  (OBC),  Women On the Verge…  (OBC),  Sweet Charity, Aida . Off Broadway:  In the Heights, Oliver, Chess, Capeman . Nat’l Tour: Aida. TV/Film: “Fosse/Verdon,” “Elementary,” “Smash,”  In the Heights, Friends with Kids  @ninalafarga

MORGAN McGHEE  ( Ensemble, u/s Carol Evans ). Baton Rouge native, and AMDA and Clark Atlanta University grad, she recently appeared in  The Who’s Tommy  (Goodman). Broadway:  Ain’t Too Proud  ; Off-Broadway:  The Harder They Come ; TV: “Law & Order,” “Everything’s Trash,” “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “FBI,” “Bull.” @morgan.eli

AUBIE MERRYLEES  ( Ensemble, u/s Grampy ). Broadway:  To Kill A Mockingbird, KPOP . Other theatre:  Wolf Play  (Soho Rep);  Hamlet in Hamlet  (Bedlam). Barrymore nominations for  Hand to God  (Philadelphia Theatre Co.);  The Aliens  (Theatre Exile). Film/TV:  Jules  (with Sir Ben Kingsley); “The Bite.”

RYAH NIXON  she/her ( Ensemble, u/s Valentina ). Broadway:  Once Upon a One More Time . Off Broadway:  Kinky Boots, Another Part of the Forest . National Tour:  9 to 5 . World premieres:  Other World, Moonshine, Beaches . Cast album:  Lizzie  for Broadway Records. TV: “The Good Fight,” “Dickinson,” “Louie.”

CHRISTIAN PROBST  he/him ( Ensemble ). Broadway:  Bad Cinderella  (Ensemble, Sebastian, u/s),  The Book of Mormon  (Swing, McKinley u/s). Tours:  The Little Mermaid  (Flounder). Selected Regional:  Ogunquit  (Cosmo, Singin’ In the Rain),  Goodspeed , The Muny. Yale ’17. Love to mentors, Tara Rubin Casting, BRS/Gage and family! @christianbprobst

RICKY SCHROEDER  ( Ensemble ) Theatre:  Kinky Boots  (Off Bway, 1st National Tour),  Becoming Nancy  (Alliance), TV/Film: “Partner Track,” “Pose,” “Tales of the City,” “Hairspray Live!,” “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Music: Wherever you listen to music under the name Ricky Asch! @RickyASchroeder @RickyAsch  www.rickyaschroeder.com

GABRIELLA SORRENTINO  ( Ensemble ). Proud New Yorker. Broadway:  Hamilton, On Your Feet. Hamilton  (Chicago). BFA in Dance Point Park. Overjoyed to be part of this production. Thank you Lucille. Grateful to Jerry, Rachelle, David, and the rest of the creative team for this opportunity. 

BROOKE TAYLOR  ( Ensemble ) is blessed to be making her Pre-Broadway debut with  BOOP!  She recently graduated from the University of Michigan’s Dance Department in April. She wants to thank God, mom, LINK, CESD, and her Legacy family. Instagram @brooke.alexandria.taylor 

DEREK JORDAN TAYLOR  ( Swing, u/s Dwayne ) is incredibly grateful to be along for this journey with  BOOP! . Derek is enrolled at Boston Conservatory where he is pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre. Derek would like to thank his people for all they do! Love you Mama! @imderekjordan

AMY VAN NORSTRAND  ( Swing ). Broadway:  Holiday Inn . National Tours:  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Elf the Musical.  Countless regional credits. Proud Point Park University alumni. Thank you to the creative team for this incredible opportunity. For my husband Brian and my Boy.

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First video released of boop the betty boop musical, starring jasmine amy rogers as betty boop ainsley melham, erich bergen, stephen derosa, angelica hale, anastacia mccleskey and faith prince..

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First Video Released of BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical Now in Rehearsal

