Manhattan Theatre Club is launching a collaboration with its production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play and The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and C…
Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opened on Broadway September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, the p…
Nearly ten years after its Off-Broadway premiere Jocelyn Bioh's play remains as potent as ever. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: School Girls, Or the African Mean Girls Play at MT…
High fashion and high drama. : School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Jasmine Amy Rogers, Denée Benton, Jocelyn Bioh and more open up about girlhood and the power of uncomfortable laughter on opening night of SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY. G…
Eighteen-year-old Paulina Sarpong (Denée Benton) commands the pack of four fellow students at Aburi Girls Boarding School in central Ghana with a chilling blend of charisma and cruelty. Bea…
(Juan A. Ramírez’s review appeared in the Guardian, 9/28.) Nearly a decade after it was first staged, Jocelyn Bioh’s study of girlhood in 1980s Ghana is better than ever in irresistible…
Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opened on Broadway September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, the p…
It matters little that the situations are obviously old-hat, contrived, and manipulative; the African setting (with attendant accents) gives it a delightful twist, it’s written with wit, a…
I originally saw Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play downtown at the Lucille Lortel in 2017. Nearly a decade later, now playing Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman The…
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Broadway – Manhattan Theater Club at Samuel J. Friedman Theater: 261 West 47 Street. Sept. 28, 2026-Nov. 15, 2026. Comedy. Author: Jocelyn Bioh. Director; Whitney White. 75 min. Jocelyn Bi…
Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opened on Broadway September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, the p…
Exclusive! Denée Benton and the Broadway company in a scene from the newly extended SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY by Jocelyn Bioh. See this play now through November 15th b…
Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opened on Broadway September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, the p…
Lessons in adolescence.
The Jocelyn Bioh play makes its Main Stem debut via Manhattan Theatre Club.
Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, is getting ready to open on Broadway! Ahead on opening night, September 2…
Matt goes through the major reviews for the Broadway premiere of ‘School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcr…
This marks the first extension of the play, which was originally scheduled to run through November 1.
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Class is still in session! School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White, will extend its Broadway run by two weeks, through November…
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that its Broadway premiere of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, written by Tony Award nominee Jocelyn Bioh, and directed by two-time Tony Aw…
The Broadway version of the off-Broadway hits stars Tony nominees Denée Benton and Jasmine Amy Rogers.