Satirical Hip-Hop Musical Slam Frank Sets Fall Run at Off-Broadway’s Orpheum Theatre
Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky’s provocative new musical reimagines Anne Frank’s story "through an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens"
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What to Know
- Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky’s satirical hip-hop musical Slam Frank will play the Orpheum Theatre off-Broadway
- Performances begin September 17, opening on October 24 and running through November 30
- Directed by Sam LaFrage, Slam Frank reimagines Anne Frank’s story "through an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens"
Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky’s provocative 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 this fall. Performances begin September 17, with opening night on October 4. The nine-week engagement will run through November 30.
Directed by Sam LaFrage, Slam Frank was inspired by a viral Twitter thread that asked, “Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?” Conceived, composed and co-written by Fox and Sinensky, the production imagines what happens when a progressive community theater company decides to transform Anne Frank’s story into an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop musical.
Slam Frank held a concert presentation on June 16 at Asylum NYC and began its developmental run at Asylum, directed by LaFrage, on September 17, 2025.