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The mysterious Great Impresario, the man who has designed and created the World’s Fair, brings the magic of the season to life. The Joffrey’s beloved version of The Nutcracker takes inspiration from Chicago's 1893 World's Fair, one of the city’s great historical attractions of the late 19th century.
Ballet Chicago presents The Nutcracker as part of our 30th anniversary! Tickets are now on sale to both engagements of Ballet Chicago’s The Nutcracker at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance and the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture.
The Joffrey ingeniously marries tradition with the unique charm of Chicago, giving us a Nutcracker that's clever, enchanting and all our very own! The Nutcracker runs now through Dec. 27 at the Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Upper Wacker Drive.
Ballet Chicago's “The Nutcracker” takes us on an unforgettable journey with young Marie as she travels from her home on Christmas Eve. She ventures to the Kingdom of Snow and the Land of the Sweets, featuring George Balanchine’s Sugar Plum Fairy Pas De Deux. It is a time to relive cherished memories of childhood.
At the stroke of midnight on a snowy Christmas Eve when the lines between fantasy and reality blur together, Marie sets out on an unforgettable journey through Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, a marvel of sights, sounds, and enchantment.
Children’s author Brian Selznick’s libretto overlaps E.T.A Hoffmann’s tale about a young girl who falls asleep and enters a magical kingdom of candy and fairies with Chicago’s 1893...
The Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Experience magic this holiday season with two-time Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Nutcracker’. On a magical Christmas Eve, mere months before the opening of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, Marie and her mother, a sculptress creating the fair’s iconic Statue of the Republic ...
The Nutcracker. Wednesday November 8 2023. Buy ticket. Time Out says. Having retired cofounder Robert Joffrey's production of The Nutcracker after nearly 30 years, the Joffrey Ballet...
50 East Congress Parkway Chicago. Robert Joffrey’s uniquely American production of The Nutcracker, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s early 19th century German tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," premiered in 1987, and has become a Chicago holiday favorite since its first performance here in 1996.
The Joffrey Ballet's "The Nutcracker" is a must-see tradition boldly reimagined for a new generation. December 3-27, 2022. Christopher Wheeldon’s reimagined classic follows young Marie and the Nutcracker Prince on a Christmas Eve journey through the 1893 World’s Fair, a dazzling spectacle of sights, sounds, and enchantment.