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Boop! The Musical
''Boop! The Musical'' is a musical based on the animated character Betty Boop, with music by David Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and a book by Bob Martin. Betty leaves the black-and-white world and finds colorful adventures and romance with Dwayne, a jazz musician boyfriend in present-day New York City, where she is surprised to find that her fame has preceded her; Grampy and Valentina follow her to the real world and also find romance, while superfan Trisha helps and a mayoral candidate is an antagonist. The musical premiered in Chicago, Illinois, running from November to December 2023, with Jasmine Amy Rogers starring in the title role.Nahoom, Belle"In ''Boop! The Musical'', a Nostalgic Story Leaps to the Stage" ''The Chicago Maroon'', February 8, 2024 ''Boop!'' began preview performances on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 11, 2025, and opened officially on April 5. Reviews were mixed-to-positive. It was nominated for 11 Drama Desk Awards, the most of any 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Foster
David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on composing and production. Often in tandem with songwriter Diane Warren, Foster has contributed to material for prominent music industry artists in various genres since then and is credited with production on over 40 pop hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He also chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. Foster composed '' Boop! The Musical'', which premeried in 2023 and debuted on Broadway; for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Early life and career Foster was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Maurice "Maury" Foster, an office worker, and Eleanor May Foster (née Vantreight), a homemaker. In 1963, at the age of 13, he enrolled in the University of Washington music program. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, Film, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. With an attendance of 200,000 in 2022, it is North America's most attended fan convention. The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions, RX and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Comic Con, Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. History Previous conventions in New York The first recorded "official" comic book convention occurred in 1964 in New York City. Known as the "New York Comicon",Ballman"The 1964 New York Comicon: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Book Convention (The 1960s: The Silver Age of Comic Conventions) (Volume 1)"/ref>History Channel"Superheroes Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen DeRosa
Stephen DeRosa (born June 10, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Cantor in the television series ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2010–2013). Education He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as an undergraduate, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut, with a Master of Fine Arts in 1995. Career Although DeRosa's career has primarily been in the theatre, he has also made several television appearances.http://www.broadway.com/buzz/stephen-derosa/ These include the television film ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (2000), guest appearances on the television series ''Law & Order'', ''Third Watch'', and ''Ugly Betty'', a recurring role as Eddie Cantor on ''Boardwalk Empire'', and his appearance in the miniseries '' Wormwood'' (2017). He appeared at a staged reading of '' You Can't Take It with You'' for The Acting Company at Playwrights Horizons, with F. Murray Abraham. Theatre credits Broadway * '' The Man Who Came t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Bergen
Erich Bergen (born December 31, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Bob Gaudio in the biographical musical drama film ''Jersey Boys'' and as Blake Moran in the CBS television series '' Madam Secretary''. Biography Bergen attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in Loch Sheldrake, New York, for seven years before studying at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His television credits include ''Gossip Girl'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Person of Interest'' and ''Franklin & Bash''. From 2014 through 2019, Bergen appeared on the CBS television series '' Madam Secretary'' as Blake Moran, personal Secretary to Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (played by Téa Leoni). In 2013, Bergen was diagnosed with testicular cancer and underwent chemotherapy. He played Bob Gaudio in the 2008 Las Vegas production of ''Jersey Boys''. In 2012, he played Billy in the US national tour of ''Anything Goes''. Bergen reprised his role as Gaudio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Melham
Ainsley Melham (born 2 December 1991) is an Australian actor and theatre performer. He began his career as a member of Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 2013 to 2016, starring in the television series and performing in international tours. He later found success as a prominent theatre performer in Australia and the United States. Melham played the title role in the Australian debut of Disney's ''Aladdin'' from 2016 to 2018 and later transferred this role to the Broadway production in 2019. Melham is also known for his starring roles in Australian productions such as '' Xanadu'' and '' Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella'', as well as a mid-season replacement for ''Wicked''. He originated the role of Dwayne in the pre-Broadway premiere of ''Boop! The Musical'' in 2023, and reprised the role for its Broadway debut in 2025. Melham was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical for his role as Aladdin in 2017. Career Ainsley Melham was born in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Prince
