Overview
- The hip‑hop musical by Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky, directed by Sam LaFrage, has opened at the Orpheum Theatre and will run through Nov. 30, 2026.
- The show reimagines Anne Frank as Anita Franco, a queer Latinx protagonist, a premise that grew out of a 2022 viral tweet about privilege and intentionally frames the piece as a satirical show‑within‑a‑show.
- Critics highlight a score that borrows from contemporary musical styles like Hamilton and In the Heights and praise tight, catchy hip‑hop and pop‑rock arrangements.
- The production uses cross‑demographic casting and provocative character reworkings to lampoon identity‑politics, and earlier runs produced audience walkouts and heated social‑media debate.
- Reviews are sharply split: some applaud its audacity and musical craft, while others warn the satire can feel slapdash or read as offensive or antisemitic, raising fresh questions about the ethics of reimagining Holocaust subjects onstage.