Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Formation2000
Headquarters111 W Campbell St
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Executive Director
Brookes Ebetsch
Websitemetropolisarts.com

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]

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Marquee/Front Entrance

List of Shows[edit]

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2004-2005
  • "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

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Metropolis' 'Moon Over Buffalo' delivers laughs, but few thrills". Dailyherald.com. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  2. ^ "Review: The Drowsy Chaperone/Metropolis Performing Arts Centre". Newcity Stage. 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  3. ^ "Metropolis' 'Drowsy Chaperone' lovingly spoofs 1920s Broadway musicals". Dailyherald.com. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  4. ^ ""The Drowsy Chaperone" | Around the Town Chicago with Al Bresloff". Aroundthetownchicago.com. 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  5. ^ "Plays, Musicals and Concerts in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs - Metropolis". Metropolisarts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  6. ^ "Lonely man's imagination brings Broadway to life in 'Drowsy Chaperone' - Buffalo Grove Countryside". Chicagotribune.com. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  7. ^ "C.S. Lewis' life story affectionately told at Metropolis". Dailyherald.com. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-08.

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