When Turning Your Living Room Into a Pop-Up Nightclub Seems Like a Good Idea

While many are earning extra cash by renting their bedrooms to strangers, some New Yorkers are transforming their homes into performance spaces

Thanks to sharing-economy platforms, many of us have grown accustomed to earning extra cash by renting our bedrooms to strangers or boarding their pets in our dens. What’s next? Turning your living room into a pop-up nightclub?

Earlier this month, Daniel Schreiner welcomed 23 strangers to a show in his Brooklyn one-bedroom. They’d all bought $12 tickets to watch a 2-hour performance by him and two other pianists.

He...