{"title": "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play", "start": "2026-09-08T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Samuel J. Friedman Theatre", "address": "West 47th Street 261, 10036 New York", "price": "USD 130", "price_from": "130.00", "price_to": "130.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.todaytix.com/nyc/shows/46505-school-girls-or-the-african-mean-girls-play", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is a Broadway play at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York. Written by Tony Award nominee Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Tony Award-nominated Whitney White, the comedy is set in a 1986 Ghanaian boarding school where teenage girls compete for the Miss Ghana pageant. It is about beauty, girlhood, and coming of age in a surface-obsessed culture, exploring friendship, jealousy, and crushing beauty standards. 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BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT", "start": "2026-10-22T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-29T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "Vineyard Theatre", "address": "East 15th Street 108, 10003 New York", "price": "$20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://ma.to/sign-up?redirect_url=%2Fevent%2Fms-blakk-for-president-15-oct-2026", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/queer"], "description": "Ms. Blakk for President is a theatrical production inspired by the true story of drag performer and activist Terence Alan Smith, a joyous stampede through urgent and unfinished business. It is written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau and directed by Tina Landau, with a cast including Wayne Brady, Gideon Glick, Nic Ashe, Kelvin Moon Oh, Sawyer Smith, and Adina Verson. 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Through recalling memories across time and incorporating movement and dance, it aims to create a portal for audiences to envision more just and liberated futures for Black and Brown people. 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Written by Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland and directed by Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, it follows a woman known only as 'A' as she navigates doctors' appointments, legal hurdles and the harsh realities of starting over, finding unexpected kindness, connection and hope along the way. A New York Times Critics' Pick after a critically acclaimed premiere, it stars Lupita Nyong'o, Phillipa Soo, Edie Falco, Hari Nef and Susannah Flood alternating in the role of 'A', joined by Dael Orlandersmith, Sarah Steele and Greg Keller.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/pre-existing-condition-54201/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/150970ffd760b4f19d413b926c5bf428ac0fd455fc3ec6fbd7387f9b9d05d9f6-2000.webp"}]}