BOOP! THE MUSICAL Reviews- Page 8

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:50am

KarenValentine'sheadband said: "My hope for BOOP to go on a national tour. IMO, the biggest obstacleis the ticket prices. Broadway is very very expensive and not everyone can afford it. This show is a good example of it."

Can report this is planning to tour

[KarenValentine'sheadband]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:55am

MezzA101 said: "How David Foster Created the Music for ‘Boop! The Musical’

(There are posts on how to read articles blocked by paywalls.)

https://www.vulture.com/article/boop-the-musical-soundtrack-david-foster.html"

 

I wish Foster was nominated. The songs are very good. 

 

Updated On: 5/2/25 at 11:55 AM

[KarenValentine'sheadband]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 11:56am

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "KarenValentine'sheadband said: "My hope for BOOP to go on a national tour. IMO, the biggest obstacleis the ticket prices. Broadway is very very expensive and not everyone can afford it. This show is a good example of it."

Can report this is planning to tour"

 

Really? I hope this is true. 

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/2/25 at 12:19pm

KarenValentine'sheadband said: "IMO, the biggest obstacleis the ticket prices. Broadway is very very expensive and not everyone can afford it especially families.This show is a good example of it."

Pricing might not be as big a problem as you think.

The show has $45-49 rush/lotto seats, regular mezz tickets starting at $58, all of next week's performances on TDF for $63, and last week's average ticket price was a paltry $79.

There are some shows where you could advertise "all seats $35" and they STILL wouldn't sell.

The show is bleeding money and even if the creative team & service providers have waived weekly fees to keep it afloat, everyone working in the building still needs to be paid a living wage (most of them a union wage).

[Robbie2]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 9:51pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "KarenValentine'sheadband said: "IMO, the biggest obstacleis the ticket prices. Broadway is very very expensive and not everyone can afford it especially families.This show is a good example of it."

Pricing might not be as big a problem as you think.

The show has $45-49rush/lotto seats,regular mezz tickets starting at $58, all of next week's performances on TDF for $63, and last week's average ticket price was a paltry $79.

There are some shows where you could advertise "all seats $35" and they STILL wouldn't sell.

The show is bleeding money and even if the creative team & service providers have waived weekly fees to keep it afloat, everyone working in the building still needs to be paid a living wage (most of them a union wage)."

 

Poor BOOP in trouble not selling! This is for Wednesday!

[SeymourInBrooklyn]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 3:46pm

Caught it last night—went in with very low expectations, and while there were several delightful surprises, on the whole the show was pretty meh.

Right out of the gate: Jasmine Amy Rogers deserves all the adulation she’s getting—her charisma was off the charts, her dancing was on point, and (save a few flat notes early on) she was in very fine voice. I’ll be eager to see what this young talent does next, especially in a different genre of show. Honestly, I thought all the principals were charming. Jasmine and Ainslie had great chemistry, and he managed to make what could’ve been a very vanilla role more memorable—mostly thanks to his voice, dancing, and general handsomeness. Stephen DeRosa and Faith Prince brought some good veteran chops, but even their prowess couldn’t justify the amount of time dedicated to their characters in a show that had no business being 2 hours and 30 minutes long.

“Where I Wanna Be” was a fabulous Act I closer, but boy, were many of the other songs stinkers. The one where she first arrives in NYC and starts perceiving color because she sees the yellow in a Pikachu at Comic Con? Like… be serious. And the fact that an actual line sung is “I’m fluent in jazz”? Go straight to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

Talented cast in material that had some things going for it but didn't get there on the whole. Look forward to seeing my nieces in it at their high school in a few years when this is licensed and I have nieces!

Updated On: 5/7/25 at 03:46 PM

[Ensemble1665759202]

Posted: 5/12/25 at 10:14am

Well deserved for Jasmine Amy Rogers to win Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards! Took down a competitive field (Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, Audra McDonald, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Simard).

