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"Boop! The Musical" Bringing Betty Boop to Broadway | THEATER: All the Moving Parts
Betty Boop is boop-oop-a-dooping her way into 2025.
In this episode of “Theater: All the Moving Parts,” host Patrick Pacheco pulls back the curtain on “BOOP! The Musical,” Broadway’s bold, feminist reimagining of the iconic cartoon star Betty Boop. With a heart as timeless as its heroine, the musical brings this vintage character into a glittering, modern spotlight.
Jasmine Amy Rogers stars as Betty, capturing both the charm and power of the character with a performance that’s equal parts sparkle and soul. She’s joined by Tony Award winner Faith Prince, who plays Valentina—a brilliant astrophysicist who finds love later in life—and Ainsley Melham as Dwayne, a trumpet-playing romantic whose cool swagger and jazz roots make him Betty’s perfect match.
Director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, the Tony Award-winning creative force behind “Hairspray” and “Kinky Boots,” brings his signature flair to the production, combining classic Broadway showmanship with contemporary storytelling.
In the second half, the episode showcases the designers responsible for creating Betty’s dual worlds. Tony Award-winning scenic designer David Rockwell and Emmy Award-winning hair and wig designer Sabana Majeed share how they crafted a visual landscape that nods to Betty’s animated origins while embracing a fresh theatrical vocabulary. Frank Caruso, longtime Betty Boop animator and creative director at Fleischer Studios—which birthed the character in 1930—joins the conversation to reveal what makes Betty leap off the page and onto the stage.
With a score by David Foster and Susan Birkenhead, a book by Bob Martin, and a message that champions individuality and empowerment, “BOOP! The Musical” is a joyful, time-traveling celebration of femininity, flair, and finding your voice.
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Guest List:
Frank Caruso, Creative Director, Boop! The Musical - Fleischer Studios
Sabana Majeed, Hair and Wig Designer, Boop! The Musical
Ainsley Melham, Actor, Boop! The Musical
Jerry Mitchell, Director/Choreographer
Faith Prince, Actor, Boop! The Musical
David Rockwell, Scenic Designer, Boop! The Musical
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Actor, Boop! The Musical
Tape Date: 04/15/2025 First Air Date: 04/25/2025
On THEATER: All the Moving Parts, host Patrick Pacheco looks beyond the spotlight at the passionate and unheralded creative talents that are critical to the theatrical experience. From costumer designers to dramaturges and everything in between, Patrick looks at all the moving parts of a Broadway production.
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Liberation and A Streetcar Named Desire | THEATER: All the Moving Parts
With women’s liberation at a crossroads and masculinity under scrutiny, "Theater: All the Moving Parts" explores two plays that challenge the dynamics of power, gender, and identity.
Host Patrick Pacheco speaks with the cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's "Liberation," a new play by Bess Wohl that traces the fight for women’s equality from the 1970s to today - now playing at the Laura Pels Theatre. Featuring Betsy Aidem, Susannah Flood, Audrey Corsa, and Kristolyn Lloyd, the cast discusses the play’s deeply personal and political stakes. “The gains of second-wave feminism feel like they hang in the balance right now,” says Flood. “Are we losing this? And if so, how do we get it back?”
Then, Matt Koplik (Podcast Host, Broadway Breakdown) and Annette Saddik (CUNY Distinguished Professor and Author of "Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of Excess") join Pacheco to explore "A Streetcar Named Desire," Tennessee Williams’ timeless drama of toxic masculinity, power, and desire, now revived at BAM with Paul Mescal as Stanley Kowalski and Patsy Ferran as Blanche DuBois. “Streetcar is back at a time when the Stanley Kowalskis of the world are in ascendance, at least politically, if not at the bully pulpit,” notes Pacheco .
Join us for a timely and thought-provoking discussion that connects the past and present struggles for power, identity, and justice.
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First Air Date: 03-21-25
On THEATER: All the Moving Parts, host Patrick Pacheco looks beyond the spotlight at the passionate and unheralded creative talents that are critical to the theatrical experience. From costumer designers to dramaturges and everything in between, Patrick looks at all the moving parts of a Broadway production.
