"We played games and we laughed. And I felt like that was where the trust really began," recalls Zenzi Williams of a pivotal potluck where she and her "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" cast mem…
Broadway Licensing Global has acquired the rights to JaJa's African Hair Braiding, by Joceyln Bioh, and The Da Vinci Code. Learn more about the show's!
The plays are now available for professional licensing.
Broadway box office took a 7% slide in the week before the Thanksgiving holiday, with the 29 shows settling in at a total $27,060,113 in receipts. Attendance for the week ending Nov. 19 was …
Whitney White directs the new Jocelyn Bioh play for Manhattan Theatre Club at the Friedman.
For only the third time in Broadway history, you can see a play this weekend live as it's being performed on stage even if you live thousands of miles away. "Jaja's African Hair Braiding,…
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A couple of years back, Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh led the post-pandemic reopening of the Delacorte Theater in New York's Central Park with a delightful retelling of Shakespea…
"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is a play where the Black women in the audience are the ones who feel most at home.
The Jocelyn Bioh world premiere is now running via Manhattan Theatre Club.
Through the League of Live Stream Theater, the Manhattan Theatre Club production will broadcast live around the world.
The League of Live Stream Theater will partner with Manhattan Theatre Club to present the Broadway sensation Jaja's African Hair Braiding via live stream.
Jaja's African Hair Braiding will be live streamed during its last week of performances, beginning November 14.
Wig designer Nikiya Mathis, director Whitney White and actors Brittany Adebumola and Maechi Aharanwa share design secrets, tales from braiding bootcamp and intricacies of plaiting illusions.
Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens speaks with JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING hair and wig designer Nikiya Mathis. Read the full feature: https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203441/how-wig-d…
Jaja's African Hair Braiding, this season's hit comedy by Jocelyn Bioh, pulls off the most dumbfounding magic trick on Broadway. Now, before Harry Potter's Dementors or Aladdin's magic carpe…
This dazzling world premiere welcomes you into Jaja's bustling hair braiding shop in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrant hair braiders are creating …
photo by Matthew Murphy Getting married and becoming an American citizen are two events in Jaja's life. However, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by Jocelyn Bion is more universal than that. I…
Join @bwaySHO on the red carpet of Jaja's African Hair Braiding as she chats with producer Taraji P. Henson as she makes her Broadway debut with this MTC production. Filmed by John Benson E…
Broadway " Manhattan Theater Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theater: 261 West 47 Street. Oct. 3-Nov. 5, 2025. Comedy. Author: Jocelyn Bioh. Director: Whitney White. 90 min. Critic: David Sheward …
Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting a new Broadway production entitled "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" penned by Jocelyn Bioh at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Ms. Bioh has set her dramedy …
Get the latest updates on JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, the hit Broadway show that has been extended. Don't miss out on this limited-time opportunity to experience the vibrant energy of JAJA…
Jaja's African Hair Braiding has received a second extension. The new comedy, playing Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, will now run through November 19. Jaja's was origin…