The actress discusses the play’s resonance with audiences and the power of theater.
play, has racked up overwhelmingly positive reviews since it opened in early October. Critics have described the production as “wildly entertaining” and “vibrant,” but actress Nana Mensah highlights a different recognition when discussing the production’s resonance with audiences.
Set inside of a hair salon in Harlem, the play is set over the course of one day, both routine and monumental, as the eponymous salon owner prepares to get married. Instead, the focus swivels between several of the stylists, all immigrants, who rent salon chairs and style a rotating cast of customers who come in for braids. Mensah stars as Aminata, a salon old-timer navigating a strained marriage.
Often, those reactions are in response to the play’s many humorous beats; by the end of the play, the laughter often yields to quiet sobbing.
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