A tribute to The Mother Road
This is the second year that Tom and Carol DeBartolo of Schaumburg have been Subscribers at Metropolis. This year, the Metropolis Subscription Series kicks off with the jukebox musical Route [...]
Guest Post from Route 66 actor Timothy Sullivan
Putting it Together Hello all! My name is Timothy Sullivan and I am part of the cast of Route 66 which is currently playing at Metropolis. I was asked to [...]
School is back in session!
Our School of the Performing Arts began its fall session this week with the start of private lessons. Our personalized lessons are very popular among our music students. Just how [...]
Q & A with Alex DiGiacinto of Second City
Metropolis: Where did you grow up? Alex: New Hampshire, in a town called Hollis, about an hour from Boston. Metropolis: What brought you to Chicago? Alex: I moved to Chicago [...]
Q & A with Chelsea Devantez of Second City
Metropolis: Where did you grow up? Chelsea: I grew up all over the Southwest. My family moved around a lot when I was growing up, but my family has been [...]
Teen Film Fest
Metropolis was proud to once again join Arlington Heights Memorial Library for the Arlington Heights Teen Film Fest. In case you missed it, here's some great content you should definitely [...]
Let’s Compare
As a preview of our upcoming run of Eclectic Theatre Company’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (running June 28 – August 10), we thought we would let you [...]
10 things you didn’t know about Michael & Angela Ingersoll
Metropolis is proud to welcome home our favorite Jersey Boy Michael Ingersoll, along with his adorable wife Angela. The pair are set to serenade MPAC audiences Saturday, June 22, with their hilarious [...]
Congratulations to SOPA Piano Student Cameron Obrecht
On May 19th pianist Cameron Obrecht won the first place trophy for his division at the Illinois Music Association Competition. No small feat as he was up against hundreds of [...]