Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Upcoming Events

A Christmas Carol
Holiday
Runs Nov 26 – Dec 24, 2025
Recommended for ages 6+

**Pay What You Can performance on 11/25/25 at 7:30pm

**American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performance on 12/4/25 at 7:30pm

**Open Caption performance on 12/6/25 at 2:00pm

Charles Dickens’ enchanting tale of redemption, generosity, and hope comes to life in Arlington Heights’ favorite holiday tradition. On a snowy Christmas Eve brimming with memorable characters, ghostly apparitions, and festive holiday music, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge visits the past, present, and future and discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Metropolis’ updated, record-breaking production returns to delight audiences of all ages.

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Home for the Holidays: An Evening with Tony Award Winner Levi Kreis
Holiday
Runs Dec 02 – Dec 03, 2025

Home for the Holidays: An Evening with Tony Award Winner Levi Kreis
December 2, 2025, 7:30 pm
December 3, 2025, 2:00 pm
Tickets: $40
Experience an unforgettable evening as Tony Award Winner Levi …

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The Second City presents Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire
Comedy, Holiday, Improv
Runs Dec 15 – Dec 31, 2025
Need something better than old reruns of A Christmas Story? Want to see some real nutcrackers this holiday season?! Dash on through the snow (even though we don’t get any anymore) to The Second City’s Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire…
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Around the World with Hans Christian Andersen
Children’s/Family, Literary Adaptation, Musical
Runs May 06 – May 23, 2026

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre launches our Theatre for Young Audiences program with this WORLD PREMIERE from playwright and composer Lara Filip.

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111 W. Campbell
Arlington Heights IL 60005
www.metropolisarts.com
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.