🎭 FIRST LISTEN 🎭 Ahead of preview performances of BOOP The Betty Boop Musical starting this weekend in Chicago, a new studio video performance of ‘Where I Wanna Be’ has been released. Written by David Foster and Susan Birkenhead, the Act One closer from the new musical is performed by Jasmine Amy Rogers and produced by David Foster. Leading the cast are Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop, Faith Prince as Valentina, Ainsley Anthony Melham as Dwayne, Erich Bergen as Raymond, Stephen DeRosa as Gram

Betty Boop and Baby Esther: The Untold Story Betty Boop, introduced in 1930, became famous for her flirty “boop‑boop‑a‑doop” voice, closely associated with singer Helen Kane. Kane sued Fleischer Studios, claiming Betty copied her style. The case turned when defense showed footage of Baby Esther, a Black jazz performer, using the same scat singing years earlier. Kane had actually adopted Esther’s act. The court ruled against Kane, and Betty Boop remained iconic. Baby Esther never got her due cred