African Mean Girls Play@MCC
African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Alfie6
Stand-by Joined: 3/30/15
#1African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 10/29/17 at 11:18am
School Girls: Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh starts this week at MCC Lucille Lortel, anyone going? I am really looking forward to this, early reports appreciated!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 10/29/17 at 11:46am
I feel like "The African Mean Girls Play" just diminishes the whole show.
#3African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 10/29/17 at 3:06pmI’d wager that feeling has much more to do with your own implicit bias than it does Jocelyn Bioh’s...
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
#4African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 11/10/17 at 9:33pmI saw it tonight and really enjoyed it. It's very funny and ends up being quite moving.
herewegoabc
Leading Actor Joined: 1/26/08
#5African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 11/10/17 at 9:55pm
I also saw it tonight and thought it was great. It's very well cast, and the story was both hilarious and very poignant .
Updated On: 11/10/17 at 09:55 PM
#6African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 11/10/17 at 10:11pm
This show is magic! Standing ovation and tears! Bravo! Brava! Yass.
#7African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 11/15/17 at 9:30am
I really, really enjoyed it. It's a short (75 minutes) little gem of a show. Very sweet and funny with a terrific cast. In my book, MCC is 2 for 2 this season.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#8African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/16/17 at 1:57pm
Seeing it this evening and really looking forward to it. It is my Christmas gift to myself!
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 12/17/17 at 01:57 PM
#9African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/16/17 at 11:47pm
Loved it. Very well written and acted. Also very funmy. There is a turning point that will bring you close to tears.
The girls were flawless. The writing gives you a
bit of vested interest in each one by the end. I walked out wondering what happened to each of them the year after this takes place.
Judging by some conversation I overheard leaving the theater, some people didn't get the ending. They definetly were not born in the 80's.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 12/24/17 at 11:47 PM
#10African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/18/17 at 12:30am
Is this play appropriate for a reasonably sophisticated 11 yr. old? (I ask because I'd like to see it but may be able to do so at this point only if I take my son along).
Updated On: 12/18/17 at 12:30 AM
jawjuhh
Stand-by Joined: 5/29/11
#11African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/18/17 at 10:26am
Andy51, I think an 11 year old can handle it. There is at one point a mildly disturbing image but it's brief and more psychological
AntV
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
#12African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/23/17 at 6:36am
Anyone try rushing this? Do they sell tickets to the mezzanine if the orchestra is full?
#13African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/23/17 at 7:18am
I saw a reading of the play last year (or early this year?) at MCC. Is there much change that warrants a revisit?
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#14African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/24/17 at 12:35am
saw this tonight, man this was good and I would love to see maybe Second Stage pick this up and bring it back next season to the Hayes. Only drawback, the family in the back with 3 VERY young VERY loud kids, who eventually all ended up sitting ontop of that back wall behind the back row of the orchestra, the worst.
#15African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/24/17 at 12:51am
There are a lot of mature 11 year olds out there but I would go for 13 and up with this one. Just my opinion.
Also, I heard that the mezz is closed for this. I sat in the rear orchestra house left. Last seat by the wall next to last row. A bit of an umcomfortable seat but a great view (even with the tall guy in front of me. Would have been perfect had he not been in front of me. But he was cute so it was ok!!
we also had a noisy family in the last row center. They decided to start commenting for the last half of the show. An usher spoke to them 3 times and they were oblivious. They were obviously not theatergoers who thought they were in their living room watching tv. It was both annoying and embarrasing.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#16African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/24/17 at 12:54am
i never understand why MCC doesnt sell the mezz for most of their shows, like even if they were sold as partial view, the whole runs sold out at this point why not open up the mezz and get some more folks in
#17African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/24/17 at 1:08amI heard it was a safety issue.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
AntV
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
#18African Mean Girls Play@MCC
Posted: 12/29/17 at 9:16pm
I tried rushing tonight. They had to turn away a handful of us plus more that were inquiring about standby/rush when the list was already too long. Really disappointed that they wouldn't have the mezz open knowing the demand. They just recently had it open for The End of Longing.
They also pulled the 30 under 30 code in the last 2 weeks and they were selling the majority of the theater at premium for like $149.
Oh well, I tried and don't care that I'm missing it now.
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