Chantal Mann

“Except the sudden veer into this new idea happens far too late to feel like a fully formed thematic device, let alone the show’s defining message.”

“‘Slam Frank’ mostly succeeds in satirizing the state of the mainstream American theater, which is inexplicably hell-bent on reimagining decades-old shows written by and for white people with BIPOC casts rather than supporting new work written by artists of diverse backgrounds.”

“The show’s biggest achievement is that it lets us relate to characters we entered the theater believing were depraved.”