Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Betty Boop never really went away. The iconic Depression-era cartoon character — who remained omnipresent for much of the 20th century — … Read more
And then there’s Valentina, an astrophysicist who, 40 years earlier, hooked up with Grampy when he visited the real world. The best thing to say about her is that she’s played by Faith Prince, looking game, if understandably confused. In any case, Grampy and Valentina reunite when he returns to the real world to reclaim … Read more
Theater review BOOP Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street. She may be playing a two-dimensional character, but she’s one heck of a triple threat. That’s Jasmine Amy Rogers, the 25-year-old actress who’s making a marvelous Broadway debut in “Boop,” the musical comedy at the Broadhurst Theatre. … Read more
Betty Boop has arrived on Broadway, nearly a century after she first boop-oop-a-dooped her way onto the big screen. “Boop! The Musical,” like the “Barbie” and “Elf” films that preceded it, imagines a transformational encounter between an anthropomorphic character and the real world (well, a fictional world full of people). Betty’s journey to the stage … Read more
The new musical comedy “Boop,” which opens this weekend on Broadway, is one of the year’s few family-friendly shows. There’s no cursing and nothing’s offensive — just like you’d expect from a song-and-dance dazzler adapted from a harmless cartoon character. But Betty Boop, the 1930s icon the show is based on, was once considered far … Read more
Boop! The dictionary has more words now — though some might give you the ick. The Cambridge Dictionary added more than 3,200 words this year — including some Gen Z slang terms that will have some people feeling old. While some slang terms and words often disappear from people’s dialects thanks to a constantly evolving … Read more