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Line 1: }}{{Short description\|1998 non-fiction book by Sarah Schulman}}▼ ~~<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. -->~~ ~~{{Article for deletion/dated\|page=Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America\|timestamp=20240118124130\|year=2024\|month=January\|day=18\|substed=yes}}~~ ~~<!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi\|page=Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America\|date=18 January 2024\|result='''keep'''}} -->~~ ~~<!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point -->~~ {{Infobox book \| author = [[Sarah Schulman]] \| genre = Non-fiction \| published = September 24, 1998 }}'''''Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America''''' is a non-fiction book by lesbian writer [[Sarah Schulman]]. The book examines the similarities between her novel ''People in Trouble'' and [[Jonathan Larson\|Jonathan Larson's]] award-winning musical ''[[Rent (musical)\|Rent]]''.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/11/sarah-schulman-the-writer-rent-ripped-off.html \|title=Sarah Schulman: The lesbian writer ''Rent'' ripped off \|last=Thomas \|first=June \|date=November 23, 2005 \|work=Slate }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-11-10-9711100181-story.html \|title=Schulman vs. ''Rent'' \|last=Obejas \|first=Achy \|date=November 10, 1997 \|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] }}</ref>▼ ▲}}{{Short description\|1998 non-fiction book by Sarah Schulman}} ▲'''''Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America''''' is a non-fiction book by lesbian writer [[Sarah Schulman]]. The book examines the similarities between her novel ''People in Trouble'' and [[Jonathan Larson\|Jonathan Larson's]] award-winning musical ''[[Rent (musical)\|Rent]]''.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/11/sarah-schulman-the-writer-rent-ripped-off.html \|title=Sarah Schulman: The lesbian writer ''Rent'' ripped off \|last=Thomas \|first=June \|date=November 23, 2005 \|work=Slate }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-11-10-9711100181-story.html \|title=Schulman vs. ''Rent'' \|last=Obejas \|first=Achy \|date=November 10, 1997 \|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] }}</ref> == Content == Schulman takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour of [[New York City\|New York's]] theatre culture providing a glimpse into the power structure that makes up the theatre and media scene as she depicts her fight for compensation from the estate of [[Jonathan Larson]], whose award-winning musical ''[[Rent (musical)\|Rent]]'' shares many characters and situations with her novel ''People in Trouble'', a novel she published in 1991 and that [[Jonathan Larson]] read and was familiar with prior to writing ''Rent''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dukeupress.edu/stagestruck\|title=Stagestruck\|website=Duke University Press\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> Through her journey and her struggle for justice she discovers that she is not alone. Schulman learns that there many mainstream artists who "borrow" material from lesser-known ~~artist~~artists and go on to be successful and win awards, but who fail to provide even the smallest mention of the origin of their work. She also learns that there are many neglected works and performances that provide a more accurate depiction of [[LGBT culture\|LGBT lifestyle]] than mainstream artists.<ref name=":0" /> == Publication == Stagestruck was published on September 24, 1998, by [[Duke University]] Press.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/520150-stagestruck-theater-aids-and-the-marketing-of-gay-america\|title=Stagestruck\|website=www.goodreads.com\|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>▼ == Award and nominations == Stagestruck won and was nominated for multiple awards including the 1999 [[Stonewall Book Award\|Stonewall Non-Fiction Book Award]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ala.org/rt/glbtrt/award/stonewall/honored\|title=Stonewall Book Awards List\|last=admin\|date=2009-09-09\|website=Round Tables\|language=en\|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> the 1999 [[Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/stagestruck-theater-aids-and-marketing-gay-america\|title=Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America {{!}} Awards & Grants\|website=www.ala.org\|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> and was nominated for the 1998 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Studies and 1998 [[Lambda Literary Award for Drama]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/15/lambda-literary-awards-1998/\|title=11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards\|last=Cerna\|first=Antonio Gonzalez\|date=1999-07-15\|website=Lambda Literary\|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> == ~~Publication~~ Reception== In a neutral review for [[CNN]], reviewer [[Ted Gideonse]] writes that the book is a "damning analysis of the popular cultural depictions of AIDS and homosexuality".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://edition.cnn.com/books/reviews/9812/31/stagestruck.salon/index.html\|title=CNN - Salon review: 'Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America' - December 31, 1998\|website=edition.cnn.com}}</ref> Writing for [[The New York Times]], Jesse Green indicates that the book "tends toward overstatement", with "blistering critique" of the musical ''[[Rent (musical)\|Rent]]'' that allegendly plagiarised Schulman's 1990 novel ''People in Trouble''.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/theater/newsandfeatures/whos-afraid-of-sarah-schulman.html\|title=Who's Afraid of Sarah Schulman?\|first=Jesse\|last=Green\|work=The New York Times \|date=October 23, 2005\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ▲Stagestruck was published on September 24, 1998, by [[Duke University]] Press.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/520150-stagestruck-theater-aids-and-the-marketing-of-gay-america\|title=Stagestruck\|website=www.goodreads.com\|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> == References == Line 25 ⟶ 24: [[Category:1998 non-fiction books]] [[Category:1990s ~~LGBT~~LGBTQ literature]] [[Category:American non-fiction books]] [[Category:Stonewall Book Award-winning works]] [[Category:~~LGBT~~LGBTQ literature in the United States]] [[Category:HIV/AIDS in literature]] [[Category:Duke University Press books]]