This Week on Broadway for December 7, 2025: Jasmine Amy Rogers

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere, talk with Jasmine Amy Rogers. We review It’s A Wonderful Life @ Irish Rep, Sherie Rene Scott in The Queen of Versailles, Gotta Dance @ The York, Porgy and Bess at the Met, A Christmas Carol @ Perelman Performing Arts Center, This World of Tomorrow @ The Shed, Dirty Books @ Bated Breath Theater, and Messy White Gays @ The Duke on 42nd Street.

Jasmine Amy Rogers photo credit Nicole Wilson

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Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

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Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and interviewer. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.

James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | Facebook
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An Evening with Len Cariou @ The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Len Cariou is well known and beloved for his indelible performances in musicals and plays on and off Broadway, in classical theater, and in other media.

His major credits include Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, and Applause on Broadway, Blue Bloods on television, etc.

Join us at the Laurie Beechman Theatre as he shares reminiscences of his storied career and the many legends he has worked with in an on-stage interview conducted by theater journalist Michael Portantiere.

The evening will include clips of Mr. Cariou’s greatest roles, plus live performances of a song or two, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Guest: Jasmine Amy Rogers IBDB | Wikipedia | Instagram

Jasmine Amy Rogers. Spelling Bee Production Photos (c) Joan Marcus

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive Ostrovsky) @ New World Stages, through April 12, 2026

BOOP! The Musical (Betty Boop)

JASMINE AMY ROGERS (Betty Boop) is making her Broadway debut after debuting Betty Boop in the pre-Broadway Chicago run. Credits include Anita in Jelly’s Last Jam (Pasadena Playhouse), Gretchen Wieners in the National tour of Mean Girls, Melody Green in The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse), Francis in the world premiere of Becoming Nancy (Alliance Theatre). TV credits include “Evil” on Paramount+. She was a Jimmy Awards finalist and appeared in Cabaret as Sally Bowles at the Manhattan School of Music where she studied musical theatre. “Thank you to my team, my friends and my family for guiding me on this journey. We made it.”

Chita Rivera Awards
2025 Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show
BOOP! The Musical
Nominee

Drama Desk Award
2025 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
BOOP! The Musical
Winner

Drama League
2025 Distinguished Performance
BOOP! The Musical
Nominee

Outer Critics Circle
2025 Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical
BOOP! The Musical
Winner

Theatre World Awards
2025 Outstanding Debut Performance
BOOP! The Musical
Winner

Tony Award
2025 Best Actress in a Musical
BOOP! The Musical
Nominee

Stagebound — Jasmine Amy Rogers — “BOOP! The Musical”
Premiere: 5/14/2025 | 12:00 |
Step into the spotlight with Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers as she takes on the role of a lifetime: Starring as Betty Boop in “BOOP! The Musical.” From the rehearsal studio to opening night, follow Jasmine’s whirlwind journey to her Broadway debut—and the moment she realizes she’s become a theatrical star.

Reviews:

It’s A Wonderful Life @ Irish Rep Production photos by Carol Rosegg

PF + MP: It’s A Wonderful Life @ Irish Rep, through December 31, 2025
By Anthony E. Palermo
Directed by Charlotte Moore
Musical Director David Hancock Turner
Starring Rufus Collins, Ali Ewoldt, Reed Lancaster, Leenya Rideout, and Ashley Robinson