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical starring Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop Ainsley Melham, Erich Bergen, Stephen DeRosa, Angelica Hale, Anastacia McCleskey And Faith Prince With music by David Foster and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Book by Bob Martin Directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell PRE-BROADWAY WORLD PREMIERE BROADWAY IN CHICAGO’S CIBC THEATRE NOVEMBER 19-DECEMBER 24, 2023 Click Here to Watch First Video of Cast in Rehearsal BoopTheMusical.com CHICAGO (October 19, 2023) – Broadway In Chicago has just released the very first video of BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical in rehearsal. Click here to watch first video of the cast in rehearsal . BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will be presented at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) live on stage for the first time for a limited five-week engagement, November 19 - December 24. Leading the cast are Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop ( Mean Girls national tour), Tony Award®-winner Faith Prince as Valentina ( Guys and Dolls , “Monarch”), Ainsley Anthony Melham as Dwayne ( Aladdin ), Erich Bergen as Raymond ( Jersey Boys , “Madam Secretary”), Stephen DeRosa as Grampy (“Boardwalk Empire”), Angelica Hale as Trisha (“America’s Got Talent” finalist), and Anastacia McCleskey as Carol ( Caroline or Change ). The cast also includes Lawrence Alexander ( Follies ), Colin Bradbury ( Funny Girl ), Tristen Buettel ( Bad Cinderella ), Joshua Michael Burrage ( Cats ), Gabi Campo ( Some Like it Hot ), Daniel Castiglione ( Yes Day ), Rebecca Corrigan ( In the Heights ), Josh Drake ( Aladdin ), RJ Higton (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Phillip Huber ( Being John Malkovich ), Nina LaFarga ( In the Heights ), Morgan McGhee ( The Who’s Tommy at the Goodman), Aubie Merrylees ( To Kill A Mockingbird ), Ryah Nixon ( Once Upon a One More Time ), Christian Probst ( Bad Cinderella ), Ricky Schroeder ( Kinky Boots ), Gabriella Sorrentino ( Hamilton ), Brooke Tay lor (recent graduate of University of Michigan), Courtney Arango ( A Chorus Line ), Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald ( Kinky Boots ), Sydney Jones ( A Beautiful Noise ), Derek Jordan Taylor (student at Boston Conservatory), Amy Van Norstrand ( Holiday Inn ). Tony Award®-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell ( Kinky Boots, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Hairspray ) brings the Queen of the Animated Screen to the theater in BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , with celebrated multiple Grammy® Award-winning composer David Foster (“I Have Nothing,” “After The Love Is Gone,” “The Prayer”), Tony Award®-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead ( Working, Jelly’s Last Jam ), and Tony Award®-winning book writer Bob Martin ( The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom ). Betty Boop, that sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength, comes alive in BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , the new Broadway-bound musical comedy extravaganza. For almost a century, Betty Boop, created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer , has won hearts and inspired fans around the world with her trademark looks, voice, and style. Now, in BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical , Betty's dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City — one that reminds her and the world, “You are capable of amazing things.” The design and creative team for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical includes David Rockwell , set design (Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, Into the Woods [2002], She Loves Me [2016 Tony Award®]); Gregg Barnes , costumes (Tony Awards®: The Drowsy Chaperone, Follies [2011], Some Like It Hot ); Philip S. Rosenberg , lighting (Broadway: Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman ); Gareth Owen , sound (Tony Award®: MJ: The Musical ); Finn Ross , projection design (Tony Award® The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ); Sabana Majeed , hair & wig design ( Uncut ); Michael Clifton , makeup design ( New York, New York ); Skylar Fox , illusions design ( Volkov ); The Huber Marionettes , marionette Design ( Darling Grenadine Jeff Award nomination); and Daryl Waters , musical supervision and arrangements (Broadway: The Cher Show, Shuffle Along, After Midnight ). Boop-oop-a-doop! TICKET INFORMATION Individual tickets for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical are now on-sale at www.BroadwayInChicago.com . Tickets for groups of 10 or more available by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710 or emailing [email protected] . BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical is based on the characters created by Max Fleischer. Connect with BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical : Facebook: @boopthemusical Instagram: @boopthemusical X: @boopthemusical TikTok: @boopthemusical YouTube: @boopthemusical

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The CIBC Theatre marquee heralds “Boop! The Musical.”

Who was Betty Boop? A new stage musical in Chicago tells a tale of the timeless cartoon creation.

One was the creator of a squeaky-clean mouse named Mickey, the other the brains behind a squeaky-voiced flirt with the catchphrase “Boop-oop-a-doop.”

But the two great American animators — Walt Disney and Max Fleischer — didn’t meet for the first time until 1956, more than a quarter of a century after the introduction of each of their hugely famous creations.

Fleischer stood 5-feet-5-inches tall and had a paunch. Disney was almost 6-feet, slender and had a full head of dark, slicked-back hair.

“Walt was a charming, flattering host,” Fleischer’s son Richard Fleischer wrote in “Out of the Inkwell,” a 2005 biography of his father. “My father seemed to be enjoying himself, but in Walt’s presence, he seemed diminished, and my heart broke for him. I had the feeling that Goliath had defeated David.”

