Join @bwaySHO as she chats with the cast and creative team of Jaja's African Hair Braiding at MTC about their favourite braids.
This is one of the best pieces of theatre running this seaso…
"Jaja" is quite different from Bioh's other plays in that it is also very revealing about life in NYC for African immigrants. Directed by Whitney White who has piloted several major new Blac…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Stage and film writers often find inspiration in familiar locales where a broad assortment of people congregate, among them bars, hotels, schoolrooms, and barbersho…
In the world premiere of Jaja's African Hair Braiding, a production of Manhattan Theatre Club playing a limited engagement at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Ghanaian-American playwright Joc…
The employees of Jaja's each have their own ways of living with this danger. Bioh intertwines their tales, director Whitney White shapes the action into a tight thing of beauty and the ensem…
Go inside opening night of the new Jocelyn Bioh play with a red carpet that welcomed Leslie Odom, Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Adrienne Warren, LaChanze, Taraji P. Henson, and more.
It's been a big week at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where MTC just celebrated opening night of Jaja's African Hair Braiding. Check out photos from the after party here!
It's been a big week at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where MTC just celebrated opening night of Jaja's African Hair Braiding, written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney W…
Jocelyn Bioh's inviting workplace comedy, presenting a day in the life of a hair braiding salon in Harlem, would be a shoo-in for two separate Tony Awards, if either existed " one for hair a…
Jaja's African Hair Braiding officially opened last night, October 3, at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Performances run through Sunday, November 5. Check out photos from inside …
Head inside the world premiere of Jocelyn Bioh's -- Jaja's African Hair Braiding Opening Night curtain call at Manhattan Theatre Club.
Stay tuned for red carpet coverage right here on @bwa…
Jaja's African Hair Braiding officially opened last night, October 3, at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Check out photos of the cast taking their opening night bows here!
Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New York
The Harlem-set comedy drama is a delightful ode and visual feast, but efforts to cover too much ground are a hindrance
An African hair braiding shop is it…
By: David Sheward
October 3, 2023: The workplace play is a tried and true template affording opportunities for dramatic conflict and comic interplay among staff and customers in a single …
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 brai…
