Moscow Festival Ballet to Bring SLEEPING BEAUTY to The Hanover Theatre

Witness an enchanting production of Sleeping Beauty when Music Worcester and Moscow Festival Ballet brings the classic Tchaikovsky ballet to The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Friday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now to theatre members and go on sale to the public Tuesday, September 5 at 10 a.m.

An enthralling presentation with a grandiose theatrical stage, Sleeping Beauty is a crowning jewel of Marius Petipa's career, and is often considered the finest achievement of classical ballet. Sergei Radchenko's troupe brings together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in the structure of Russian classic ballet.

Music Worcester presents ballet performances annually in the springtime. Previous performances by The Moscow Festival Ballet and the Russian National Ballet Theatre have included Cinderella (2017), Swan Lake (2016), and Giselle (2015).

Tickets to Moscow Festival Ballet's Sleeping Beauty start at $41. Discounts are available to members of The Hanover Theatre and groups of 10 or more. All child and student tickets are just $25. Tickets are available online at TheHanoverTheatre.org, by phone at 877.571.SHOW (7469) or at The Hanover Theatre box office located at 2 Southbridge Street in downtown Worcester.

The Hanover Theatre continues to draw over 197,000 patrons annually with world-class performances and headlining acts including Broadway hits ("Les Misérables," "Kinky Boots"), comedians (Dave Chappelle, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld), musical acts (Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Tony Bennett) and everything in between ("A Christmas Carol," Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Alton Brown, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson). POLLSTAR consistently ranks The Hanover Theatre as one of the Top Theatres in the World. After nine seasons, the award-winning, historic theatre continues to establish its place as a world-class performing arts venue, acting as a catalyst for the economic development of downtown Worcester. The Hanover Theatre's recently acquired 551 Main Street houses new function space, offices, rental space for a restaurant on the ground floor and The Hanover Theatre Conservatory for the Performing Arts on the lower level.

Worcester Center for Performing Arts, a registered not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, owns and operates The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts and Conservatory. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.