NEW YORK (AP) — The actor picked to play the iconic, baby-faced flapper Betty Boop in a new stage musical is a triple threat from Texas with a contagious laugh.
Jasmine Amy Rogers will star in “BOOP!
The Betty Boop Musical” making its debut this fall in Chicago with hopes that it can charm itself to Broadway.
I have so many people around me that are helping me find her and bring her to life, and so it’s really, really exciting,” Rogers told The Associated Press before her official unveiling Wednesday.
Betty Boop has been a queen of animated cartoon characters since 1930, wearing round eyes, a strapless minidress, with a garter peeking out above her knee and large hoop earrings in her ears.
Persons:
Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers, “ BOOP, ” Rogers, Jerry Mitchell, Rogers, Nancy ”, they’ve, ‘, ’ ”, Mitchell, Tony, “ Kinky Boots, ”, Rotten, “, She’s, David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, Bob Martin, Betty, she’s, “ I’m, Jasmine, Gretchen Wieners, ” “, ‘ ’, it’s, I’ve, Roger Rabbit, ___ Mark Kennedy
Organizations:
Broadway, Associated Press, Alliance Theatre, Manhattan School of Music, ” Fleischer Studios
Locations:
Texas, Chicago, Atlanta, New Jersey, Nancy