Betty Boop enters the public domain, but only as a dog

Betty Boop is one of the most iconic cartoons of the 20th century. A pinup drawn to look like a 1920s flapper, the character ...
Yahoo

Column: Betty Boop, now Broadway bound, had many influences. One is a remarkable 1920s South Side Chicago story.

The new Broadway-bound “Boop! The Musical” imagines what might happen if the early 1930s animation film-short sensation, born at Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount, found herself in modern ...
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‘Boop!’ Broadway Review: First Barbie, Now Betty Gets Dragged Into the 21 Century

You’ve won 16 Grammy Awards and now want to write your first Broadway musical. What source material do you pick? There are so many great novels, movies, straight plays and TV shows out there to choose ...
Chicago Tribune

Boop-Oop-a-Doop. ‘Boop! The Musical’ follows its cartoon heroine Betty into present day New York

In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time. Fleischer’s ...
ABC 7 Chicago

ABC7 gets sneak peek of 'BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical' ahead of world premier at CIBC Theatre

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical" is set for its world premiere in just over a week in Chicago on the way to Broadway! ABC7 got a sneak preview on Tuesday as 24-year-old Jasmine Amy ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Veteran Broadway team crafts ‘Boop! The Musical’ as a love story for a new age

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Hiltzik: Blondie and Dagwood are entering the public domain, but Betty Boop still may be trapped in copyright jail

Beloved characters entering the public domain with the new year include Blondie, Dagwood, Dick and Jane and Nancy Drew, but ...
New York Daily News

BROADWAY PREVIEW: ‘BOOP! The Musical’ is a joyous, family-friendly charmer

Ignore the cynics and their interest in intimidating ironic innovation! With the market tanking and worry exploding all around, affordable escapism soon will be having a boffo moment at the Broadway ...
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‘Boop’ review: A Broadway star is born in new musical

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BroadwayWorld

Review Roundup: BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL Opens Pre-Broadway Run in Chicago

Performances will run through December 24 only. The cast is led by Jasmine Amy Rogers Mean Girls national tour) as the titular cartoon icon, Betty Boop, alongside Tony Award®-winner Faith Prince as ...
BroadwayWorld

BOOP! The Musical

2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design of a Mus Gregg Barnes 2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Direction of a Musical Jerry Mitchell 2025 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Lead Performance in ...