Defeated? Click on eBay, and you’ll find 140,000-plus Betty Boop-themed items for sale — everything from a $600 silver spoon to figurines, T-shirts and even a “hooded tank shirt 4 unisex bearded dragons” listed for $24.99. There are countless Boop-related Facebook pages, including one that boasts it has 1.4 million followers.

Maison Monroe, 21, a Columbia College Chicago student and Betty Boop superfan, shows off a vintage Betty Boop apron she says she wears while cleaning her Wicker Park apartment. As a child, Monroe says watched Boop cartoons on her grandmother’s VCR.

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And now comes “Boop! The Musical,” which is in its world-premiere, pre-Broadway run at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.

In case you’re wondering, Boop’s signature spit curls are not framing a giant prosthetic head.

Jasmine Amy Rogers — whose credits include playing Gretchen Wieners in the national touring production of “Mean Girls,” Melody Green in “The Wanderer” at Paper Mill Playhouse and a TV appearance on the Paramount+ series “Evil” — stars as the pop culture icon.

What accounts for the tiny-waisted, sexually provocative cartoon character’s enduring appeal 90-some years after she first sashayed across American movie screens?

Ask Maison Monroe, a 21-year-old Columbia College student whose Goth look is part-Elvira, part-Boop.

“She is this very cool character,” says Monroe, who grew up watching Boop cartoons on her grandmother’s VHS player. “In the 1930s, she was this sexually promiscuous character. Women were not really seen like that. It was kind of badass and rebel of her.”

Bob Martin, the musical’s writer, says part of what intrigued him about Betty Boop is that most people living today haven’t seen the crackly cartoon shorts. They know Boop perhaps only as an image on a T-shirt or keychain.

Mark Fleischer, the animator’s grandson, calls that the “miracle of Betty Boop.”

Interest in Boop merchandise took off in the 1970s, a time you could only watch the cartoons as reruns on TV. That interest has grown “vastly, exponentially,” he says.

So have her many incarnations. Boop has appeared as a cowboy, a zombie, part of the zodiac.

She was ahead of her time, and she’s hard to pigeonhole. She was portrayed as lion tamer, a pilot and a successful presidential candidate, says Mark Fleischer, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Fleischer Studios Inc., which licenses Boop and other Max Fleischer creations.

“We’ve seen a lot of people who ask to have her image put with their loved ones in their final resting places,” he says.

“Part of what really interested me is that Betty herself has become a kind of representative for strong, sexy, smart women,” Martin says. “In our story, she comes from her cartoon world into the real world and is very surprised to learn that she is an icon and that people have applied meaning to who she is. It kind of freaks her out a bit.”

Max Fleischer, the son of Polish Jews settling in New York at the turn of the 20th century, loved to draw from a young age. His artwork had a grittier, more urban feel than Disney’s — probably because he lived in Brooklyn and then Manhattan.

He had an inventor’s mind, developing a machine he called the “Rotoscope,” which allowed him to hand-trace, frame by frame, motion-picture footage to be used in animation — making it less crude and stuttery than was common when Fleischer was getting started.

Betty Boop started out as a half-dog, half-female creation, appearing for the first time in the 1930 short “Dizzy Dishes.”

She soon morphed into the flirty girl next door, debuting with the name Betty Boop in 1931’s “Minding the Baby.” She was an instant hit for Paramount Pictures, according to Richard Fleischer, who died in 2006.

This image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows Jasmine Amy Rogers, who will star in ‘BOOP! The Musical.’ The production makes its debut this fall in Chicago with hopes that it can charm itself to Broadway.

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“Several squeaky female voices were tried out in the early Betty Boops, but none seemed exactly right,” he wrote in his book. “The voice needed to be squeaky, but it also needed to be cute and sexy, to sing, to do good line readings and to be able to say and sing ‘Boop-oop-a-doop’ in exactly the right way.”

Max Fleischer settled on the American actress Mae Questel, who was Boop’s voice for all 118 animated shorts.

But just who provided the inspiration for the voice is up for debate.

Helen Kane, a popular singer in the 1930s, said Max Fleischer stole her singing style to create Boop, and she sued for $250,000 in a case that made front-page news in New York. A judge ruled against Kane after it came to light that the Black, Chicago-born singer and dancer Esther Lee Jones was singing in that style long before Kane.

Betty Boop “was born of that age,” according to Mark Fleischer. “She embodies the collective creativity and energy and the many artists” of the day.

In the beginning, Boop’s skirt was so short you could see her garter. A few years later, her hemline dropped drastically in response to self-imposed movie industry guidelines.

“Betty had to change her style,” says Peter Benjaminson, author of the recently released “The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon.” “She became a housewife — pretty, but she had a few more pounds. She had a dog. She cleaned the house.”

