Click here to read Amy Howton's review of this year's production of Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker for The Backstage Beat. Then click here to get your tickets! The show runs through December 28, 2014.

"A magic handkerchief, dancing life-sized dolls, a hand-carved gift that comes to life, and an enchanted trip through the snow to the Land of the Sweets…what more could a young girl want on Christmas Eve? And what more could Atlanta ask for? Maybe a theatre that evokes an evening in Morocco, with a star-studded sky and clouds borne by invisible winds? A snow storm inside the theatre? An orchestra made up of some of the region’s best musicians? Christmas melodies played on an enormous pipe organ? Good acting and even better dancing? The Atlanta Ballet’s 'The Nutcracker' offered these and more on opening night at the Fabulous Fox."

Atlanta Ballet Company dancers Alessa Rogers & Christian Clark. Photo by Charlie McCullers.