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Museums Music & Theater

Getting to Know…Once Upon a Mattress

November 09, 2017 - November 09, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

111 W. Campbell St.

Arlington Heights, IL 60005

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Description

A clever spin on the Princess and the Pea fairytale, this musical is brimming with memorable songs and loads of humor. Queen Aggravain will allow no one in the kingdom to marry until her son Prince Dauntless is wed. Desperate to marry his own love, Sir Harry ventures out to find a true princess that the Queen will approve of. Harry finds an unlikely candidate in swamp princess Winnifred, but can Winnifred pass the Queen’s impossible test? Recommended for families with kids 3-8.

Event Cost: $14, $10 kids 12 and under.

Event Times: 6 p.m. Nov. 9-10; 1 p.m. Nov. 11

Additional Information

Age recommendation: Preschool

Neighborhood: North/Northwest Suburbs

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