Guest post – David Belew, director of The Complete History of America (Abridged)
How do you take 50,000 years of American history, condense it down to a two hour comedic riff, and present it with just three actors performing the whole [...]
Guest Post – Abby Rose Mark of Metropolis’ A Christmas Carol cast
Final Farewells Watching Tiny Tims sob two days in a row in the dressing room after their last shows has finally caught up to the cast, some more than others [...]
Radio Interview with Metropolis Resident Playwright Scott Woldman
Metropolis' Resident Playwright Scott Woldman wrote an all new adaptation of A Christmas Carol for us this season. Click here to check out his radio interview on WSBC 1240AM. Scott [...]
Radio Interview with our Scrooge, Eamonn McDonagh
Click here to listen to a clip from Eamonn McDonagh's radio interview with Chicago Public Radio WBEZ's Blarney on the Air. Eamonn plays Scrooge in our current production of A [...]
Guest post – Megan Storti of Metropolis’ A Christmas Carol cast
Hello everyone! I wrote a new (short) version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" after coming home from our last Preview show. There are some terms in here that you [...]
Being Tiny Tim
Clare Oehler-O'Sullivan, one of three actors playing the part of Tiny Tim in our production of A Christmas Carol, was bursting with excitement when she exclaimed to her mom, "Mom, [...]
Guest post – Megan Storti of Metropolis’ A Christmas Carol cast
We are nearing the end of our second full week of rehearsals for A Christmas Carol, and I am shocked by how sore I am. One would think that this [...]
Opening night of The Andrews Brothers
We caught several audience members boogie-ing to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and singing along to "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" at last night's opening performance of The [...]
In Rehearsal: The Andrews Brothers
The cast of Metropolis' latest production The Andrews Brothers is hard at work rehearsing for the show's opening on September 22. From left to right, Matt Edmonds, Lauren Creel, Patrick [...]
Camps and campers thrive this summer at Metropolis
By Hilary Nelson In summertime when kids are out of school, parents look for ways to keep their children busy during those long, hot summer days. Some kids spend their [...]