Can I Be Frank?
Can I Be Frank?
Ends Sep 13 1h 10m NYC: Soho/Tribeca
80% 26 reviews
80%
(26 Ratings)
Positive
81%
Mixed
8%
Negative
11%
Members say
Funny, Relevant, Entertaining, Clever, Great acting

About the Show

Morgan Bassichis revisits Frank Maya’s 1987 show, ensuring Maya’s legacy is no longer overlooked.

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Critic Reviews (7)

New York Theatre Guide
August 4th, 2025

"Bassichis delivers an evening of highbrow comedy that won’t soon be lost to the archives."
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Lighting & Sound America
August 5th, 2025

"Bassichis is going places, and Can I Be Frank? packs plenty of laughs into its ninety-minute running time as well as a powerful argument about the necessity of comedy in terrible times. "
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New York Stage Review
August 4th, 2025

"At times, it’s hard to tell where Maya ends and Bassichis begins."
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Exeunt Magazine
August 5th, 2025

"The show’s political aims get buried under Bassichis’s faux narcissism for far too long."
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Theaterscene.org
August 4th, 2025

A passionate tribute to deceased gay performance artist Frank Maya by a virtuoso queer comedian.
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C
August 4th, 2025

Morgan Bassichis is a talented performer, wrapping the long microphone cord around their body like a loose scarf, but they shift uneasily between tribute act and a meta framework, stopping and starting the show repeatedly to provide context for newcomers and to share personal details from their own life
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Off Off Online
August 6th, 2025

Morgan Bassichis honors a forgotten trailblazer.
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