《School Girls》登陆百老汇引热议：加纳校园喜剧从外百老汇一路走进曼哈顿剧院俱乐部
据 BroadwayWorld 10 月初的开幕报道，乔斯琳·比奥创作的喜剧《School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play》已正式登上百老汇舞台，在曼哈顿剧院俱乐部（Manhattan Theatre Club）上演，由惠特尼·怀特执导。制作方与主创在开幕期间回顾了这部作品从小剧场一路走上百老汇的历程。
该剧以 1986 年加纳一所女子寄宿学校为背景，围绕校花选拔与「加纳小姐」选美展开校园权力游戏，被评论界视为对经典青春喜剧《贱女孩》的非洲版回应——剧名中的双关正源于此。它此前在外百老汇演出时已积累大量口碑与年轻观众。
今秋百老汇以多元阵容为特色：与《School Girls》同期预演/开幕的新戏包括比利·克里斯托独角戏《860》（帝国剧院）、《其他沙漠城市》（哈德逊剧院）与莫里哀《无病呻吟》新改编版（托德·海姆斯剧院，10 月 22 日开幕）。
该剧的百老汇之旅也折射出美国剧场界近年的选戏变化：以黑人女性经验为中心、由女性编剧与导演主创的作品，正越来越多地进入主流商业剧场。曼哈顿剧院俱乐部是纽约最重要的非盈利剧场之一，其百老汇剧场 Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 常年推出话题新作。
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'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play' Makes Its Broadway Bow
Jocelyn Bioh's comedy 'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play' has arrived on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Whitney White, according to BroadwayWorld's opening coverage in early October. The company used the opening to reflect on the play's long journey from smaller stages to Broadway.
Set in 1986 at a girls' boarding school in Ghana, the play follows a campus power struggle around a beauty pageant — a story widely read as an African answer to the teen comedy 'Mean Girls,' a reference built into its subtitle. The production arrived with substantial word of mouth from its earlier Off-Broadway life and a young, enthusiastic audience.
It joins a notably varied fall Broadway season: Billy Crystal's solo show '860' at the Imperial Theatre, the all-star revival of 'Other Desert Cities' at the Hudson Theatre, and Bill Irwin's new adaptation of Molière's 'The Imaginary Invalid,' opening Oct. 22 at the Todd Haimes Theatre.
The play's Broadway journey also reflects a broader shift in American theatre programming: work centered on Black women's experiences, written and directed by women, is reaching mainstream commercial stages more often. Manhattan Theatre Club, one of New York's leading nonprofit theatres, regularly premieres talked-about new plays at its Broadway home, the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Photo: 百老汇剧院区夜景，CC BY-SA 2.0（Wikimedia Commons，摄影：Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA）
图片来源：百老汇剧院区夜景，CC BY-SA 2.0（Wikimedia Commons，摄影：Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA）
