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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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Writers Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky bring the show back to the East Village’s Orpheum Theatre — the intimate 347-seat house that’s hosted Stomp for decades — with Sam LaFrage returning to direct. Previews build toward an opening night on October 4, 2026.
If you like your theater polite and tidy, this is your cue to see something else. If you like it loud, messy, and genuinely arguing with itself about who gets to tell whose story, Slam Frank is shaping up to be one of the most talked-about tickets downtown this fall. Cast and creative-team details are still landing — we’ll update as they do.
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