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31st Annual Season of The Nutcracker
December 7, 2019 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Adult advance $28 ($31 door), Child/Student/Senior advance $24 ($27 door), group discounts available.
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre has been presenting the full-length traditional staging of The Nutcracker since 1989. Year after year audiences are enchanted by MBT’s performances, which feature student and professional dancers, fabulous costumes, and beautiful scenery including a Christmas tree that seemingly grows forever, magical dancing dolls, marching toy soldiers, giant mice, a dazzling blizzard with dancing snowflakes and a land of luscious sweets. Metropolitan Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker is a fun family tradition that will lift your spirits this holiday season! (MBT’s shorter-length The Nutcracker Suite will be performed Dec 7-8 & 14-15 each day at 10am. Tickets are sold separately. Sensory-friendly performance Dec 8, 10am.) Attention Girl Scouts! Earn your Nutcracker Patch by attending one of our special “Chats” for Girl Scouts and other students after the 1pm performance on December 8 and the 5pm performance on December 14. Stay in your seats after the performance for our “Patch Chat”! MBT Commemorative Nutcracker patches (3.5″ round patches) are available for $3 at the gift table in the lobby or in advance by calling 301-762-1757. -All tickets are general admission. -The lobby opens one hour prior to performance time.
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