The Metropolitan
Theatre
“West Virginia’s Most Beautiful Playhouse”
The Metropolitan Theatre
Events
The public is invited to a free screening of “Recovery Boys,” the latest documentary film from Academy Award-nominated director Elaine McMillion Sheldon (“Heroin(e)”). Metropolitan Theater in Morgantown Friday, Sept. 21 …
The Metropolitan Theatre will be participating in this year’s Arts Walk on Friday, Sept. 28 in downtown Morgantown. Stop by from 6-9 p.m. and take a behind the scenes tour …
Come see the WVU School of Theatre and Dance perform The Diary of Anne Frank. Newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank and survivor accounts are interwoven to …
MOTO 10 The Movie is coming to the Metropolitan Theatre October 5th! Come be the first to see MOTO 10 and its ground breaking footage. A film that rewrites the moto …
The Metropolitan Theatre welcomes the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band on Friday, November 9 at 8:00 p.m. Don’t miss this multi-platinum recording artist. Tickets go on sale August 24 at the …
About The Met
“West Virginia’s most beautiful Playhouse”
About The Met
Parking
Paid parking is available in both municipal lots and parking garages. Limited on-street parking is available throughout downtown Morgantown. More information is available from the Morgantown Parking Authority.
History
On July 24, 1924 when the Met opened its doors, it was billed as “West Virginia’s most beautiful playhouse”. Opening night featured “Seven Acts of Vaudeville”, and for the next seven decades it remained the focus of Morgantown’s cultural life and enormously enriched the community. A long impressive playbill testifies to the vast number of artists and actors who have appeared on the stage such as Vaudeville; the traveling road shows of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Helen Hayes, and many others. Additionally, West Virginia University drama productions, dance recitals, graduation ceremonies and a host of other community activities testify to the importance this theatre played in everyday community life.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the Metropolitan Theatre is a contributing structure in the Downtown Morgantown Historic District, and is one of the better surviving examples of neoclassical revival architecture in the region.
The Met is owned and managed by the City of Morgantown and day-to-day operation overseen by the City Managers office. The Metropolitan Theatre Commission is a volunteer board that advises the City Managers office in operations, maintenance and theatre upgrades and programming. Annually since the Met reopened in 2003 35,000 patrons pass through he doors enjoying, presentations, pageants, plays, and concerts. WVU, the Monongalia Board of Education, Morgantown’s dance companies and theater companies as well as local, regional and national acts grace the stage.
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