Preschoolers are particularly welcome at the NYC Theatre’s The Nutcracker, created for children ages 3 to 13. It is an ideal “starter ballet.” It is also the city’s only hour-long, professionally dancedversion. There are just 12 performances of this time-honored classic at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street (between Madison & Park avenues) on:
Sat & Sun, December 11& 12 @ 11:00 am, 1:00 & 3:30 pm
Sat & Sun, December 18 & 19 @ 11:00 am, 1:00 & 3:30 pm
Tickets are $35 for children and $40 for adults (plus a $1 per ticket facility fee) and can be purchased at www.nytb.org or Ticketmaster (800-982-2787) or the box office (212-355-6160).
The ballet’s one-hour length makes Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker the perfect show for families with small children to enjoy on a December weekend in Manhattan. The theater is a short walk from the city’s finest holiday shopping, the Rockefeller Center and the magnificent window displays. Florence Gould Hall is an intimate venue that seats fewer than 400, which ensures good seats for everyone.
New York Theatre Ballet is known for its “pint-sized” ballets that are perfect for young children’s short attention spans, while
entertaining the entire family with style and substance. NYTB tours nationally and is the most widely seen chamber ballet company in the United States.
Bright new costumes were designed by Metropolitan Opera’s Resident Costume Designer Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan and colorful sets, based on the English Toy Theatre of the early 19th Century, were created by Gillian Bradshaw-Smith.
The Nutcracker is the first ballet in New York Theatre Ballet’s Once Upon A Ballet series, which continues with Cinderella (Feb 12 & 13), Exquisite Little Ballets (Apr 24 & 25), and Sleeping Beauty (May 14 & 15). A subscription to all four Once Upon A Ballet performances is $112 per child; $140 per adult & a subscription to any three ballets is $87 per child; $108 per adult.
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Disclosure: These tickets were provided to me for this review, but no opinion was expected of me. I will also be attending a performance of The Nutcracker at no cost.
I remember seeing the Nutcracker with my mom when I was about 10 years old.
I have seen two productions by a children’s Westchester ballet co. with my class in the last coule of years.
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We took our daughter to a NYTB Once Upon a Ballet show last year and LOVED it! Would be thrilled to win this b/c I’ve never seen the Nutcracker and neither has my daughter (although she’s only 2 1/2 so she has an excuse). Fingers crossed!!!
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Can you believe I have NEVER seen The Nutcracker?! I think that amounts to child abuse by my parents. Or maybe just a lack of culture. Which I’m turning to you to fix.
hmm…haven’t seen the Nutcracker yet in a theater
I follow your twitter and facebook. I remember seeing the nutcracker as a child and as an adult with my mom and it being such a special magical moment for the holidays
Would love to have same experience with my daughter! Thanks
I remember being in a school performance of the Nutcracker when I was 8. I was a Russian Dancer. I adored the music and all the characters and costumes. I introduced my kids to the story last year during the holidays through children’s book versions. I had no idea that the New York Theatre Ballet did this family friendly performance, it sounds magical! I’d love to make it a family holiday tradition!!
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My daughter just turned 4. She has expressed such interest in the Nutcracker since she watched an old video I had of it! She hums the music and tries to imitate the dancers! I know she would LOVE to see the Nutcracker Live and I would love to take her to see it, too!
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great info. I have not taken the kids to the nutcracker yet. Following you on Twitter
I remember seeing “The Nutcracker” when I was 8 years old. I travelled on a yellow school bus from Jersey City to NYC with my dancing school class. It was stunning and magical. I was in awe. I wanted to be Clara. The performance was dazzling.
I now share this great story with my 8 year old son. He is still intrigued by The Rat King and the Nutcracker. We have been reading it every Christmastime since he was five. He believes in the magic! I would like to take him on his first journey to NYC and give him a wonderful memory.
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I love the Nutcracker. It means the holidays are really here. When I was little I wanted to be a SugarPlum fairy. It’s just magical! I’ve seen many performances over the year and love sharing them now with my little girls. I follow you everywhere (but not in a creepy stalker way! Lol! )
Isn’t this one of your most vivid Childhood Christmas memories? I can remember lying in bed dreaming about the mouse king and all the amazing costumes, humming the tune after seeing it at the Miami city ballet as a child. A few years later I was given a music box that plays that same iconic tune. Its not the holidays until I take it out of the box and play it to this day. Brings me right back. I am excited to share this now with my son
The past few years since my child was old enough to sit through a show, we had planned to take her to see the Nutcracker, but never got the chance to actually go. We hope this year, we can go see it. I am already a fan of your Facebook page and follower on Twitter.
Thank you SO much! I cannot wait to take Emily to see the Nutcracker!!