"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is the comedic Broadway play closing out Ensemble Theatre's 2025 season. Why it's a must-see.

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Ultimately, the greater part of the performance involves falling in love with the complicated, courageous and always chatty women working the salon chairs at Jaja's African Hair Braiding.

Not having braided hair “creates more of a hassle for everything,” said Sims, who counts herself among the tens of millions of women that regularly spend on the Black hair care industry.