Arlington News

This summer, the power of free, live music to strengthen the social fabric of our communities is on radiant display, with more than 400+ free Levitt concerts across the country.

Presenting both emerging and esteemed dance artists from across the U.S., Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out Performance Series will return to the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage at the breathtaking Marcia & Seymour Simon Performance Space today, June 24-August 29.

The American Century Theater ends its twentieth and final season with the first play it produced in Arlington, VA: Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, directed by TACT Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Jack Marshall. 

Acclaimed web animation pioneers The Brothers Chaps (Mike and Matt Chapman), creators of the hugely popular series 'Homestar Runner,' will present the eclectic 'Two More Eggs.'

The laughs come rapid-fire as The Second City's Game Night segues from one hilarious game to the next at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, July 17 – August 8, 2015.

Humid summer nights spent grilling and mowing lawns in a subdivision might initially seem like an odd concept for a musical, but a new production performed by Columbus' own Shots in the Dark Theatre Company took inspiration from these often-mundane surroundings to create a new musical that explores the satirical and sometimes sinister aspects of the great American Dream.

A new musical is coming to town--one that explores the themes of love, passion and the suburban American Dream, wittily played out under the golden glow of neighborhood streetlights.

Shots in the Dark Independent Theatre Company presents BEAUTIFUL CUL DE SAC.  Performances are tonight, June 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 8:00pm, and June 28 at 2:00pm at UAHS Little Theater, 1650 Ridgeview Rd., Upper Arlington, OH. 43221.  

Set in 1999 or so in Stony Bridge Lakes, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, BEAUTIFUL CUL DE SAC follows two families as they interact, intermingle, and intercourse their way through suburban life. This is a hilarious new musical that tackles themes of family, love, sex, and art.

Presenting both emerging and esteemed dance artists from across the U.S., Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out Performance Series will return to the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage at the breathtaking Marcia & Seymour Simon Performance Space June 24-August 29.

Metropolis kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with Ken Ludwig's comedy Moon Over Buffalo presented by Eclectic Full Contact Theatre July 9 - August 16, 2015.

Men under the age of 25 are hardly the demographic for attending Broadway musicals, let alone writing one, but Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner did just that when their musical Glory Days ran on Broadway in May 2008.

Shots in the Dark Independent Theatre Company presents BEAUTIFUL CUL DE SAC.  Performances are June 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 8:00pm, and June 28 at 2:00pm at UAHS Little Theater, 1650 Ridgeview Rd., Upper Arlington, OH. 43221.  

Shayzon Prince is the Vice President of the local Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) in the small town of Locust Grove, Georgia. As a helicopter mom and a no nonsense businesswoman, she still manages to devote time to fundraising for her children's school.

Countess Aurelie and her fellow madwomen are back to save Chaillot, Paris and the world in a stylishly realized theatrical tour-de-force. As directed by Christopher Henley, WSC Avant Bard's THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT is a feast for the eyes and ears. The production, in an exciting and vibrant translation by Laurence Senelick, also feeds the soul as a reminder of how precious our fragile earth really is and how important it is for someone, anyone, to take a stand to protect it. This MADWOMAN is also brilliantly acted from the members of the quirky ensemble to the queen bee herself, Countess Aurelie, effortlessly brought to life by Avant Bard company member Cam Magee.

Another impressive remix by Todrick Hall!

Artists Lounge Live presents Heidi Kettenring, who appeared as Nessarose in Broadway in Chicago's WICKED, in SOMETHING WONDERFUL tonight, June 11, 2015 at 7:30pm at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St, Arlington Heights.

Synetic Theater will open their 2015/16 Season with Alice in Wonderland, a new adaptation penned by Lloyd Rose for the Women's Voices Theatre Festival of Washington, D.C. The production will be directed and choreographed by visionary Synetic co-founders Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, respectively.

NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP yesterday joined Staten Island Deputy Borough President Ed Burke, former Borough President James Molinaro, Jarred Moller, President of the Arlington Civic Association Jean Crisson, and community members to cut the ribbon on the new Faber Skate Park in Staten Island.

The traditional golf course layout will not apply to the eight teams competing in Altered Course Montego Bay, Golf Channel's new reality competition series premiering Monday, June 15 at 9 p.m. ET. The series will require teams to navigate re-imagined golf holes in excess of 700 yards all the while traversing natural obstacles they encounter along the way.