43 Years Of The Southern California Family Favorite

The Long Beach Ballet returns to the Long Beach Terrace Center in 2025 with its highly anticipated production of The Nutcracker! Now in its 43rd year, Southern California's family favorite is full of the joy and wonder of the classic Christmas tale in this spectacular, grand-scale production from David Wilcox

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.