It’s A Wonderful Life @ Irish Rep Production photos by Carol Rosegg

MP: Sherie Rene Scott (Standby for Jackie Siegel) in The Queen of Versailles

Sherie Rene Scott is Obie and Lucille Lortel award winning, multiple Drama Desk nominee, and three-time Tony Award nominee for her work as a supporting actor in the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and as a writer and as a lead actor for the musical Everyday Rapture. Sherie can recently be seen in a recurring role on “Harlem” for Amazon and on “The Good Fight” for Paramount+. Prior to that, Sherie had a major recurring role in Showtime’s “Smilf”. Most recently in the theater world, Sherie authored and performed with Norbert Leo Butz their highly acclaimed original musical collaboration, Two Hander at Feinstein’s / 54 Below. In 2017, Sherie appeared in the sold-out Broadway run of The Front Page with Nathan Lane, John Goodman, and John Slattery. That year she also originated the John Patrick Shanley play The Portuguese Kid off-Broadway with Jason Alexander and portrayed ‘Gertrude’ in the first half-Farsi Hamlet with Arian Moayed. Sherie originated the roles of Amneris in The Disney/Elton John & Tim Rice musical Aida and can be heard on the Grammy winning cast recording’, as ‘Christine’ with John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and can be heard on the Grammy nominated recording, alongside Lily Taylor in John Guare’s Landscape Of The Body, as ’Sabina’ in Kander and Ebb’s Over and Over, originating ‘Pepa’ in Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, as Martha in Randy Newman’s Faust, and as ‘Ursula’ in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, among others. Sherie founded the first independent Broadway and Off-Broadway cast album record label; the multiple Grammy winning Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records. Sherie was a co-producer of the film The Last Five Years and can be heard on the original Off-Broadway cast album recording originating the role of Cathy.

‘Queen of Versailles’ to Close as New Broadway Musicals Struggle
The show, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will remain open through the holidays. The announcement comes just two weeks after the musical opened.

PF: Gotta Dance @ The York, through December 28, 2025

MP: Porgy and Bess at the Met, through January 24, 2026

PF: A Christmas Carol @ Perelman Performing Arts Center Jan 4, 2026

An Old Vic Production

Jack Thorne – Adaptation
Matthew Warchus – Conception & Direction
Thomas Caruso – Co-Direction for PAC NYC

Rob Howell – Set & Costume Design
Hugh Vanstone – Lighting Design
Simon Baker – Sound Design
Christopher Nightingale – Composer, Orchestrator, Arranger
Lizzi Gee – Movement
Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young Associates – Hair, Wig & Make-Up Design
Paul Staroba – Music Supervisor
Chris Gurr – Music Director
Michael Aarons – Music Coordinator
Jim Carnahan CSA, Jason Thinger CSA – Casting
Andrew Wade – Voice and Dialect Director
Showtown Theatricals/Nathan Gehan – Consulting General Management
Jhanaë K-C Bonnick – Production Stage Manager
Melissa Gene Arnaud, Michael Medina – Stage Managers

George Abud – Fred
Dario Esteban Alvarez – Understudy for Ferdy, George, Nicholas, Young Ebenezer
Michael Cerveris – Ebenezer Scrooge
Maxim Chlumecky – Young Ebenezer
Dashiell Eaves – Bob Cratchit
Chris Hoch – Father, Marley, Understudy for Ebenezer
Scrooge, Fezziwig
Julia Knitel – Belle
Crystal Lucas-Perry – Ghost of Christmas Present, Mrs. Fezziwig
Micah Fay Lupin – Tiny Tim (at select performances)
Ashlyn Maddox – Little Fan
Madalynn Mathews – Jess, Understudy for Belle, Little Fan
Nancy Opel – Ghost of Christmas Past
Dan Piering – Ferdy, George
Izzy Elena Rita – Tiny Tim (at select performances)
Celia Mei Rubin – Dance Captain, Understudy for Jess, Mrs. Cratchit
Rashidra Scott – Mrs. Cratchit, Understudy for Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Mrs. Fezziwig
Teddy Trice – Nicholas, Understudy for Fred, Bob Cratchit
Paul Whitty – Fezziwig, Understudy for Father, Marley

MP: This World of Tomorrow @ The Shed, through December 21, 2026

PF: Dirty Books @ Bated Breath Theater, through January 18, 2026

PF: Messy White Gays @ The Duke on 42nd Street, through January 11, 2026

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Peter’s Brainteaser:

Cole Porter in the ‘40s and Lee Adams in the ‘60s each mentioned this famous movie star in the last line of a lyric in one of their comedy songs.

Who was the star? What were the lines? What were the songs? What were the musicals?
And for that matter, who did the same thing in the ‘50s?

What was the line in that show and song?

Michael’s Musical Moments

Jasmine Amy Rogers, “Something to Shout About” from BOOP!

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