Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Archives

Rom-com craziness, celeb impersonations make Metropolis say “yes” to “The Wedding Singer”

When Adam Sandler became “The Wedding Singer” on the movie screen towards the tail end of the 1990s, he and co-star Drew Barrymore redefined the idea of a [More…]

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre unpacks the empowerment and laughs in “Legally Blonde”

Given the enormous reaction to the movie “Legally Blonde” at the box office, it didn’t take long for Broadway to adapt the hilarious yet heartwarming novel by Amanda [More…]

Broadway is back in the burbs as Metropolis moves outside for “Little Shop Of Horrors”

Broadway musicals are back, at least in the burbs, thanks to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, who are moving the 20th anniversary season’s action [More…]

“The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” gives Metropolis season a frightfully funny start

Halloween came about a month early when the “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” set up its mad science laboratory under the direction of Robin M. Hughes at [More…]

War dedicates diverse grooves to Prince and more at first of two Metropolis shows

Before War even played a note during its first of two shows at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre on Friday, original vocalist/keyboardist Lonnie Jordan dedicated the [More…]

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Rom-com craziness, celeb impersonations make Metropolis say “yes” to “The Wedding Singer”

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre unpacks the empowerment and laughs in “Legally Blonde”

Broadway is back in the burbs as Metropolis moves outside for “Little Shop Of Horrors”

“The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” gives Metropolis season a frightfully funny start

War dedicates diverse grooves to Prince and more at first of two Metropolis shows