Betty Boop has bopped on to Broadway, proving that cartoon characters can age gracefully.

The legendary flapper with a baby voice and legs for days has been resurrected under the bright lights of the Great White Way. The woman or rather, animated icon turned flesh, still knows how to work a stage.

First things first…the lead in her Broadway debut is a revelation. Jasmine Amy Rogers nails Betty’s signature high-pitched “boop-oop-a-doop” with just the right mix of cheeky innocence and sultry wink. She will soon be recognized as a major Broadway star.

Imagine if Kristin Chenoweth and Jessica Rabbit had a jazz baby. This is it. She sings, she dances, she somehow channels 1930s vaudeville and 2025 TikTok energy without breaking a sweat or a curl.

The production is a kaleidoscope of color.

The set sparkles like a Prohibition-era speakeasy. The choreography is electric. The supporting cast is fabulous and the music by Grammy award winner, David Foster, a well known composer and influential in the discovery of Celine Dion, Michael Buble and Josh Groban as well as ex-husband to Yolanda Hadid and father to Sarah and Erin Foster, is fun and upbeat

I loved Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber.

For those who don’t know their cartoon canon, Betty Boop was born in the early 1930s, created by animator,  Max Fleischer as the first female animated sex symbol.

Betty Boop was groundbreaking, controversial and eventually censored into something resembling a well-behaved poodle, but on Broadway, she is back to her gloriously bold self.

The story is Broadway-lite fluff with heart.

The musical follows Betty Boop on her day off, where she leaves her black-and-white world and travels to colorful New York City.

Betty dreams of seeing the world beyond the screen and the daily demands and she stumbles in heels into an adventure of self-discovery, freedom, love and, of course, sequins.

There’s a subplot about fame and female empowerment.

The costumes conjure images of Cher’s wardrobe interacting with a vintage cartoon reel, filled with fringe, rhinestone, polka dots and an abundance of sparkle.

Betty Boop the Musical is surprisingly fizzy and fun, a nostalgia trip wrapped in frivolity and served with a wink by a beguiling Betty.

Boop The Musical Broadhurst Theater 235 West 44th Street New York. Running Time 2:30.