4 actors make Metropolis debuts in Accomplice
(left to right) Dylan Marks, Julie Schroll, Jonathan Nichols and Kelly Lynn Hogan Accomplice, our latest production, running through April 21, is a new kind of undertaking for [...]
Marvelous Wonderettes Getting off to a Great Start: Guest post from Resident Music Director Micky York
I've never been particularly drawn to music from the 50s or 60s. But I've ALWAYS loved girl groups. In fact, my first encounter with "Sincerely", one of the songs you'll [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Butler Didn’t! Director & Playwright Interview
The Butler Didn't! Playwright Scott Woldman and Director Brad Dunn have been collaborators since 2005 when Metropolis produced Scott's first play, Thinking with their Heads... Men Exposed. Since then, Metropolis [...]
Hipstamatic Butler!
Pre-Dress Rehearsal photos from The Butler Didn't! [slideshow]
Flying in The Butler Didn’t!
There's a very simple flying sequence in the show - this was shot backstage while working on the timing for the sequence. Keep in mind that while the fly team [...]
The Butler Didn’t Tech Rehearsal
This is a look at how utterly boring (yet critically important) a cue to cue rehearsal is. This is the rehearsal when the stage manager and her team rehearse and [...]