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Jaja's African Hair Braiding

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This show played its final performance on Sunday - November 19.

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The dazzling world premiere of Jaja's African Hair Braiding arrives on Broadway.

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 immigrant hair braiders are creating masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish and secrets will be revealed. The uncertainty of their circumstances simmers below the surface of their lives and when it boils over, it forces this tight-knit community to confront what it means to be an outsider on the edge of the place they call home. This extraordinary new play is by the award winning Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play) and will be directed by Obie winner Whitney White (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord).

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is produced by Manhattan Theatre Club and Madison Wells Live with LaChanze and Taraji P. Henson.

Theatre

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
261 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036

Group Minimum

10 or more tickets

Audience

Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.

Duration

Approximately 90 minutes, no intermission

First Performance

9/12/2023

On Sale Through

11/12/2023