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Civil War meets sci-fi in rock musical ‘Futurity’

By Jeffrey Gantz

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 11, 2012

Brooklyn band the Lisps’ new science-fiction rock musical, “Futurity,’’ which will have its world premiere Friday at Oberon, is a look back to the Civil War. Presented by the American Repertory Theater, it’s a love story of sorts: Julian Munro, a Union soldier, meets Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s mathematician daughter, and they find they have a lot in common.

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