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‘Jaja's African Hair Braiding' Review: The Mark Taper Forum Has an Ensemble Comedy Rich and Rewarding Enough to Merit Extensions

If ever a play seemed tailor-made - tailor-braided? - for the Mark Taper Forum stage, at least in the 2020s, it's "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." The most intimate of the three Music Center theaters ...
Black Enterprise

‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Costume Designer Makes History With Tony Awards Win

Dede Ayite was also nominated for Best Costume Design of a Musical for "Hell's Kitchen" and Best Costume Design of a Play for "Appropriate." In a groundbreaking moment at the 77th Annual Tony Awards ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Playwright finds universality in her play ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’

Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is the product of “30-plus years of stories that I have lived in my brain.” Here’s the story behind the stories: “I’m a ...
Variety

‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Review: The Mark Taper Forum Has an Ensemble Comedy Rich and Rewarding Enough to Merit Extensions

These two introductory characters are joined by three more braid-makers who are always a tight unit after all, despite all they have in common as immigrants. The most contentious is Bea (Claudia Logan ...