This year marks the 51st anniversary of New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker, making it the longest running original professional production in the state. The production debuted in Millburn in 1971 with international star of New York City Ballet Edward Villella as the Cavalier. Since then, the company has given approximately 800 performances in theatres throughout New Jersey, with more than 5,000 dancers and children, and over a million viewers. Many in the audience who saw the production as children now bring their own children and grandchildren to see this cherished holiday tradition. New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker at MPAC will feature the New Jersey Symphony under the baton of John Yaffe. When the curtain rises, audiences in Morristown can expect the eye-popping special effects, brilliant dancing, glorious costumes, and the magic and pantomime that has inspired critics to call it “A spectacle that never seems to age…magic that should go on and on,” and “One of the best…as good as it gets.”
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The Wolves
Old Library Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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Randall Goosby Returns
State Theatre New Jersey (1/8 - 1/8) | |
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Something Rotten! Jr.
Fresh Theatre Arts (1/10 - 1/11) | |
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Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique
Richardson Auditorium (6/5 - 6/5) | |
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Mozart's Requiem
State Theatre New Jersey (4/19 - 4/19) | |
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Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique
Count Basie Center for the Arts (6/6 - 6/6) | |
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/27 - 2/27) | |
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Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert
State Theatre New Jersey (12/31 - 12/31) | |
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