NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet Tickets

It was a very professional and entertaining performance. Venue was great. If you are looking for a con for the venue.....concessions\alcohol prices were out of line. The was really the only "con"and one can avoid that by not participating in the concessions. Overall, we were very pleased.

This was the most magical night ever to watch my granddaughter perform and to see her so happy

Any show at the TN theater is amazing but there is something magical about the Nutcracker at Christmas time. This performance was beautiful. My daughter and I enjoyed it together. It has been several years since we have been able to attend together and this one was a treat! Bravo!

We enjoyed the show. I hadn't noticed that the music was recorded, not live, when I purchased the tickets (my fault). Besides this, the children seemed to enjoy this production of the Nutcracker. The puppets in the show were an enjoyable feature.

I really got to understand what the Nutcracker story was all about. Very talented performers and great music. This performance was fitting for for the young all the way to the seniors

Good for children, but not top notch dancers. Elements of gymnastics and giant animals in second are great for kids. Overall good intro to a ballet for the unfamiliar.

My wife and I attended this event. It was a bucket list item to see the Nutcracker ballet. We were not disappointed! As my title indicated, it was visually stunning and thoroughly entertaining. It was choreographed beautifully and the dancers performed perfectly. The costumes were amazing So do not pass up an opportunity to see this dance troop, no matter what they're performing.

Costumes and sets were nice. Dancing and choreography were lacking. Very simple steps, floppy feet, and no real standout dancers. The best part is that they give an opportunity for local children to perform in a production. Not really for anyone who knows ballet.

We couldn't see all of the stage. These seats shouldn't be sold for any amount of money. What we could see of the ballet was very good

We enjoyed this ballet very much.. would highly recommend!!

Typical European style performance. Very boring. We left at the intermission because we couldn’t conceive of setting through the remainder of the performance.

Some things I liked better than the Russian Ballet, and some things not as much. But overall very well done and enjoyable.

I was expecting the classic Nutcracker and what we got was a different interpretation. I was disappointed at first and just had to get it in my head that the second act was just a beautiful ballet with wonderful costumes and talented dancers.

First time for this experience. Was much more beautiful than I expected!

My husband and I have never been to anything like this before and will not be doing it again. We almost didn’t find a parking space, then we felt like criminals having to open my purse and hold our hands above our heads to enter building. Then I had to let them have my purse which was scary. We were excited to get end seats until the show started and we missed half the show with people constantly standing in the isle. Even the people sitting next to us complained and they were kids who could stand in their seats to get a better view. No, I love my granddaughter and love seeing her perform, but I will not be going back to this theater.

Magical! Once in a life time experience! The Nutcracker was so nostalgic. The last time I saw the Nutcracker at the beautiful Tennessee Theater was in circa 1992 when I was in 7th grade. Our music teacher was brave enough to give us this amazing experience that made me fall in love. I was so excited to get last minute single seat ticket deals and experience the Christmas magic of the Nutcracker.

Disappointing experience from the sound (pre-recorded) to level of dance expertise - felt a bit like dance recital. Thumbs down, for the price of the ticket I truly expected much better. Worst ballet I have ever seen.

We see the nutcracker every year, and since we move state to state often, we have seen a LOT of productions. While this production had beautiful costuming…everything else was super strange to us. They had an adult playing Clara and Franz, the uncle and Clara had a weirdly choreographed relationship that seemed more romantic than familiar, it seems like they put in the Arabian coffee dance in the first act with the puppets, and they had children in the final act 1 scene which took away from the ballerinas doing the typical choreography. We ended up leaving after the first act and decided it was our least favorite ever. The only saving grace was the beautiful set and costumes.

Enjoyed production very much. Dancers were great but I would have preferred a live orchestra.

Love the TN Theatre but I have never been to a show where so many people were seated 10-15 mins late (for both acts). Further, the show was a bit different than last year: Clara was older; they seemed to have skipped the toy to dreamlike realness that past performances embraced; and the sugar plum fairy scene was a bit lost - we kept thinking, was there a fairy or was it just Clara? All in all, it’s a great tradition but we paid $$$ and didn’t think it was worth it this year.