A Muse in Manhattan May 2, 2008

Did James Frey deserve to fry? Did William Shakespeare really write all of those plays? In a restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a celebrated novelist confesses to plagiarism and his publisher urges him to repeat the offense one last time for a tidy profit. As a prostitute and a very confused waiter practice their own professions, the topics soon turn from scampi, sex, and literature to matters of life and death. On this night of all New York nights, the Muse asks 'how far would you go for fame'?