Angelica Hale Makes Broadway Debut in ‘Boop! The Musical’

America’s Got Talent sweetheart and Golden Buzzer Angelica Hale has officially made her Broadway debut in new Broadway musical Boop! The Musical. The show began previews on March 11 and is officially opening on Broadway on April 5, 2025.

Angelica Hale Makes Broadway Debut Tonight

For those who may not know, 17 year old Angelica Hale began working part of Boop! The Musical in 2023. The original show took place at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, with previews from November 19. The show closed on December 24, 2023.

Now, Boop! The Musical is on Broadway, with Angelica Hale in the debut cast. Boop! The Musical is about the cartoon character longing for “an ordinary day off from fame in her black-and-white world. What she finds is an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City!”

Tickets are now available for Boop! The Musical at the Broadhurst Theatre, located at 235 West 44th Street in New York City. Fans can get tickets to the musical on the show’s official website.

Who is Angelica Hale?

Angelica Hale rose to fame on America’s Got Talent Season 12. On the show, Hale sang Andra Day’s “Rise Up.” Her rendition of the song stunned the judges so much that Howie Mandel hit the Golden Buzzer for the 12 year old singer.

During her audition, Hale shared that she, at only 4 years old, contracted aggressive strep bacteria in her lungs. After only a week, her illness turned to double pneumonia. During her first two nights in the hospital, she went septic. Hale experienced multiple organ failures, with her kidneys scarred and no longer functioning. She was put on a ventilator, then an oscillator to try and keep her oxygen levels up. The singer also underwent multiple blood and platelet transfusions. She then was life flighted to a hospital with a ECMO machine. She was on this machine for 12 days.

Hale spent 80 days in the hospital from Feb. 2 to Apr. 24, 2012, and about 6 weeks in the PICU. She then had to have multiple types of dialysis since her kidneys had failed. Eventually, Hale’s parents both got tested to see if they would be a match for her. Her father was not a match, while her mother was. Her mother donated her kidney to her on Friday, September 13th, 2013 when she was 6 years old.

Hale finished her season of America’s Got Talent in second place, behind ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer. She later returned for AGT: The Champions, where she received another Golden Buzzer from Howie Mandel.