Stagestruck

by Sarah Schulman

In *Stagestruck*, noted novelist and outspoken critic Sarah Schulman offers an account of her growing awareness of the startling similarities between her novel *People in Trouble* and the smash Broadway hit *Rent*. Written with a powerful and personal voice, Schulman’s book is part gossipy narrative, part behind-the-scenes glimpse into the New York theater culture, and part polemic on how mainstream artists co-opt the work of “marginal” artists to give an air of diversity and authenticity to their own work. Rising above the details of her own case, Schulman boldly uses her suspicions of...

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