Slam Frank

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Slam Frank is a 2025 off-Broadway satirical hip-hop musical loosely based on the story of Anne Frank. It was created by Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky after a Twitter thread about Anne Frank's "white privilege" went viral in 2022. The show is a show within a show of an ultra-progressive theatre troupe that reimagines Frank as a pansexual Latina named Anita Franco, along with Peter van Daan as a non-binary dancer. While the show itself is purportedly satirical, its viral social media promotion, with snippets of the show and tongue-in-cheek commentary, never acknowledges the satire. Some editorials or op-eds from Jewish newspapers, written before the show's debut, criticized the show's "disrespectful" treatment of Anne Frank, and the show provoked a petition to stop its opening entirely. In May 2026, a Slam Frank cast album became available on Bandcamp to those who had donated to the musical's official Kickstarter page, featuring vocals from the original 2025 Off-Broadway cast. In June 2026...

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