Last year The Boston Globe called Boston Ballet's The Nutcracker, "a sugar rush into the holiday season." This magical journey through an enchanted winter wonderland is back, featuring the Boston Ballet company along with more than 250 children from Boston Ballet School, and live performance of the cherished Tchaikovsky score by the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Learn more...
From the Top Live: NPR Concert Taping Features Gifted Young Musicians
Jordan Hall (Boston, MA)
From the Top, the popular showcase for America's best young classical musicians, tapes its NPR radio show before a live audience at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O'Riley, come see why audiences across the country have been swept away by the music and stories of From the Top's talented teen and pre-teen performers. See below for performer details. Learn more...
Reagle Player's Holiday Tradition It's ChristmasTime with Broadway's Sarah Pfisterer
Robinson Theatre (Waltham, MA)
The Reagle Players 27th edition of the holiday tradition It's ChristmasTime, a show with a great heart, charming visual appeal and exacting production values that stars Broadway's Sarah Pfisterer (The Phantom of the Opera) and features all your Christmas favorites, including a Radio City Music Hall-style "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," "Teddy Bears' Nutcracker," and "The Living Nativity." Learn more...
A Family Holiday Pops with the Boston Civic Symphony
Regis College Fine Arts Center (Weston, MA)
The Boston Civic Symphony presents their annual holiday pops concert. Conductor Max Hobart will lead the orchestra in a performance of "The Snowman," with Leslie Holmes, narrator, and Ryan Williams, soprano. There will be music from How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas, plus holiday favorites, a singalong, children conducting the orchestra and a visit from Santa himself. Learn more...