Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Upcoming Events

The Play That Goes Wrong
Comedy
Runs Feb 26Mar 29, 2026

Part Monty Python, part Fawlty Towers, The Play That Goes Wrong is an Olivier Award-winning gut-busting global sensation that is guaranteed to leave you aching from laughter. In …

The Wedding Singer
Comedy, Musical
Runs Apr 29May 24, 2026

Swing into wedding season with this Tony-nominated Rom-Com musical adaptation of Adam Sandler’s hit movie! Rewind to 1985 when collars were popped, hair was huge, and the wedding …

Around the World with Hans Christian Andersen
Children’s/Family, Literary Adaptation
Runs May 06May 23, 2026

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre launches our Theatre for Young Audiences program with this incredible work from playwright Lara Filip.

Join Hans Christian Andersen and his cosmically connected friends as …

DCOM Live!
Children’s/Family, Music
Jun 12, 2026

‘DCOM’—short for Disney Channel Original Movie—is a fan-coined acronym that is instantly recognizable as a hallmark of 2000s Disney Channel culture. This golden era of Disney Channel became …

111 W. Campbell
Arlington Heights IL 60005
847-577-2121
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is a live theatre, entertainment and arts education facility in downtown Arlington Heights, IL, and has quickly become one of Chicagoland’s leading venues for quality programming.

The complex is home to a 350 seat theater, rehearsal rooms, a dance studio, classrooms and thirteen music studios. Metropolis presents and produces Plays, Musicals, Comedies and The Second City, Rock Concerts and Cabaret Shows.

The School offers classes in Acting, Musical Theatre, Drama and Dance for all ages.