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Jocelyn Bioh
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- 1School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play Opens on Broadway▼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.
- 2'School Girls' Opens on Broadway With a 'Mean Girls' Edge●‘School Girls’ Review: A Broadway Glow-Up for a ‘Mean Girls’ Comedy
Jocelyn Bioh's comedy 'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play' has arrived on Broadway, and a New York Times review frames the production as a polished Broadway upgrade of the show's earlier, better-known high school comedy formula. Set at a Ghanaian boarding school, the play blends teen rivalry comedy with sharper questions about colorism and beauty standards, and reviewers are highlighting its transition from off-Broadway success to the main stage.