8 / 10
The cast is extraordinary. The score is terrific. The book needs clarity. The premise remains difficult for me to accept, yyet, would I tell you to see it? Absolutely.
10 / 10
The Israel-Palestine conflict also receives plenty of attention, but to dismiss Slam Frank as “pro” this or “anti” that would simplify its stance. The playbill’s “Content Warning: Everything” earns its place. This is the bare-knuckle boxing of live theater. If you want sanitized satire, see Schmigadoon! Director Sam LaFrage keeps the pace fast, with some bits inevitably flying by without a chance to land fully. But those with an ear for musical theater will pick up on Fox’s nods to existing works, including Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, In the Heights, and Suffs, which eventually feel derivative rather than propulsive.
Slam Frank creator and composer Andrew Fox, book writer Joel Sinensky and director Sam LaFrage will hold a live Q&A moderated by Producer PJ Adzima of STAGE TIME at the Orpheum Theatre.
SLAM FRANK will continue at the Orpheum Theatre through early January 2027, with added Saturday late-night shows. The musical, choreographed by Esosa Oviasu and directed by Sam LaFrage, reimagines Anne Frank's story as a hip-hop musical.
Slam Frank is throwing a five-night Halloween party, with every performance at the Orpheum Theatre including chances to win prizes, plus post-show parties and extras.
Before a recent performance at the Orpheum Theatre, the cast of SLAM FRANK sat down for a candid conversation about political extremism, offensive satire, audience walkouts, and why art shouldn’t always make us comfortable.
SLAM FRANK, a satirical hip-hop musical that reimagines The Diary of Anne Frank through a progressive theater lens, opened at The Orpheum Theatre. The production runs through at least the end of November. Check out photos from opening night here.
Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky's Slam Frank, choreographed by Esosa Oviasu, music directed by Alex Harrington, and directed by Sam LaFrage, as back onstage at the Orpheum Theatre. Inspired by a 2022 viral Twitter thread that asked, “Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?”, SLAM FRANK imagines what happens when a progressive theater company asks themselves that same question, applying the rules and tropes of progressive theater to The Diary of Anne Frank. Transcending all taste and decency, they transform Anne Frank's true story into an intersectional, multi-ethnic, genderqueer, decolonized, anti-capitalist, hyper-empowering Afro-Latin hip-hop musical. Check out what the critics are saying about the new musical.
The new musical 'Slam Frank,' which reimagines Anne Frank’s profound and heartbreaking story through an Afro-Latin hip-hop lens, is already making a splash Off-Broadway.
Rehearsals have begun for SLAM FRANK, a new musical reimagining Anne Frank's story through a hip-hop lens, ahead of its Off-Broadway opening at the Orpheum Theatre. See photos!
The complete cast has been revealed for Slam Frank, the Anne Frank-inspired Afro-Latin hip-hop musical, ahead of its Off-Broadway run at the Orpheum Theatre.
The Original Cast Recording of SLAM FRANK, the Off-Broadway satire praised by the New York Times as 'clever' and 'gleefully provocative,' is now available. A Kickstarter campaign raised more than double its $30,000 goal to fund the album.
After playing an extended run at Asylum NYC, the new musical Slam Frank, which reimagines Anne Frank’s story through an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens, will open Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre.
