With Broadway Hopes, New Betty Boop Stage Musical to Premiering in Ch…

This image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows Jasmine Amy Rogers, who will star in “BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical.” The production makes its debut this fall in Chicago with hopes that it can charm itself to Broadway. (Mark Seliger / Boneau / Bryan-Brown via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — The actor picked to play the iconic, baby-faced flapper Betty Boop in a new stage musical is a triple threat from Texas with a contagious laugh.

Jasmine Amy Rogers will star in “BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” making its debut this fall in Chicago with hopes that it can charm itself to Broadway. It first plays Broadway In Chicago from Nov. 19-Dec. 24.

“Those are huge shoes to fill, but I’m in such a great company. I have so many people around me that are helping me find her and bring her to life, and so it’s really, really exciting,” Rogers told The Associated Press before her official unveiling Wednesday.

The musical is directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, who discovered Rogers…