Even with the makeover, Boop never lost that odd blend of infant and fully developed woman.

Grace Kessler Overbeke, an assistant theater professor at Columbia College Chicago, says that explains part of Boop’s appeal.

“Setting aside the more sinister implications of sexualizing women through infantilization, women may see a seductive quality in the fantasy of being able to reconcile your adult body with your childhood,” Overbeke says. “The idea that you can be both a girl and a woman at once? That is fantastic.”

The old Boop cartoons were seven or eight minutes long. Will today’s audiences sit in a theater for two-plus hours to see the musical?

Ivan Brunetti — who teaches courses on illustration, cartooning and graphic novels at Columbia — doesn’t see why not. After all, Boop cartoons were essentially 10-minute-long musicals, he says.

“They made a two-hour Barbie movie,” Brunetti says. “So, if you can spin it out of a Barbie doll, you can certainly spin two hours out of Betty Boop.”

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It’s back to France for Taylor Swift .

On June 2-3, Time Magazine’s 2023 Person Of The Year will play back-to-back ‘Eras Tour’ concerts at Lyon’s Groupama Stadium with special guest Paramore.

These gigs come on the heels of Swift’s four nights at Paris’ La Defense Arena in early May.

The biggest difference between those shows and the upcoming pair in Lyon is the price.

While tickets started at $246 USD before fees for the Paris concerts, they’re much, much cheaper should you go to Groupama Stadium .

Case in point, there are tickets going for as low as $69 USD before fees on Vivid Seats for the Monday, June 3 show at the time of publication.

Not bad at all considering tix to see Tay Tay in the U.S. typically cost over $1,000 last year.

Want to catch Taylor in her post-“Tortured Poet’s Department’ era for cheap?

We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ concerts at Groupama Stadium in Lyon, FR below.

All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.

Taylor Swift Lyon tickets 2024

A complete calendar including all ‘Eras Tour’ Groupama Stadium concert dates and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:

(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout .)

Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. 

They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.

Taylor Swift set list

Post-“Tortured Poet’s Department” release, Swift has incorporated the new album into her shows.

For a closer look, here’s what Tay Tay played at her final Paris concert at La Defense Arena, according to  Set List FM :

01.) “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” 02.) “Cruel Summer” 03.) “The Man” 04.) “You Need to Calm Down” 05.) “Lover” Fearless

06.) “Fearless” 07.) “You Belong With Me” 08.) “Love Story” Red 09.) “22” 10. )”We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” 11.) “I Knew You Were Trouble” 12.) “All Too Well” Speak Now 13.) “Enchanted” reputation

14.) “…Ready for It?” 15.) “Delicate” 16.) “Don’t Blame Me” 17.) “Look What You Made Me Do” folklore / evermore

18.) “cardigan” 19.) “betty” 20.) “champagne problems” 21.) “august” 22.) “illicit affairs” 23.) “my tears ricochet” 24.) “marjorie” 25.) “willow” 1989

26.) “Style” 27.) “Blank Space” 28.) “Shake It Off” 29.) “Wildest Dreams” 30.) “Bad Blood” THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

31.) “Female Rage: The Musical” (contains elements of “MBOBHFT”, “WAfoLOM?”, “loml”, “So Long, London” & “BDILH”) 32.) “But Daddy I Love Him / So High School” 33.) “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” 34.) “Down Bad” 35.) “Fortnight” 36.) “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” 37.) “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” Surprise Songs

38.) “The Alchemy / Treacherous” 39.) “Begin Again” Midnights

40.) “Lavender Haze” 41.) “Anti‐Hero” 42.) “Midnight Rain” 43.) “Vigilante Shit” 44.) “Bejeweled” 45.) “Mastermind” 46.) “Karma”

Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ news

Our team has been following the ‘Eras Tour’ closely over the past year.

Over the past few months, we spoke to a Swiftie who  shared some helpful tips  about seeing Taylor live, reported on  dropping ticket prices  and  came up with a list of all the most exciting fan trends .

Taylor Swift new music

Swift’s  “The Tortured Poets Department”  was released at midnight (and subsequently at 2 a.m.) on Friday, April 19.

While every listener will likely come away with their own favorites, we particularly enjoyed the sleek, synthy “Fortnight,” icy “So Long, London,” anthemic “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” a bombastic slow build of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and gorgeously arranged “Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus.”

If you want to give it a spin — if you haven’t already, that is — you can find “The Tortured Poets Department”  here .

The Hayley Williams-fronted pop-punk rockers are opening for Swift from May through August this year. This may come as a bit of a surprise to some fans considering that the group mounted a successful arena tour of their own in 2023.