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2025 Spring Theater Preview | THEATER: All the Moving Parts
As Broadway’s exciting 2025 spring season heats up, Patrick Pacheco sits down with top critics and journalists—Adam Feldman (Time Out NY), Jackson McHenry (NY Magazine’s Vulture), and Jan Simpson (Broadway Radio’s All the Drama)—to share their insights and critiques, helping you plan your must-see theater calendar.
This season delivers star power, bold revivals, and daring new works, including:
🎭 Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal in a gripping new revival of Othello.
🎭 Sarah Snook (Succession) in a tour-de-force solo turn in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
🎭 Kieran Culkin leads a razor-sharp revival of Glengarry Glen Ross.
🎭 George Clooney brings Good Night, and Good Luck—his acclaimed film about Edward R. Murrow—to the Broadway stage.
🎭 Idina Menzel makes her big return to Broadway in the sweeping new musical Redwood.
💥 Netflix makes its big Broadway bet with Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a theatrical prequel to the hit sci-fi series.
💥 Operation Mincemeat, the zany, high-energy World War II musical, takes the stage.
💥 Boop! – Betty Boop, the classic black-and-white cartoon icon gets a colorful 21st-century Broadway makeover.
💥 Buena Vista Social Club—The beloved Cuban music collective’s story lands on Broadway in an exhilarating new theatrical adaptation.
With an unprecedented mix of Hollywood heavyweights, iconic revivals, and bold new productions, this Spring Broadway season is one for the books.
Join Patrick Pacheco and our expert panel as they break down the most anticipated shows of 2025, from Shakespearean tragedy to thrilling sci-fi spectacle.
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Guest List:
Adam Feldman
Jan (Janice) Simpson
Jackson McHenry
Recording Date 01/24/2025 First Air Date 02/28/2024
On THEATER: All the Moving Parts, host Patrick Pacheco looks beyond the spotlight at the passionate and unheralded creative talents that are critical to the theatrical experience. From costumer designers to dramaturges and everything in between, Patrick looks at all the moving parts of a Broadway production.
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About This Show
Host Patrick Pacheco looks beyond the spotlight at the passionate and unheralded creative talents that are critical to the theatrical experience. From costume designers to dramaturges and everything in between, Patrick looks at all the moving parts of a Broadway production.
Regular Air Times
Friday – Sunday 8:30pm
Featured Segments
"& Juliet" Hit Musical | THEATER: All the Moving Parts
Combine a rewrite of "Romeo and Juliet" with the songs of the top hitmaker Max Martin and what do you get: "& Juliet" on Broadway! Host Patrick Pacheco talks with the cast of the show and then with Bill Sherman, the musical supervisor. In this clip actor Betsy Wolfe, who plays Ann Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife in the musical, talks about the songs of Max Martin.
Watch the full episode at https://tv.cuny.edu/show/theaterallthemovingparts/PR2011745
On THEATER: All the Moving Parts, host Patrick Pacheco looks beyond the spotlight at the passionate and unheralded creative talents that are critical to the theatrical experience. From costumer designers to dramaturges and everything in between, Patrick looks at all the moving parts of a Broadway production.
Watch more at: https://tv.cuny.edu/homepage/show/theaterallthemovingparts/
THEATER: All the Moving Parts playlist https://bit.ly/2N5eNLs
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Lighting "MJ, the Musical" | THEATER: All the Moving Parts
In this episode of “THEATER: All the Moving Parts,” host Patrick Pacheco welcomes master lighting designer and 6-time Tony Award winner Natasha Katz. For the
2022 Tony Nominations, she received a nomination for Lighting Design for a Musical for "MJ, the Musical", which received 10 nominations. In this clip, she talks about how she designed the lighting for the Michael Jackson character in "MJ, the Musical".
Watch the full episode: https://tv.cuny.edu/show/theaterallthemovingparts/PR2010837
On THEATER: All the Moving Parts, host Patrick Pacheco looks beyond the spotlight at the passionate and unheralded creative talents that are critical to the theatrical experience. From costumer designers to dramaturges and everything in between, Patrick looks at all the moving parts of a Broadway production.
Watch more at: https://tv.cuny.edu/show/theaterallthemovingparts/
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Meet the Host
Patrick Pacheco
Host