Season 20: Class

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Now in its Twentieth 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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20th Season ~ Class


The 20th Season: Class Founded in defiance of aristocratic hierarchy and church hegemony, the American experiment could be naively assumed to be a classless society. But be it by terms of property, education, wealth, race or "being born a Virginian", American society has never been free of its own caste system. The season to come will grapple with this beguiling and tricky issue in the land of the free and home of opportunity, from turn-of-the-century arrogance in the East to post-war racism in the South to high and low society in the West. Calendar - Click Here!
Fall 2011

From Rags to Riches by Charles A. Taylor September 17 -October 16	From Rags to Riches, written by "The Master of Melodrama" Charles A. Taylor, premiered in New York in 1903 and was quickly travelling the country. From the Bowery to the Waldorf, to opium den to opera, the plot runs rampant through early turn of the century New York following kidnapping, extortion, and righteous deliverance from troubles. The definition of melodrama!

The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson November 12 -December 11	More details to come about our second show of the season.

Family Fare 1: Adventure Theater! December 3-11 For Families and Children	They're back! Adventure Theater! is an interactive, theatrical experience designed for family audiences, and especially for children age 5 – 13. The audience is an intrinsic part of the show. Led by the improvisers, they invent the plot, provide the sound effects, become the scenery, and play important characters – including the Hero!

Its a Wonderful Life December 18	Our annual Act Along Christmas special returns! Come down, get your part, and act out this holiday classic. Of course, you are welcome to simply watch, but where's the fun in that?

January 2012 - Living Literature

Horatio Alger Festival January 16-29	In January, Metropolitan celebrates our literary heritage with a festival of new works by many companies, all inspired by the life and writings of Horatio Alger, the novelist who defined the term "rags to riches." For information on submitting to the Living Literature Festival, click here.
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Spring 2012

Family Fare 2: The Festival of the Vegetables VI By: Michael and Rachael Kosch February 4-19	Metropolitan's popular family fare returns in February! Set in a huge supermarket where a toddler nods off to sleep and dreams dreams of bravery and bounciness in Brussels (sprouts), the show is a music-dance-theater piece featuring a series of witty poems set to music and dances that reveal the secret life of vegetables. Our props are crops!

Deep are the Roots March 3- April 1	From 1946, a cry for justice. Brett Charles, a decorated officer, returns to his childhood home from WW II transformed by his sacrifice, but that home is not ready to catch up. Charles is the African-American son of a housekeeper, returning to the Deep Southern mansion where he was raised: that of long-time US Senator Ellsworth Langdon. An honorable soldier's new ambitions, the early whispers of Civil Rights reform, and the blossoming of love in a most unexpected quarter are the sparks in a tinderbox just waiting to take fire.

Mainstage 4 April 21-May 20	More details to come about our fourth mainstage of the season.

Family Fare 3: A Playdate with Ivan May 5-20	Sing and dance along with Ivan Ulz, author of The Fire Truck song!
East Village Theater Festival June 11-30	The 3rd annual celebration of the life and lore of the East Village, including new Alphabet City Monologues, new East Village Chronicle plays, plus panel discussions, art exhibitions and more.
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Schedule subject to change. Metropolitan reserves the right to substitute alternate productions and to change performance dates as needed for any scheduled programs.
Buy Tickets Online Now in its Twentieth 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.