The Drift: History Has Its Eyes on You​ | Slam Frank and Musical Theater’s Hamilton Bind

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.