At Jaja's salon, stories are told, dramas unfold, jokes fly, and immaculate hairstyles tower. Tony-nominated ...
This dazzling world premiere welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African ... the edge of the place they call ...
Robert Hofler, The Wrap: Even though “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” takes place entirely in the hair salon, as does “Steel Magnolias,” the play is a series of short skits, as is “The ...
The hit play, which originated in New York, offers an intimate look at the lives of hair braiders and their clients, ...
Chris Jennings, MTC Executive Director added, “We are delighted that Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is the first ... be an outsider on the edge of the place they call home.
If we take a look back at where the art of African hair braiding all began ... present Afro hairstyles as unprofessional for the work place? Cue humble 23-year-old Botswanian, Bonnie Kamona ...
But “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the 90-minute Broadway play by the Ghanaian-American writer Jocelyn Bioh, has one big advantage over the others in the genre. Box braids, to cite just one ...
T Charles Erickson Share For about 75 minutes of its 90-minute running time, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” comes across as a vivaciously amusing workplace comedy and a tribute to ...
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in 2023 with a run that extended twice. Ghanaian American playwright and actor Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy earned six Tony nominations, nabbing two ...
The show takes place in a bustling Harlem hair braiding salon and takes the audience through a day in the life of the shop’s West African immigrant braiders and their clients. It's a Tony Award ...
T Charles Erickson Share “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” opened on Broadway in 2023 with a run that extended twice. Ghanaian American playwright and actor Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy earned six ...