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04.10.2023 / 04:13

‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Review: Broadway Production Celebrates a Sacred Space for Black Women

Aramide Tinubu Hair is sacred to Black women, as are the institutions that shift and mold our tresses, styling them for seasons and occasions. Beauty salons are staples in the Black community, but the braiding shop is a particular type of pillar that draws in Black women and femmes from across the diaspora to one central location. Sitting for hours or even a whole day getting their hair neatly tucked into box braids or cornrows, the experiences and expectations of customers become interwoven with the lives of the ladies who work there.

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19.09.2023 / 18:03

‘Gutenberg! The Musical’, ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ & Melissa Etheridge Take NY Stage – Broadway Box Office

A trio of new shows joined Broadway last week to mostly decent box office figures as the fall season begins to take shape.

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25.07.2023 / 19:59

LaChanze, Taraji P. Henson & Madison Wells Live Join Broadway Producing Team Of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment company Madison Wells Live, LaChanze and Taraji P. Henson have joined the producing team of Manhattan Theatre Club’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a world premiere play written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White heading to Broadway this fall.

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27.04.2023 / 07:37

Idris Elba Boards U.K. Production of ‘School Girls’ as Associate Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran “Luther” star Idris Elba has joined the team at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as an associate producer for the U.K. production of “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by Jocelyn Bioh, in association with Mark Gordon Pictures and Francesca Moody Productions. The play is set in Ghana’s prestigious Aburi Girls Boarding School in 1986, and follows Queen Bee Paulina and her crew as they await the arrival of the Miss Ghana pageant recruiter. It’s clear that Paulina is in top position to take the title until her place is threatened by Ericka – a beautiful and talented new transfer student. The cast includes Heather Agyepong, Bola Akeju, Deborah Alli, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and Jadesola Odunjo, with further casting to be announced.

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07.09.2022 / 18:45

Jocelyn Bioh’s ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ To Make 2023 World Premiere On Broadway

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a new play written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White, will make its Broadway debut in a world premiere production by the Manhattan Theatre Club next fall.

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12.11.2021 / 04:05

‘Nollywood Dreams’ Review: A Comedy With Heart About the Nigerian Film Industry

A.D. Amorosi If the team of Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh (“School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play”) and Kenyan-born director Saheem Ali brings nothing else to the stages of New York City, they are, most certainly, providers of both laugh-lines, and real and powerful exaltation.

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28.09.2021 / 21:19

How Two ‘Playwriting Sisters’ Are Restarting Shows After the Shutdown

Gordon Cox Theater EditorThe playwrights Jocelyn Bioh and Martyna Majok have a bond, in life and in their work. “I feel like Martyna and I are these playwriting sisters in terms of the groups of people and the stories that we’re trying to uplift in our work,” said Bioh, speaking on the new episode of Variety’s Stagecraft podcast.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:Onstage, they both tell stories about people whose lives don’t often get a theatrical spotlight.

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10.08.2021 / 05:37

Jacob Ming-Trent Leads Delightful ‘Merry Wives’ In Central Park Celebration – Review

New York City is getting another shot in the arm this summer with Free Shakespeare in the Park’s happy Merry Wives, playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s embraceable adaptation of the Bard’s The Merry Wives of Windsor starring Watchmen‘s Jacob Ming-Trent as that great, rotund creation Falstaff.

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19.07.2021 / 21:05

Shakespeare In The Park Opening Night Postponed Due To Jacob Ming-Trent Onstage Injury

The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives has postponed its opening night by nearly two weeks due to an onstage injury sustained by its leading man Jacob Ming-Trent.

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03.06.2021 / 20:15

Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Merry Wives’ Sets All-Black Cast Including Jacob Ming-Trent, Gbenga Akinnagbe & Shola Adewusi

New York’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production this summer of Merry Wives, a comedy adaptation by Jocelyn Bioh of the Bard’s Merry Wives of Windsor, will feature an all-Black cast including Jacob Ming-Trent (HBO’s Watchmen), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Broadway’s To Kill A Mockingbird) and Shola Adewusi (CBS’ Bob Hearts Abishola).

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12.04.2021 / 22:50

‘Russian Doll’ Season 2 at Netflix Adds Sharlto Copley

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Powers” alum Sharlto Copley has been cast in “Russian Doll” at Netflix, the latest big-name actor to join the star-studded, award-winning mystery dramedy for its second season. Previously announced Season 2 recurring cast members include Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Carolyn Michelle Smith (“Colony”).The series stars Natasha Lyonne as a New York woman (Nadia) who becomes caught in an endless loop of attending her own birthday party only to die and repeat the night over and over again.

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16.03.2021 / 18:26

New York City’s Shakespeare in the Park Plans Summer Return

New York City’s annual symbol of summertime – Free Shakespeare in the Park – will return from its Covid hiatus in July, the Public Theater has announced.

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31.07.2020 / 06:53

Disney+ Tackling Adaptation of Broadway Musical 'Once On This Island'

With Hamilton on Disney+ being a runaway sensation, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the streaming service is working to bring another Broadway musical to the screen.

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30.07.2020 / 22:07