LIMELIGHT: A Novel by Andrew Keenan Bolger

[malcs98]

Posted: 3/7/26 at 5:28pm

So I don’t usually start a thread about a book, but recently I’ve been reading Andrew Keenan Bolger’s debut YA novel, Limelight and as a theatre kid who is also an avid YA reader, I’ve been waiting for these two worlds to merge, so I started reading and I AM OBSESSED!!! 
 

I don’t know if anybody on here has read it yet, but if you have I’m very curious to hear what you think because I truly believe this book could be something truly special. 

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/7/26 at 5:50pm

I am just assuming then that you haven't read Tim Federle's "Nate" Trilogy. I really enjoyed those. 

[malcs98]

Posted: 3/7/26 at 6:24pm

uncageg said: "I am just assuming then that you haven't read Tim Federle's "Nate" Trilogy. I really enjoyed those."

Yup, read that in middle school…

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/7/26 at 6:43pm

Very enjoyable books.

I guess I misunderstood your post. It read, to me, as if you thought "Limelight" was the first book to merge YA with Broadway.

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 3/9/26 at 1:28am

I think it’s probably just not that common of a topic in published YA novels so they’re few and far between. I take it as they’ve been waiting for them to merge again. 

[malcs98]

Posted: 3/10/26 at 11:44am

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I think it’s probably just not that common of a topic in published YA novels so they’re few and far between. I take it as they’ve been waiting for them to merge again."

and honestly it’s about time they do, in fact I’ve thought about writing one myself: it’s the first in an epic YA fantasy series centered on Broadway and theatre called “The Ghostlight Chronicles”