27 Rue de Fleurus, Paris

27, rue de Fleurus, Paris is a musical love story told from the perspective of Alice B Toklas. Although her memory is a bit cloudy, Alice recounts some of the events of the nearly 40 years she spent living with Gertrude Stein. At first, she focuses specifically on the salons that she and Gertrude hosted at 27 rue de Fleurus. During the play, Gertrude grows tired of Alice’s lack of panache for telling her perspective of their story. Gertrude tries to hijack the play; but is silenced when Alice confronts her about her
relationship with May Bookstaver and the manuscripts and love letters
May inspired. The musical ends with Alice alone, 21 years after
Gertrude’s death.