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. The musical is directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, who discovered Rogers while he was directing the musical “Becoming Nancy” at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2019. Mitchell is a two-time Tony Award-winning choreographer and director whose shows include “Kinky Boots,” “Legally Blonde,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “Hairspray” and “La Cage aux Folles.”
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