MCC Theater presents the second show of its 2017-18 season the World Premiere of School Girls Or, the African Mean Girls Play, written by 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jocelyn Bioh, an…
Ms. Bioh's snappy dialogue perfectly renders the rhythms of teenage lingo and the pain beneath the bravado, emitting the universality of adolescence. Bioh's construction is meticulous as…
The new play by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Rebecca Taichman, opened Off-Broadway November 16.
See what critics think of Jocelyn Bioh’s coming-of-age tale set in Ghana in the ‘80s.
While some theatergoers eagerly await the arrival on Broadway of the ultimate mean girl, Regina George, there's no need to sit at home until spring to get a dose of true nastiness.
Teenaged girls in Ghana prove they can be just as nasty" and as needy " as their international sisters everywhere. Delightful ensemble work from a cast of girlish thesps performing in "Schoo…
Jocelyn Bioh transports a familiar story to an all-girls school in Ghana.
Paulina is the most popular, the most ambitious and by far the meanest girl in the Aburi Girls Boarding School at the outset of Jocelyn Bioh's often unsubtle but ultimately stimulating new p…
In a recent profile in The New York Times, actress and playwright Jocelyn Bioh said it was her mission "to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation an…
By Sandi Durell There are a lot of mean girls around " not only in Ghana where this play takes place in the 1980s, but worldwide. And, there is another very different Me…
Jocelyn Bioh makes her professional playwriting debut with the coming-of-age tale set in a boarding school in Ghana in the ‘80s.
Halfway through the new Broadway musical "The Band's Visit," a restaurateur in a remote Israeli town sings an aching ballad.
MCC Theater presents the second show of its 2017-18 season the World Premiere of School Girls or, the African Mean Girls Play, written by 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jocelyn Bioh, an…
The new comedy is directed by Rebecca Taichman.
The world premiere from Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman, will open Off-Broadway November 16.
Thru Sun, December 3 @ National Theatre, presented by National Theatre -- Full of razor-sharp wit and remarkable insight, MEAN GIRLS takes a look at friendships — and human nature &mda…
Inspired by Ellen Page coming forward to reveal the homophobia and sexual harassment she received from director Brett Ratner on the set of X-Men: The Last Stand, Mean Girls star Daniel Franz…
The long-awaited musical version of the 2004 movie that spawned a million memes began it's trial run in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night.
Put this pertinent, moving, and hilarious Off-Broadway show on your radar.
MCC Theater presents the World Premiere of School Girls Or, the African Mean Girls Play, written by 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jocelyn Bioh, and directed by Tony Winner Rebecca Taic…
Jocelyn Bioh’s play about a boarding school in Ghana in the ‘80s is helmed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman.
Broadway veteran Kyle Selig is no stranger to the role of teen heartthrob. "I was Prom King in high school," he sheepishly admits, "but it is very important to us in Mean Girls that my chara…
The hottest ticket in town right now is Tina Fey’s bound-for-Broadway musical Mean Girls, at the National only through December 3. According to the National’s online box offic…
"Isn't high school funny, once you're out of it?"
The stage adaptation of the 2003 comedy kicks off an out-of-town engagement in Washington, D.C. before a spring Broadway bow.