{"title": "OOA Outing: School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play on Broadway", "start": "2026-10-28T19:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Hunter College", "address": "Park Avenue 695, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScywkioAli6NbdOQz7AKfpIf865EZGBL3rsGVraYbb2lHHRTA/viewform", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "The Office of the Arts at Hunter College has bought a limited number of tickets for MTC's Broadway production of School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, and students with confirmed tickets will meet outside the theatre before the show. The play follows the students at Aburi Girls Boarding School and their queen bee, Paulina, as they compete to be selected as Miss Ghana 1986. It is both a fast-paced teen comedy and a moving examination of colorism and beauty standards. 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