Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Upcoming Events

Rock of Ages
Music, Musical
Runs May 01May 25, 2025
Plug in, turn it up, and come feel the noise at Metropolis with an evening of exhilarating power ballads and radical rock anthems! Nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Rock of Ages will take you back to the decade of decadence when everything was larger than life, including the hairstyles.

Directed by three-time Jeff Award-winning Director,  Derek Van Barham (Kokandy Productions), this rock n’ roll romance between a small-town girl and a city boy on the iconic Sunset Strip is threatened when developers plan to turn the legendary music venue, The Bourbon Room, into just another corporate abyss.

Thanks for the Memories: A USO Salute Encore
Comedy, Music
May 13, 2025

Paying homage to those entertainers who sang and danced for our troops during the 1940s, this USO Salute includes a tribute to such artists as the Andrews Sisters, …

Elvis My Way – Starring Brandon Bennett
Music
Runs Jun 13Jun 14, 2025

An Artists Lounge Live production. Sponsored by the Bob White Memorial Concert Fund.

Celebrate the King of Rock ‘n Roll with internationally acclaimed touring star Brandon Bennett (Chicago’s Million …

Ken Ludwig’s “Dear Jack, Dear Louise”
Children’s/Family, Comedy
Runs Jul 24Aug 03, 2025

When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a captivating love story begins. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig writes to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress in …

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.