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School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play Opens on Broadway
Original: Review: School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play Brings ’80s Fashion and Ageless Politics to Broadway
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play has arrived on Broadway, and early reviews highlight its 1980s fashion and its sharp take on colorism and beauty standards. Jocelyn Bioh's comedy-drama, set at a Ghanaian boarding school in 1986, is being praised for mixing period style with themes that critics say remain strikingly relevant today.
Why now: The show is running on Broadway, drawing fresh reviews and renewed attention to its themes of colorism and beauty politics.
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls PlayBroadwayJocelyn BiohTheaterMania
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