Variety iconVarietySep 29, 2026

‘School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play’ Broadway Review: An Exceptional Portrait of Black Girlhood

It's a particular time in life between innocence and adulting, allowing young women to swing between the two.

‘School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play’ Broadway Review: An Exceptional Portrait of Black Girlhood

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It's a particular time in life between innocence and adulting, allowing young women to swing between the two.

Late girlhood has a sacredness that can't be replicated.

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It's a particular time in life between innocence and adulting, allowing young women to swing between the two. Late girlhood has a sacredness that can't be replicated.

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Late girlhood has a sacredness that can't be replicated.

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