BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical - Pre-Broadway Chicago

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 10:16am

We had a thread on this and for some reason, it's not working. I even used the search feature and can see the replies but the thread won't load. Was that thread deleted? Anyway...

Tickets for the pre-Broadway run of BOOP! are now on sale and it runs in Chicago from November 19-December 24, 2023.

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&rdquo, 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!

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/18/23 at 12:17pm

I wonder when casting is going to be announced. 

[BalconyClub]

Posted: 8/19/23 at 6:58am

I wonder why the 6th week was cut. The tryout was originally scheduled to run through December 31.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 8/19/23 at 7:52pm

https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/boop/

https://boopthemusical.com/

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/20/23 at 10:52pm

Can I just say we need to stop the trend of "One Word Title: The *Blank* Musical"

Like maybe if your one word title isn't descriptive or Snappy enough, then it just shouldn't be One Word. 

[raddersons]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:30am

I just have no idea who this is for

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:33am

This is the cringiest and weirdest image I have ever seen. Good Lord.



 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 1:23am

raddersons said: "I just have no idea who this is for"

Elderly Women, but I'm not sure they're the demographic maintaining Broadway shows anymore...

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 9:11am

The better business decision would be do this in rep with that Honeymooners musical and tour exclusively nursing homes.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 10:33am

I will be at the first preview. So excited to see whatever these even is! 

[Voter]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 11:11am

I still can't believe Jerry Mitchell took this job

[Theatrefan2]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 11:19am

This sounds like its going to be Barbie esq, except the vast majority of people haven't heard of Betty Boop. She doesn't have the same modern cultural relevance of Barbie.

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:02pm

That image!  Sunday in the Park with Boop!

Hope this is a success and all, but "Stand Up and Cheer" or whatever the hell that was about was a boop-boop-a-DON'T.

[Tag]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:03pm

Voter said: "I still can't believe Jerry Mitchell took this job"

Why not? On paper the creative team are superstars in their respective disciplines. David Foster, Bob Martin, David Rockwell, Gregg Barnes, etc. Why would you not want to be on that team?

Also has Mitchell really had a hit since 2013 with Kinky?

Updated On: 8/21/23 at 12:03 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:17pm

“That sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength…”

Oh lord they’re trying to turn Betty Boop into a girlboss. 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:20pm

Hopefully David Rockwell pulls a "She Loves Me" with the set design... his more recent work on Broadway (Pretty Woman and Tootsie) looked tacky and cheap beyond belief.

[Tag]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:31pm

bwayphreak234 said: "Hopefully David Rockwell pulls a "She Loves Me" with the set design... his more recent work on Broadway (Pretty Woman and Tootsie) looked tacky and cheap beyond belief."

Well that's budget dependant.

The concept points to the world turning from black & white into color.  

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:33pm

Tag said: "has Mitchell really had a hit since 2013 with Kinky?"

Not with critics or awards, but ON YOUR FEET lasted nearly 2 years on Broadway and then toured. PRETTY WOMAN lasted a year on Broadway, 1.5 years on the road, and 2 years in London. Both have also played internationally. So those were successes for him (and ultimately probably for the investors too). He also appeared to be actively involved with the London run of HAIRSPRAY and the recent non-Eq tour.

BOOP may be a bit of a pivot for him (on paper it seems like more of a Casey N or Stroman project), which isn't a bad thing.

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 12:44pm

Hairspray, Legally Blonde, On Your Feet, Pretty Woman, etc. Betty Boop doesn’t sound out of place within his stage career. 

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 3:43pm

Kad said: "“That sassy-sweet champion of empowerment, that spit-curled icon of joy, that songstress of strength…”

Oh lord they’re trying to turn Betty Boop into a girlboss."

JUST in time for everyone to be exhausted with "I'm not your princess" feminism.  

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 6:59pm

I mean, I think Mitchell is perfect for this. It should be FUN. Depends on the  book of course, but I think the team attached is pretty promising. 

Pretty Woman was as good as it could get with a truly awful score. But not sure Mitchell could fix any of that.

[BroadwaysBroad]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 7:52pm

Does anyone else think it's weird that the entire creative team are men, and it's a musical about empowerment?

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 8:00pm

Everyone thought a musical based on Orphan Annie was a horrible idea too. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 8:09pm

BroadwaysBroad said: "Does anyone else think it's weird that the entire creative team are men, and it's a musical about empowerment?"

I mean, yes. But we haven't seen the show yet so who knows what it's actually about?

[Chaz Hands]

Posted: 8/21/23 at 8:50pm

Jerry Mitchell has also been working on this for quite some time, and none of his past shows have been atrocious, so I’m cautiously optimistic. Pretty Woman wasn’t my favorite, but it was WAY better than shows such as Lightning Thief and Bad Cinderella in my opinion.