The provocative musical "SLAM FRANK" puts a bold new spin on "The Diary of Anne Frank."

The show played off-Broadway last season and is about to start previews at the Orpheum Theatre for an encore run. In studio, members from the "SLAM FRANK" family — Olivia Bernábe and Andrew Fox, talk about the show.

For those who struggled through The Diary of Anne Frank as adolescents, wishing it were more entertaining, 2025 brought a special treat: Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky’s musical Slam Frank. A send-up of both identity politics and the musical theater that has attempted to cash in on identity politics, Slam Frank imagines what would happen if a woke community theater decided to give the story of Anne Frank the Hamilton treatment. Slam Frank’s logo flagrantly mimics the 2015 musical’s, with the title character standing triumphant atop a Star of David, just as Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton stands astride a star plucked from the American flag.