How to Buy Tickets to New York’s Most Iconic Holiday Performance —  ‘George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker’ Ballet — Online

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re just as excited as we are about the approach of the most wonderful time of the year, chances are you’ve already started populating your late-fall and winter calendar. It’s common knowledge by now, too, that no winter season is complete without attending a performance of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” put on by the New York City Ballet every year. In 2024, the iconic dance company celebrated 70 years of “The Nutcracker,” but it shows no signs of stopping its annual odes to Balanchine’s magical choreography set to a soundtrack by Tchaikovsky. While we realize not everyone lives in New York, this is an occasion that truly merits a trip to the big city. Staged at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, the show draws in close to 100,000 attendees yearly, which really comes as no surprise, seeing as how the ballet’s classic plot (of Clara’s nutcracker doll coming to life, defeating the Mouse King, becoming a prince, and venturing with the little girl through the Land of Sweets, where they meet the beloved Sugar Plum Fairy) holds a special

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