That tour, came on the heels of Paramore’s 2022 reunion; prior to that, the band had been on a five-year hiatus.

For fans who want to check out their latest, their 2023 album “This Is Why” can be heard  here .

Huge stars on tour in 2024

Although it will cost an arm and a leg (sometimes more!) to see Swift live this year, there are much more affordable — likely stateside — concerts you can attend this year.

Here are just five of our favorite artists you won’t want to miss live.

•  Olivia Rodrigo

•  Kacey Musgraves

•  Pink

•  Chappell Roan

•  Billie Eilish

Who else is on the road this year? Check out our list of the  50 biggest concert tours in 2024  to find out.

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This article was written by Matt Levy , New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed Bruce Springsteen and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.

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Taylor Swift cautiva al público español con una épica celebración de su trayectoria en “The Eras Tour”

"the eras tour" es considerada la gira "más taquillera" de la historia, superando los 1.000 millones de euros de recaudación..

En una noche histórica, la superestrella del pop Taylor Swift deslumbró al Estadio Santiago Bernabéu de Madrid con un espectáculo monumental que abarcó toda su carrera musical. 

Ante más de 50.000 entusiastas seguidores, conocidos como «swifties», la artista ofreció un concierto de tres horas y veinte minutos, un viaje a través de sus diferentes eras discográficas.

Este miércoles 30 de mayo, la cuenta regresiva en las pantallas gigantes del icónico estadio anunció la inminente llegada de Swift. 

Abrió el espectáculo con éxitos como «Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince» y «Cruel Summer», desatando la euforia del público.

En «The Eras Tour», Swift repasó todos los álbumes de su carrera, desde «Lover» hasta su más reciente lanzamiento, «The Tortured Poets Department». 

El repertorio de 45 canciones se dividió en diez actos, cada uno con una estética y apoyos visuales distintivos que transportaron al público a través de las diferentes etapas de su trayectoria artística.

Como es tradición en esta gira, Swift interpretó dos canciones sorpresa en acústico: «Sparks Fly» y una mezcla de «Snow on the Beach» y «I Look Look in People’s Windows». 

«Este público… La forma en la que cantáis y bailáis… Es un gran comienzo, me estáis haciendo sentir excelentemente poderosa», declaró Swift, visiblemente emocionada por la abrumadora respuesta de sus fans madrileños.

Estos momentos íntimos contrastaron con la grandiosidad del espectáculo principal, ofreciendo a los asistentes una experiencia completa y diversa.

Algunos de los momentos más destacados incluyeron la interpretación de «Fearless», «You Belong With Me» y «Love Story» del álbum «Fearless», que hicieron vibrar al Bernabéu con el cántico «Juliet marry me». 

La era «Red» también fue aplaudida, con Swift rodeada de sus bailarines en un mar de rojo, mientras el público coreaba «22» y una niña recibía el sombrero de la artista, como es tradición en la gira.

#España #Madrid El número de viajes en VTC se triplicó en la zona de Bernabéu tras la primera fecha de Taylor Swift https://t.co/jGf7JTFqfq pic.twitter.com/8OuIFtS3W2 — Juan Antonio Tirado (@jatirado_oc) May 30, 2024

En «We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together», «I Knew You Were Trouble» y la versión de diez minutos de «All Too Well», los «swifties» no bajaron la intensidad, gritando con fervor «Fuck the patriarchy» («que le den al patriarcado» en inglés).

Swift también rindió homenaje a sus álbumes más recientes, «Folklore» y «Evermore», creados durante la pandemia. 

Rodeada de un bosque de pinos y una cabaña en el escenario, interpretó canciones como «Cardigan», «Betty» y «Willow», creando una atmósfera íntima y cautivadora.

La era «1989» trajo consigo éxitos como «Blank Space», «Shake It Off» y «Bad Blood», mientras que «The Tortured Poets Department» presentó temas como «Bejeweled» y «Karma». 

Según Pollstar, «The Eras Tour» es la gira «más taquillera» de la historia, superando los 1.000 millones de euros de recaudación en diciembre pasado.

Durante la gira, Swift no solo ha anunciado el lanzamiento de reediciones («Taylor’s Versions») de discos como «Midnights» y «Speak Now», sino que también sorprendió a sus fans con «The Tortured Poets Department», un álbum completamente nuevo que se convirtió en «el álbum más escuchado de la historia» en Spotify, alcanzando más de 300 millones de reproducciones en 24 horas.

Con las denominadas «Taylor’s Versions», Swift recupera la propiedad completa de su discografía después de que su anterior discográfica vendiera su obra sin su autorización en 2016.

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