Season 27: Perseverance



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27th Season ~ Perseverance 4 Mainstage Plays ~ 1 New Work Series ~ Concerts and Special Events
Metropolitan is the Obie Award winning theater "helping us see, theatrically, where we’ve been and where we are." We devote the 27th Season to plays about pressing on. Buy a season pass to all performances, with phone reservations, choice of seating, and discounts for guests...
You and I by Philip Barry September 7 - October 7, 2018	Matey White lives an enviable, secure, conventional life with his wife Nancy and their two children. Yet, at 43, he is haunted by dreams of an artistic career that he forswore at 20. Spurred by an old friend's fame and encouraged by Nancy, Matey leaves business and picks up a paintbrush. But when they see their gifted son give up his own ambitions just as a turn in the markets squeezes the family's resources, the Whites face decisions they thought they'd put behind them—this time, without the naïve confidence of youth. You and I is witty and hopeful, with just enough irony to make it the first Broadway hit by the author of The Philadelphia Story and Holiday. "YOU AND I" is produced by special arrangement with Samuel, French, Inc.
Shadow of Heroes by Robert Ardrey November 9 - December 9, 2018	In documentary theater style, Shadow of Heroes follows the intertwined lives of three people from the liberation of Hungary from the Nazis in 1945 to its invasion by the Soviet army in 1956. A story of devoted friends and lovers fighting for their ideals in the face of political opportunism, temptation, and betrayal, the 1958 play is a chilling insight into the fragility of decency and conviction in the face of authoritarian power.
Uhuru Quartet Women Composers Concert December 10, 2018	The groundbreaking string quartet plays a debut concert at Metropolitan, entirely devoted to women composers.
Yibin Li and Christophe Giovaninetti from the French American Ensemble December 20 and 21, 2018	Celebrated violinists play duets from Bach, Gliere, and Prokofiev.
It's A Wonderful Life December 16, 2018	The annual participatory reading of Frank Capra's sentimental classic. Everyone takes a role; the more, the Mary-er.
Golden Williams Duo Contrasts January 9, 2019	Diana Golden, Cello, and Gregory K. Williams, Viola, present a program of 20th and 21st century composers
Linda Means to Wait written and performed by Linda Kuriloff January 10 - 13, 2019	A journey from South Africa to Chicago, from girlhood to womanhood, by an inspired actress and teacher, last seen on Metropolitan's stage in On Strivers Row.
State of the Union by Howard Lindsey and Russell Crouse February 8 - March 10, 2019	The Party insiders have the perfect candidate to take back the Presidency: a straight-talking, celebrated businessman who promises to revive Washington with a breath of fresh air. A couple little matters need to be cleared up--the extramarital affairs, the political naïveté--but soon enough he's on his way to the nomination. What they don't count on in his having a mind of his own...and a moral fiber that grows stronger and stronger the deeper he gets in the swamp. An inspiring and cautionary comedy for our time-- all the more because it is surely not of our time! State of the Union is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
The Poor of New York by Dion Boucicault April 19 - May 19, 2019	A financial crash, a government shut-down, and a banker grows rich off another man's fortune, while that man's family sinks deeper and deeper into debt. Their lives are all intertwined with a young aristocrat, an immigrant family, and a whimsical, opportunistic thief, all struggling with newfound poverty. But in the melodramatic universe, deliverance comes from unexpected places.
East Side Stories Back Again May 30 - June 16, 2019	All new works celebrating the life and lore of the ever-changing East. Back again, after a year's sabbatical.
Schedule subject to change. Metropolitan reserves the right to substitute alternate productions and to change performance dates as needed for any scheduled programs.