NEW YORK — In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time.

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” had a run in Chicago last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April. By Michael Paulson A ...

Boop! The Musical is an exciting original production currently running its pre-Broadway tryouts, one premiere location being Chicago. It brings the iconic Betty Boop cartoon character to life in a way ...

Until several months ago, I couldn’t recall the last time I saw, or thought about, 1930s cartoon icon Betty Boop, the flapper with the “little girl voice” and sporting a “spit-curls” hairdo, short ...

Ignore the cynics and their interest in intimidating ironic innovation! With the market tanking and worry exploding all around, affordable escapism soon will be having a boffo moment at the Broadway ...