 

https://playbill.com/article/maybe-happy-ending-leads-2025-outer-critics-circle-awards-see-the-full-list-of-winners

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/12/25 at 4:05pm

To Play Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers Had to Transform

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/theater/jasmine-amy-rogers-boop-tonys.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Gk8.DwyG.Yf8fG30xnnJ-&smid=nytcore-android-share

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 5/12/25 at 8:41pm

Is it really Jasmine’s to lose? I’m suddenly much more interested in this race. Would take this over Nicole or Audra any day.  

[fray3]

Posted: 5/12/25 at 8:55pm

SeymourInBrooklyn said: "Caught it last night—went in with very low expectations, and while there were several delightful surprises, on the whole the show was prettymeh.

Right out of the gate: Jasmine Amy Rogers deserves all the adulation she’s getting—her charisma was off the charts, her dancing was on point, and (save a few flat notes early on) she was in very fine voice. I’ll be eager to see what this young talent does next, especially in a different genre of show. Honestly, I thought all the principals were charming. Jasmine and Ainslie had great chemistry, and he managed to make what could’ve been a very vanilla role more memorable—mostly thanks to his voice, dancing, and general handsomeness. Stephen DeRosa and Faith Prince brought some good veteran chops, but even their prowess couldn’t justify the amount of time dedicated to their characters in a show that had no business being 2 hours and 30 minutes long.

“Where I Wanna Be” was a fabulous Act I closer, but boy, were many of the other songs stinkers. The one where she first arrives in NYC and starts perceiving color because she sees the yellow in a Pikachu at Comic Con? Like… be serious. And the fact that an actual line sung is “I’m fluent in jazz”? Go straight to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

Talented cast in material that had some things going for it but didn't get there on the whole. Look forward to seeing my nieces in it at their high school in a few years when this is licensed and I have nieces!"

sorry this is super random, but assuming your nieces are born this year, they will probably will not be in high school in a few years. but i guess miracles do happen

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 1:03pm

Erich Bergen Sold Broadway T-Shirts as Teen, Now Stars in Show Next Door

https://people.com/erich-bergen-sold-broadway-tshirts-as-teen-now-starring-in-boop-the-musical-theater-next-door-exclusive-11733881

[Robbie2]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 1:58pm

Jasmine out of the matinee today

This afternoon at BOOP!, the role of Betty Boop will be performed by Victoria Byrd

[alovingfan]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 2:01pm

A lot of leads out of Matinees today.  Can they all be shooting something for the Tonys?  

[Huss417]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 2:51pm

alovingfan said: "A lot of leads out of Matinees today. Can they all be shooting something for the Tonys?"

Other than adding Hilty & Simard who else is missing the matinee today?

Updated On: 5/14/25 at 02:51 PM

[Dolly80]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 3:13pm

Why hasn’t this closed yet?

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 5:08pm

alovingfan said: "A lot of leads out of Matinees today. Can they all be shooting something for the Tonys?"

Per Jasmine's Twitter, she's out to rest her vocal cords. Perhaps that's a cover for something else, but I don't see why she'd need it to be.

[DiscoCrows]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 7:11pm

This feels like the type of show that will follow the same touring trajectory of W4E. I think the show is spectacle-enough that a decent chunk cities can feel confident in adding it to their subscriptions, especially in cities that can't get the more in-demand first-year shows ala DBH.

I think this goes out as a lower-budget Networks tour or something like that. The physical production looks like it was almost designed for the road already.

Updated On: 5/14/25 at 07:11 PM

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/16/25 at 12:02pm

How Jasmine Amy Rogers Used a Failure to Book 'BOOP! The Musical' (Exclusive)

https://people.com/jasmine-amy-rogers-boop-the-musical-tony-nomination-exclusive-11736169

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/16/25 at 1:37pm

Dolly80 said: "Why hasn’t this closed yet?"

Just let people enjoy things. No need to be an a-hole.