'Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein' onstage in Chicago through Mar. 12

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Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein

            onstage in Chicago through March 12
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          Feb 14, 2006
          
        
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       About Face
            Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, will
            present the world premiere of Loving Repeating: A
                Musical of Gertrude Stein at the MCA, 220 E. Chicago
            Ave., opening       Tuesday, February 14, and running
            through Sunday, March 12. From Ragtime creators
            Stephen Flaherty and Frank       Galati, the musical
            explores the romance between Gertrude Stein and Alice
            B. Toklas. For tickets and more information, call (312)
            397-3868 or visit       www.MCAChicago.org.     

        
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Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein
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