L–R: Golden Brooks, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jill Marie Jones, and Persia White. Screenshot courtesy of Instagram @misspersiawhite / Photograph by: Emilio Madrid
Almost 20 years later, the lyrics to the theme tune for Girlfriends, one of many tradition’s most beloved comedies, nonetheless ring true because the TV present’s main women reunited for Tracee Ellis Ross’ Broadway debut in Each Sensible Factor at New York Metropolis’s Hudson Theatre on July 16.
The previous castmates, Golden Brooks, Jill Marie Jones, Persia White, and Ross, gathered for the special day with extra of Black Hollywood’s best additionally in the home, together with Gabrielle Union, Sherri Sheppard, and Jocelyn Bioh.
Following the efficiency, White shared behind-the-scenes images and pictures on her Instagram the place she gushed over her former co-star’s “epic” and “thoughts blowing efficiency,” writing, “I really feel so blessed to have skilled this with my beautiful Girlfriends and a few lovely faces, I haven’t seen for years.”
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Tracee Ellis Ross interacts with the viewers throughout the curtain name as she makes her Broadway debut in “Each Sensible Factor” at The Hudson Theatre on July 16, 2026 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by John Lamparski/Getty Pictures)
Ross will headline the one-person play by August 9 after succeeding our different favourite fictional Olivia, Mariska Hargitay within the manufacturing.
Written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, Each Sensible Factor tells the story of somebody who’s attempting to assist a guardian battling melancholy whereas additionally compiling a listing of causes to stay. The interactive stage present additionally incorporates viewers participation so that every efficiency is exclusive and in contrast to some other.
Earlier than taking up the position, Macmillan believed Ross could be the right alternative for the manufacturing, praising the black-ish actress for her wit and skill to attach with audiences. It’s that very same relatebilty that made followers fall in love along with her because the hopelessly romantic, anal retentive, however all the time hilarious character Joan Clayton on Mara Brock Akil’s acclaimed TV present.
UPN’s ‘Girlfriends,’ a comedy about 4 single girls that has been known as the Black ‘Intercourse In The Metropolis.’ Rehearsing a scene are (L–R) Jill Marie Jones, Persia White, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Golden Brooks on the paramount studios set. (Photograph by Al Seib/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Pictures)
The reunion of all 4 girls gave Girlfriends followers a curtain name of kinds because the present, which aired for eight seasons from 2000 by 2008, was abruptly cancelled with no collection finale. (FYI, sure, we nonetheless desire a conclusion, however will gladly take a modern-day reboot.)
Earlier than Issa in Insecure and Camille and crew in Harlem, however following in footsteps already pathed by the women of Dwelling Single, Girlfriends represented the sort of Black feminine friendship all of us want for in actual life, so it’s comforting to know that Joan, Toni, Mya, and Lynn actually are “there by thick and skinny.”
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