The Most Wonderful Time of the Year When I was a kid, there was no feeling that compared to Christmas morning. After an almost sleepless night, I would wake up [...]

Entering Tech Week for The Marvelous Wonderettes Guest Post from Resident Director Lauren Rawitz   It is always about this time when I start to reflect on the entire rehearsal [...]

These past few weeks of rehearsals for The Marvelous Wonderettes have really been fantastic. I’ve really loved working on this show and with such a talented cast and artistic staff. [...]

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A Clip from Rehearsal for late night show Thinking WIth Your Head...Men Exposed

"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized."   Rousing words of Daniel Burnham, the late 19th century visionary [...]

This year’s first-ever Behind the Curtain featured a welcome for first-year Executive Director Charlie Beck, insight into where Metropolis has been and where it’s going and time for questions from [...]

The Metropolis train, Fly with Imagination, is set to take off today in the theatre lobby. After our talented team of artists (literally) gave this project wings the past two [...]

Metropolis' train engine for Arlington Heights' 125th Anniversary celebration is quite a creation! Kudos to designer Dustin Efird, and builders/artists Eamonn McDonagh and Anna Brazeau for their amazing vision and [...]

On more days than most, you can find our stage crew at one of the build spaces, assembling the set for an upcoming show. They build it at the space, tear [...]