“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” recently competed for Best Play at the Tony Awards in June. Victoire Charles (Jaja) and Jordan Rice (Marie) appear in "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" at Arena Stage.

Kalyne Coleman is 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding'; (inset) Annaleigh Ashford in 'Sweeney Todd' Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman Next month, when the 2024 Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theater ...

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 awards for ...

Every few decades the theater needs its “Steel Magnolias.” Before Robert Haring’s beauty-shop dramedy opened in 1987, there was Clare Booth Luce’s 1936 comedy, “The Women,” which also made a beauty ...

When a mom lost her hair due to a benign brain tumor, her son grew out his own hair and cut it to make a wig for her. In 2003, Melanie Shaha of Gilbert, Ariz., started having dull headaches which ...

Alex Edelman, the comedian, actor and writer who made his Broadway debut last year in his solo show Just For Us, will receive a Special 2024 Tony Award for the production, the Tony Administration ...

A hair braiding shop is more than a salon, it's a community center. As a Black woman, sometimes you see the person who braids your hair more than you see your doctor or your therapist, says Bisserat ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Direct from Broadway, this dazzling production welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling ...

Judges and lawyers in Ghana still wear the full British-style regalia: wigs, black gowns and stiff collars. The call for ...

To get started in the hair and wig beauty-supply industry, you must be familiar with the products available on the market. You may find various types of hair and wigs from different manufacturers and ...

Bisserat Tseggai, left, Jordan Rice, Victoire Charles and Claudia Logan star in "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," which just premiered at Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum. (Christina House / Los ...