‘The Diary of Anne Frankenstein’ plumbs the depths of mediocrity

NYPress.com – By Mark Peikert

Chalk it up to another instance of a fabulous title coming before the idea for a show, because the funniest thing about The Diary of Anne Frankenstein is its name. Another in a long line of attempts at reviving the anarchic spirit of Charles Ludlam and other celebrated Downtown theater artists, Anne Frankenstein only succeeds in killing and hour and a half in the most excruciating way imaginable.

Drag queen Mimi Imfurst stars as the titular character, proving once again that her ever-increasing fame in the NYC drag scene is inexplicable…