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Enjoy classic rock music of the 60’s with Marrakesh Express – a Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young experience at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre January 15, 2022. There are hundreds, if not thousands of tribute bands performing the music of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, and other monsters of rock. But Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young? Next to none.

The phrase “No one is irreplaceable” was shattered this past week when composer/lyricist/GOD of American musical theatre Stephen Sondheim passed away at age 91. Simply put, Sondheim was unique, groundbreaking and a true original that many tried to copy and never could.

Center Theatre Group has launched the CTG Leadership Circle, a program intended to uplift, celebrate and support early- and mid- career staff members at Los Angeles’ largest theatre company. The focus of CTG Leadership Circle is on employees who identify as BIPOC, as well as individuals from intersectional and marginalized identities.

Dallas Theater Center's (DTC) newest production, The Supreme Leader, celebrates its Texas Christian University (TCU) cast with a special night! The show stars TCU alumni Oscar Seung and Garrett Weir, with fellow graduate Ashlie Whitworth as an understudy. To celebrate, DTC hosted a TCU night on November 19 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater

Dallas Theater Center's newest production, The Supreme Leader, celebrates its Texas Christian University cast with a special night! The show stars TCU alumni Oscar Seung and Garrett Weir, with fellow graduate Ashlie Whitworth as an understudy. To celebrate, DTC is hosting a TCU night on November 19 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater!

Theatre Arlington's 49th season will offer great musicals, family-friendly children's programming, prize-winning dramas, hysterical comedies and the return of a favorite holiday show – all on the brand-new, state-of-the-art Arlington Tomorrow Foundation Theatre stage. Debuting in the newly renovated lobby, Theatre Arlington's Club Series will feature the return of Club Cabaret along with the new Comedy Club and Play Reading Club.

Students and faculty of Metropolis School of the Performing Arts entertain audiences with HAPPY HOLIDAYS: Seasonal Favorites at Metropolis December 12, 2021.

Chicago's legendary sketch comedy theatre The Second City presents the perfect addition to your holiday season: It's a Wild, Wacky Wonderful Life at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre December 18-31, 2021.

The comedy chaos continues in this critically acclaimed sequel to author Steve Solomon's original, three-time award-winning hit, 'My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy.'  

Vicki Quade's interactive holiday hit Christmas Bingo: It's a Ho- Ho-Holy Night returns to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre December 20, 2021.

It’s been too long since I wrote the following sentence. Signature Theatre is back with a perfect evening (or matinee) of theatre going!! The top DMV theatre company known for producing reimagined versions of musicals and cutting-edge plays is back and stronger than ever with a new production of Jonathan Larson’s masterwork Rent.

The Opera Orlando ENCORE! series returns for the 2021-22 season with the co-stream of the new song cycle Unknown available Thursday, November 11, through Thursday, November 18. Commissioned by UrbanArias, this original dramatic work honors the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery, happening this Veteran's Day, November 11. 

Allan Dines, noted Boston photographer, has just released a new book, “Front Row Center: How I Met Everyone,” and is celebrating with a night of storytelling at the Regent Theatre in Arlington.

Elgin-based Salsa-Latin Jazz band makes their Metropolis debut with Projecto 7 in Concert December 15, 2021.

The Peppermint Patties return to the stage with a 90-minute lineup of holiday favorites and classic close-harmony hits made famous by The Andrews Sisters, Chordettes, Lennon Sisters, and more.

Celebrate the King of Rock ‘n Roll with internationally acclaimed touring star Brandon Bennett (Chicago’s Million Dollar Quartet). Magnetic, authentic, and radiating southern charm, Bennett is the winner of Graceland’s prestigious “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist” competition.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents the family-friendly, holiday classic A Christmas Carol December 2-24, 2021.

All these questions and more are explored in this fresh adaptation of Aesop's Fables, dually inspired by the classic morals of these stories and the troupe of student actors who will bring them to life. The 2021-22 Season “Reignite, Reimagine!” continues with the return of Creative Cauldron's beloved Learning Theater production and Aesop's Fables, written and directed by Laura Connors Hull, with original music by Matt Conner.

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) proudly presents the world premiere of The Supreme Leader. The new comedy by Don X. Nguyen begins performances on October 28 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Popular Chicago vocal group The Lakeside Singers return to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre with their updated annual concert It's a Wonderful Feeling December 6, 2021.