40 Years Of The Southern California Family Favorite

The Long Beach Ballet returns to the Long Beach Terrace Center in 2024 with its highly anticipated production of The Nutcracker! Southern California family favorite for 40 years, discover the joy and wonder of this classic Christmas tale in this spectacular, grand-scale production from David Wilcox. Will full orchestral accompaniment from Long Beach Ballet Orchestra!

What Is The Story?

One snowy Christmas Eve, at a great townhouse where a party is in full swing, local magician Herr Drosselmeyer with gifts for the children, including a wooden nutcracker for Clara, the oldest child. When the clock strikes twelve an adventure begins and the Nutcracker comes to life, leading our heroine Clara into a war between mice and tin soldiers, and into the enchanted Land of Sweets where a festival awaits them.