By Barry Reszel It was called a “stale bag of candy” in a New York Times review of its 2006 off-Broadway run. And this research only came to light following an opening night at Metropolis that, despite some terrific talent, left this reviewer wondering why any artistic director today would choose to stage Shout! The
Metropolis’s ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’ shows audiences “what a little moonlight can do”
By Cori Lang Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, a biographical account, musical celebration, and emotional retelling of famed jazz singer Billie Holiday’s life, is a must-see at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre this season. Stepping into Metropolis’s Brick in the Spotlight Theater, the audience is immediately transported into the intimate Emerson’s Bar and Grill.
Metropolis’s “My Way” is a comfortable jaunt down Memory Lane
By Quinn Rigg The world is in a rampant state of flux and unrest as this country struggles to reopen in a safe and equitable manner. The globe warms by degrees; leaders bicker over maintaining a broken status quo; and a pandemic still looms large over promises of stability and normalcy. With decades worth of
Suddenly Metropolis is standing before us, open for in-person ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
By Barry Reszel On about the twenty-third day of the month of February early in the year just before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places. Cue the doo-woppers.