Faith Prince is an American actress and singer, best known for her work on Broadway in musical theatre. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in ''Guys and Dolls'' in 1992, and received three other Tony nominations. Life and career Prince was born in Augusta, Georgia, and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she attended E.C. Glass High School, and later studied theater at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music. She made her Broadway debut as the ''Gypsy'' character Tessie Tura in '' Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' (1989) and followed this with a role in the ill-fated '' Nick & Nora''. She was established as a Broadway star with her portrayal of Miss Adelaide in the 1992 revival of ''Guys and Dolls'', for which she won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award as Best Actress in a Musical. In 2001, Prince was once again nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her portrayal of Ella Peterson in the revival of '' Bells Are Ringing''. She was featured in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playbill
''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for Audience, theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's Programme (booklet), program. ''Playbill'' was first printed in 1884 for a single theater on 21st Street in New York City. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Outside New York City, ''Playbill'' is used at theaters throughout the United States. its Magazine circulation, circulation was 4,073,680. History What is known today as ''Playbill'' started in 1884, when Frank Vance Strauss founded the New York Theatre Program Corporation specializing in printing theater programs. Strauss reimagined the concept of a theater program, making advertisements a standard feature and thus transforming what was then a leaflet into a fully designed magazine. The new format proved popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Waters
Daryl Waters is an American composer, arranger, conductor, and orchestrator who has worked on many shows both on and off-Broadway. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for '' Memphis''. Life and career Waters was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He made his Broadway debut as associate conductor on ''Leader of the Pack'' in 1985. He was the co-composer of the musical '' Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk'', which earned him a Tony Award and Grammy Award nomination in 1996. Waters is a member of the American Federation of Musicians and the Dramatists Guild of America. He has collaborated with artists such as Eartha Kitt, Leslie Uggams, Sammy Davis Jr., Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American actress and singer. Carter began her car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Ross
Finn Ross (born 1982) is a Scottish video designer working internationally. He works primarily on stage productions in the London's West End and on Broadway in the USA. He has also worked extensively in opera throughout Europe and has collaborated with designers like Es Devlin and theatre companies like Complicite. Ross has won a Tony Award and two Olivier Awards. Early life and education Ross was born and raised in Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Aboyne Academy where he became interested in theatre thanks to his drama teacher, Yevonne Wheeler. He also spent time at The Scottish Youth Theatre. He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 2000 to 2003 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Practise. Career Ross began his career in 2005 being mentored by Dick Straker and Sven Ortel of the video design collective Mesmer, working as an associate on many of their productions and later designing for them. Notable work in Broadway an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Owen (sound Designer)
Gareth Owen is a twelve-time Tony Award, Tony & Laurence Olivier Award, Olivier award-winning / nominated Broadway theatre, Broadway and West End theatre, West End sound designer, described as "one of the only behind-the-scenes creatives whose star wattage spells success for theatrical productions". Early life Gareth John Owen was born in Sheffield, England, a son of two teachers, both of whom specialised in Special education, special needs education. At the age of nine the family moved to the Cayman Islands where Owen attended Cayman Islands Middle School. Upon returning to the UK the family moved to St Ives, Cornwall, St. Ives in Cornwall where Owen attended both Mounts Bay Academy, Mounts Bay School and Truro and Penwith College, Penwith Sixth Form College before going to the University of Plymouth in Plymouth, to study for a bachelor's degree in underwater science. While at university he worked in nightclubs as a lighting and sound engineer, and as a boatman and beach lifegu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Barnes
Gregg Barnes is an American costume designer for stage and film. Barnes is a three-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical for his work on the Broadway productions of ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006), ''Follies'' (2011), and ''Some Like It Hot'' (2022). Education Barnes has a MFA in Design from New York University and an undergraduate degree from San Diego University. Career Barnes grew up in the San Diego, California area and credits seeing the circus, ice shows, and a local production of ''As You Like It'' in his youth as his inspiration to pursue a career in the theatre. He worked at Grossmont College in the Costume Department with other costume designers and artists such as Clark Mires, James "Biff" Baker, and Rebecca McKee. He taught at the New York University graduate school for 20 years. Barnes served as the resident costume designer for Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey for 9 years. Broadway credits *'' Side Show'' (1997) *''Flowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rockwell
David Rockwell (born July 21, 1956) is an American architect and designer. He is the founder and president of Rockwell Group, a 250-person cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City with satellite offices in Madrid and Los Angeles. Early life and education Rockwell grew up in a theater family. His mother, a vaudeville dancer and choreographer, often cast him in community repertory productions. When he was 12, David's family moved from Deal, New Jersey to Guadalajara, Mexico. Rockwell trained in architecture at Syracuse University and the Architectural Association in London. Career Rockwell founded Rockwell Group in 1984. Rockwell currently serves as Chair Emeritus of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) and as a board member of Citymeals-on-Wheels, and New York Restoration Project. Rockwell also conceived and developed Imagination Playground pro-bono, a play space designed to encourage children to work together to create their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
