"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is the comedic Broadway play closing out Ensemble Theatre's 2025 season. Why it's a must-see.

The tradition of braiding black hair is deeply rooted in culture and history and it’s more than a style. It’s an expression ...

Then came the brawl: The argument seemed to have broken out of thin air, but the stylists, Ally's own and another, were ...

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...

Braiding traditions across the African diaspora both predate and defy the colonial confines set forth to erase and subjugate ...

MaConnia Chesser (center) and the cast of SpeakEasy Stage's production of "Jaja’s African Hair Braiding." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) Just as the bickering between the braiders starts to heat ...

Traditional African braiding doesn’t use chemicals, just hands on methods that many women learn as children from their mothers and grandmothers.

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding was commissioned by the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2018 and had its World Premiere on Broadway as part of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2023-2024 Season ...

A new production of the Tony Award-winning play, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a group of West African immigrants are creating community with mini masterpieces in Boston.

Now on stage at La Jolla Playhouse is the play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by New York-based playwright Jocelyn Bioh.The play opened on Broadway in 2023, and was nominated for six Tony Awards ...

"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is running at the Ensemble Theatre, 1127 Vine St., now through June 22. Tickets, priced at $30 for adults, $28 for students and $24 for children, ...