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SCHOOL GIRLS;
OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY

Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton star in
Jocelyn Bioh’s wildly funny comedy

steven suskin
★★★★☆
frank scheck
★★★★☆

Recently Opened

860: Billy Crystal Brings Down the House

By Roma Torre
October 21, 2026

★★★★★ Crystal is at his comedic best proving a lifetime of memories are fireproof.

860: Billy Crystal Turns Pain into Theatrical Gain

By Frank Scheck
October 21, 2026

★★★★☆ The comedian's alternately hilarious and moving one-person show revolves around the loss of his house in the Palisades Fire.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Musical Fable That Will Make You Feel Younger

By Frank Scheck
October 21, 2026

★★★★☆ Andrew Durand plays the title role in the Public Theater's production of the Olivier Award-winning British musical

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: New Musical Pushes Button

By David Finkle
October 21, 2026

★★★★☆ Jethro Compton, Darren Clark adapt Fitzgerald story, enthusiastic cast acts, plays instruments

King of the Yees: Talking About Chinatown Royalty

By Michael Sommers
October 19, 2026

★★★★☆ Lauren Yee’s meta-theatrical comedy offers a family view of Chinese American culture

Jon Norman Schneider and Kelly Marie Tran in King of the Yees. Photo: HanJie Chow

King of the Yees: Lauren Yee Opens Up the Family Photo Album     

By Melissa Rose Bernardo
October 19, 2026

★★★☆☆ Francis Jue extends his father era, starring as the playwright’s dad in her semi-autobiographical comedy

Copperfield! Top-Drawer Musical Take on the Dickens Classic

By David Finkle
October 19, 2026

★★★★☆ Jeffrey Scharf's book, music, lyrics, Gabriel Barre's direction, 11-member cast all shine

Triumph: History Repeating Itself

By Frank Scheck
October 19, 2026

★★★★☆ Annaleigh Ashford stars in Caryl Churchill's short play about a press secretary for a ruthless emperor.

Critics’ Picks

Other Desert Cities

Other Desert Cities: A Piercing Revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Best Play

★★★★☆ John Benjamin Hickey directs a new Broadway version of the darkly funny family drama

Kramer/Fauci: Friendly Adversaries Tangle Over AIDS Progress

★★★★☆ Highly resourceful conceiver-director Daniel Fish gets theatrical again

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play: Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton Battle It Out

★★★★☆ Whitney White directs a first-rate cast in Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy

Ford Hill

The Ford/Hill Project: Provocative, Totally True, and Way Too Timely

★★★★☆ Two men and two women re-create, verbatim, two memorable and distressingly similar Senate judiciary committee hearings 27 years apart

Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

Oh, Mary!: Lincoln, Drinkin’ and Todd

★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva

Six on Broadway

Six: Long Live the Queens

★★★★★ Henry VIII’s wives get the royal treatment in this 80-minute musical celebration of girl power

The company in Disney's Broadway musical Aladdin.. Photo: Deen van Meer.

Aladdin: Four Years On, A Fairy Tale For A Whole New World

★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: One of Disney's most enduring screen-to-stage confections remains among its most adult-friendly—and seems freshly relevant.

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