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It's Christmastime in the city and with all of the holiday hustle and bustle comes a whole bunch of yuletide cheer at the theater! Check out a complete list of where you can find holiday entertainment in New York City in 2025!

Pasadena Dance Theatre will debut a refreshed staging of The Nutcracker featuring choreography by Jessamyn Vedro and direction by Ashleigh Doede. Performances run December 20–21 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.

Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet will welcome Annia Hidalgo and Cristian Laverde König as guest artists for its 2025 production of The Nutcracker. The performances will take place December 13–14 at the Riverview Theatre.

Arrow Street Arts will host the Big Easy Holiday Bash, featuring Delfeayo Marsalis and Uptown Jazz Orchestra, for three performances this December. The program will include holiday standards, New Orleans R&B, and Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite.

Los Angeles Ballet has announced its 20th anniversary 2025–2026 season, marking a major milestone for the city’s longest-operating professional classical ballet company.

New York City Ballet will present its 2025–26 season of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at the David H. Koch Theater, beginning November 28. The production will feature the full NYCB company, students from the School of American Ballet, and Balanchine’s classic choreography set to Tchaikovsky’s score.

The Capital Region's holiday season will feature two beloved traditions returning to Proctors Collaborative stages this December: the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra's “Poinsettia Pops” and The Nutcracker.

The National Ballet of Canada will celebrate the 30th anniversary of James Kudelka’s acclaimed production of The Nutcracker, running December 5–31, 2025, at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

Brooklyn Ballet will present its annual production of The Brooklyn Nutcracker at The Theater at City Tech, conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Lynn Parkerson.

New York City Children’s Theater will continue its 29th season with  MY FIRST NUTCRACKER, a holiday classic reimagined for ages 3 to 8 to provide family entertainment in a  50-minute holiday show.

American Repertory Ballet invites audiences to celebrate the season with The Nutcracker—a timeless story filled with magic, beauty, and holiday spirit. Learn more here!

New Ballet and Symphony San Jose will return for the 2025 holiday production of The San Jose Nutcracker, choreographed by New Ballet Founder and Director, Dalia Rawson.

 New York Theatre Ballet’s (NYTB) annual presentation of Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker will light up the stage at Florence Gould Theater for seven shows next month.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe – once again – invites the community to celebrate the holiday season with “Black Nativity – Reimagined,” an inspirational gospel musical originally penned by poet/playwright Langston Hughes.

Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will welcome Mark-David Bloodgood as their Cavalier for the 26th Annual production of The Nutcracker. A beloved classic, The Nutcracker is a magical holiday event.

BalletMet’s The Nutcracker will return to the historic Ohio Theatre from Dec. 11 to 28. The production will have 22 performances, including two My First Nutcracker iterations, and feature more than 180 Academy students and trainees.

The longtime Executive Director of the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton will be retiring in June 2026. This announcement was made recently by Debra J'Anthony, who has been Executive Director of the historic arts venue since 2008. 

The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy is returning for its landmark 16th year to delight audiences December 19-21, at the Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, located at 29 Atheneum Square North in Hartford.

Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) will present Ben Stevenson, O.B.E.’s The Nutcracker, running November 28 through December 28, 2025, in Dallas and Fort Worth.

The Marblehead School of Ballet's (MSB) celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month culminates with a special presentation --“An Afternoon of Dance: In-Studio Performance”.

The Joffrey Ballet will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutcracker this December with 27 performances at the Lyric Opera House (20 N. Upper Wacker Dr.), running December 5–28, 2025.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will present The Nutcracker from December 5–28, 2025, at the Benedum Center. Set in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, Terrence S. Orr’s staging highlights local landmarks, sports traditions, and the city’s history.

Step into Nut/Cracked, The Bang Group's version of The Nutcracker. This family-friendly show - part holiday tradition, part comedy - and complete with jazz, tap, and a cheeky dose of humor, is live on stage at 92NY's Kaufmann Concert Hall.

TDF has announced five additional Broadway shows joining its 14th season of Autism Friendly Performances, including Hell's Kitchen, Just in Time, Buena Vista Social Club, & Juliet, and Hamilton.

This Christmas, the Olivier Award winning theatre company Little Bulb will bring their reimagining of The Nutcracker to the West End. Learn more about the production here!