Although this book is several years old, Stagestruck has again received cultural relevance. Schulman, the author of early 90s queer novel People in Trouble, goes to great lengths in this nonfiction book to show the extreme similarities and outright plagiarism of her book by the famed stage show RENT.   Schulman takes pains to point out the far-reaching and insidious points stolen from her lived experiences as a lesbian in New York City in the 1980s dealings with the AIDS crisis and it’s extensive effects on the gay male community. […]