BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical - Pre-Broadway Chicago — Page 12

BroadwayGirlie2 said: "Who is handling the marketing and socials for this? They seem to be doing a good job pushing out content and promoting the Chicago run. Clips of the music and choreography are getting a lot of attention and they seem to be generating a great community excited for a transfer.

Other shows with upcoming out of town runs should start implementing similar tactics. In this age of social media, you need to cultivate your audience before an announcement."



Michele Groner is a marketing wiz w/ brand-nexus. RPM Advertising in Chi and BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN for Press.

BETTY22 said: "I'm hearing the Broadway theatre too.

They want a big house. Believe they have a big hit. Maybe Shubert or Imperial will open up faster than some think."

The thing with Boop is that I heard from industry friends 3 months ago in the know that Boop had the Shubert and was bumped for Hell's Kitchen! Not sure how these things work and that Boop was planning for this season. Nobody knows where it's going now or if it's def for this season? At this point, feel they should wait and open in the fall for their show as all attention-eyes is going to be on HK in a crowded season of musicals and Boop will have all around better chances for Tonys especially for Jasmin Rogers as the girl from HK I bet will be the favorite to win along with show! We shall see in the coming weeks what they decide to do and where it lands if it does come in.

Updated On: 12/9/23 at 05:14 PM

Forgive me if this has been asked, but is the merch booth selling window cards?

gleek4114 said: "Forgive me if this has been asked, but is the merch booth selling window cards?"

A merch item list that was posted on Twitter does not list one.

BalconyClub said: "Swing Derek Jordan Taylor played the role of Director at the Sunday, December 10 matinee.

Faith Prince’s entrance has returned to the pedicab.

David Foster was interviewed on WGN radio Sunday morning. He said he had composed about 40 numbers for the production. Half didn’t make it into the Chicago tryout."

40 songs is impressive! I always think it must be difficult as a musical songwriter to have to cull songs that you might personally love but unfortunately just don’t fit!

I saw an interview with David on the Boop Chicago opening night red carpet where he said he wrote a new song in 2 days for the musical that they just put in it (which you will probably know what song!) … it was giving some serious Julia and Tom in Smash vibes, lol!

Updated On: 12/11/23 at 06:18 PM

Feels like writer Bob Martin has decided not to add a punchline to Trisha’s observation to Betty that there are 8.5 million residents of New York.

Betty simply responds to the remark with a “Gee Whiz”

In earlier performances, Betty replied with “I’m surprised the city doesn’t sink under the weight of all those shoes.”

Then, for a few performances, Betty’s reply was “That’s a lot of bagels.”

Not every back and forth needs a laugh, and Betty’s simple “Gee Whiz” is fine.

The excellent Aubie Merrylees, who plays the Director character, has returned to the show, yet the track played by Ryah Nixon (which includes the Mascot Ape) was covered by good swing Amy Van Norstrand on Wednesday night.

The swing wore a different novelty costume than what usually appears in the ComicCon scene.

When was “Watch out, Hamilton!” added to the Trashettes exit? Mayoral candidate Raymond Demarest said the short phrase when leaving the stage at the conclusion of WIN WITH BETTY.

Erich Bergen is having a lot of fun playing the candidate putz, especially in his comedic TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

Updated On: 12/14/23 at 12:05 AM

I surprised this isn't selling better in Chicago.

It got solid reviews and word of mouth is good.

Are people no longer familiar with Betty Boop?

These kinds of pre-broadway tryouts don't sell out in Chicago without some sort of star or celebrity connection. It's an 1,800 seat theater for a brand new show with little to no buzz. It doesn't run long enough to really build word of mouth. The reviews came out a few weeks ago and it closes this weekend. The Who's Tommy was a smash at the Goodman... but it's an established property in a 900-seat theater.

RippedMan said: "People just don’t really like “new.”"

Precisely, and Boop is all but DOA when it comes to New York.

On the bright side, some of these newer musicals would make great Encores revivals around 20-30 years from now!

Prada tickets were never hard to come by, particularly at the start and end of its run. I'm surprised to hear it "sold out."

KJisgroovy said: "Prada tickets were never hard to come by, particularly at the start and end of its run. I'm surprised to hear it "sold out.""

I just remember there being an article announcing it was the most successful tryout in Broadway in Chicago history. Maybe they were being a little too kind with that phrasing. If I recall correctly it grossed 6 million dollars over the span of its 5 week run.

Jasmine Amy Rogers said the show is coming to Broadway spring of next year.

Globefan said: "Jasmine Amy Rogers said the show is coming to Broadway spring of next year."

Yeah I was just coming here to post the same thing. Makes sense given how congested this spring is, altho not to say it won’t be the same in 2025.