The Nutcracker is a time honored Christmas tradition. I used to go with my family at the Pikes Peak Center and a few years back Jim and I attended the Lincoln Center spectacle but were reprehensibly tardy we and missed the first part. Tighter budgeting doesn't allows us to return this year to see all we missed, but that shouldn't stop you!
From the glittering costumes, grand sets, and all the little girls dressed in their absolute best with Grandmas in tow, there really is no comparable holiday event. Even greater is that the Tchaikovsky ballet is pretty much performed everywhere across this country; almost everyone has a story about themselves or a friend who played a mouse in their local production.
NYC Ballet's production at Lincoln Center runs until January 3rd, but if you can't get to the theater, check out the Ovation network which is currently airing “Battle of the Nutcrackers: Grudge Match”, an entire month devoted to the best performances including Bolshoi Ballet, Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!, and Mark Morris's Hard Nut. The Viewers' Choice will be aired on Christmas Eve at 8pm and a Christmas Day marathon featuring all six Nutcrackers back to back will kick off at 8 in the morning.
But what do you think?