Overview

Unlike most of the stage works about Gertrude and Alice, 27 Rue de Fleurus tells the story from Alice's point of view. Alice tries to set the record straight about being Gertrude Stein's wife for nearly 40 years. Gertrude, growing tired of what she considers Alice's lack of panache in telling their story, attempts to hijack the play (as only the author of such lines as “sugar is not a vegetable” can). But Alice silences the famously verbose Gertrude by sharing some secrets with the audience. As the musical progresses, the celebrated partners confront one another about love, marriage, jealousy, genius and a few other delicious topics—as Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mabel Dodge, Sylvia Beach and even Jean Harlow drop by for a visit.

Keywords

• Feminism
• Love
• Marriage
• LGBTQ+ Experience
• From Off-Broadway
• Off-Broadway