Season 21: The American Dream

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Now in its Twenty First Season, Metropolitan Playhouse is devoted to the exploring and enriching America's theatrical legacy and the discovery of that tradition's place in world theater. Metropolitan focuses on three types of production: forgotten American masterpieces like past seasons' Metamora, The City, Fashion, Sun-Up, The Faith Healer, The Woman, The Easiest Way, Whatever Happened to Jones, One Third of a Nation, and The Streets of New York; new plays based on America's history and literature, such as the East Village Chronicles, Salem, The O. Henry Conspiracy, Washington Irving's Sketchbook, and History Lessons; and works from around the world that put these American works in context, such as Arden of Faversham, Bacchus, Oedipus Rex and Dom Juan.



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21st Season ~ The American Dream
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~ Fall 2012 ~

Both Your Houses *by Maxwell Anderson* *September 22 - October 21*	When a freshman representative from Nevada joins the House Appropriations committee, he is shocked to find business as usual depends on backscratching, graft, and plain thievery. His solution: freight a vital bill with so much pork it will sink under the load and expose the whole corrupt system. But the DC novice is not ready for consequences he invites. This fast-paced political satire was a West Wing of the 1930's and hits just as close to home in this election year.

The Boss by Edward Shelton *November 17 - December 16*	In 1911, a bare-knuckles robber-baron has taken over the grain industry in a Great Lakes city, squeezing out all competition, crushing his workers, and turning a once proud city into his own fiefdom. A youthful idealist organizes a strike to fight back, and the Boss threatens to bankrupt the entire town. Perhaps the only real hope lies in the unlikeliest place: the heart of a ruthless man who has also fallen in love. One-half melodrama, one-half social protest, The Boss is a confrontation of corporate power, individual generosity, community values, and even a newly globalizing economy--all from 100 years ago.

~ January 2013 ~

Founders Festival *January 14 - January 27*	28 performances over two weeks of new plays by various artists and companies, all inspired by the writing of the founding fathers and mothers of the US. Drawn from sources as diverse as George Washington, Ben Franklin, Abigail Adams, Aaron Burr, Dolley Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Phillis Wheatley, these new plays and musicals comprise the 8th annual Living Literature Festival of new theater drawn from great writers and thinkers in the American estate.

~ Spring 2013 ~

The Detour by Owen Davis *March 2 - March 24*	From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Icebound, a story of dreams chased, abandoned, renewed. In a 1922 agrarian backwater, Helen Hardy dreams of glory--not for herself, but for her promising young artist daughter. Helen's husband dreams of buying more land, while Kate's would be fiancé dreams of getting out of the dirt and in on the ground floor of the automobile craze. But what, exactly does Kate dream for herself? In this stirring and simple tale, The Detour plumbs deeply cherished American visions of prosperity: a better life for our children, a growing homestead, a thriving modern business. In this case, romances of the past bear a heavily mortgaged future, but in its conflicted and truthful way, the play celebrates the extraordinary ambitions of ordinary people.

4th Annual East Side Stories April 15 - May 5	4 evenings of ALL NEW one-act plays inspired by the life and lore of the Lower East Side Pioneers 4 one-act plays about new arrivals and trail blazers Visionaries 3 new profiles of far-seeing neighbors based on interviews with East Village residents Game Changers 4 one-act plays about making new rules Healers 3 profiles of neighbors making the village a little better place

The Henrietta by Bronson Howard Previews start: June 1, 2013 Opening Night: June 8 Closing Night: June 30

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Buy Tickets Online Now in its Twenty First Season, Metropolitan Playhouse is devoted to the exploring and enriching America's theatrical legacy and the discovery of that tradition's place in world theater. Metropolitan focuses on three types of production: forgotten American masterpieces like past seasons' Metamora, The City, Fashion, Sun-Up, The Faith Healer, The Woman, The Easiest Way, Whatever Happened to Jones, One Third of a Nation, and The Streets of New York; new plays based on America's history and literature, such as the East Village Chronicles, Salem, The O. Henry Conspiracy, Washington Irving's Sketchbook, and History Lessons; and works from around the world that put these American works in context, such as Arden of Faversham, Bacchus, Oedipus Rex and Dom Juan.