The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is a professional theatre company[1][2] in Arlington Heights, Illinois, founded in 2000.[3][4] They often have over 300 performances of more than 40 different productions with over 70,000 patrons each season.[5][6][7]
| Formation | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 111 W Campbell St Arlington Heights, Illinois |
Artistic Director | Brendan Ragan |
Executive Director | David Victor |
| Website | metropolisarts.com |
List of Shows
edit2004-2005
- Vagina Monologues
- Defending the Caveman
- Odd Couple
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Forever Plaid
2005-2006
- Beyond Therapy
- Steel Magnolias
- Run For Your Wife
- Brighton Beach Memoirs
- The Nerd
2006-2007
- I Love You, You're Perfect. Now Change
- Barefoot in the Park
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Don't Dress for Dinner
2007-2008
- High School Musical
- Deathtrap
- Sylvia
- The Musical of Musicals the Musical
2008-2009
- Damn Yankees
- The Foreignor
- Lend Me A Tenor
- Baby
2009-2010
- Pump Boys and Dinettes
- Out of Order
- Side Man
- Midlife the Crisis Musical
2010-2011
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- The Boys Next Door
- The Butler Didn't
- Nunsense
2011-2012
- Married Alive!
- The Andrews Brothers
- The Complete History of America (Abridged)
- 10 Ways To Kill Your Husband
2012-2013
- The Marvelous Wonderettes
- A Christmas Carol
- There's a Girl in My Soup
- Accomplice
- Five Course Love
2013-2014
- Route 66
- The Last Five Years
- A Christmas Carol
- Greater Tuna
- Half and Half
2014-2015
- Laughter on the 23rd Floor
- Dial M for Murder
- A Christmas Carol
- Private Lives
- An Evening with C.S. Lewis
- Drowsy Chaperone
2015-2016
- Moon Over Buffalo
- Spamalot
- A Christmas Carol
- The 39 Steps
- Rent (musical)
- Ring of Fire
2016-2017
- Young Frankenstein
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- Hair
- Peter and the Starcatcher
2017-2018
- Into the Woods
- Boeing Boeing
- Avenue Q
- Beehive: The 60's Musical
2018-2019
- A Chorus Line
- The Mousetrap
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
2019-2020
- Anything Goes
- Noises Off
- Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (virtual)
2021-2022
- Little Shop of Horrors
- My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
- Legally Blonde
- A Christmas Carol
- Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
- SHOUT! The Mod Musical
- Sister Act
2022-2023
- Cabaret
- A Christmas Carol
- The Legend of Georgia McBride
- Ragtime
- Xanadu
2023-2024
- The Addams Family
- A Christmas Carol
- The Music Man, In Concert
- 9 to 5
- Million Dollar Quartet
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
- A Christmas Carol
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Rock of Ages
- Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise
References
edit- ^ "Metropolis' 'Moon Over Buffalo' delivers laughs, but few thrills". Dailyherald.com. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "Review: The Drowsy Chaperone/Metropolis Performing Arts Centre". Newcity Stage. 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "Metropolis' 'Drowsy Chaperone' lovingly spoofs 1920s Broadway musicals". Dailyherald.com. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "The Drowsy Chaperone | Around the Town Chicago with Al Bresloff". Aroundthetownchicago.com. 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "Plays, Musicals and Concerts in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs - Metropolis". Metropolisarts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "Lonely man's imagination brings Broadway to life in 'Drowsy Chaperone' - Buffalo Grove Countryside". Chicagotribune.com. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "C.S. Lewis' life story affectionately told at Metropolis". Dailyherald.com. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ https://www.metropolisarts.com/24-25-season/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.dailyherald.com/20240513/theater/metropolis-announces-25th-anniversary-season/ [bare URL]
External links
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