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The Nutcracker by Houston Ballet

If you are looking for a “best of the best” family tradition this holiday season, we recommend Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker by Houston Ballet. 

Hosted at The Wortham Theater, seeing The Nutcracker is an enchanted evening for people of all ages. 

Clara, The Nutcracker Prince, and The Sugar Plum Fairy mesmerize with their graceful dances, as do all the dancers, really, in this magnificent production. 

The performance is especially spellbinding for children with the addition of larger-than-life animal characters, such as the regal lion, prominent panda and soldieresque penguins. 

Houston Ballet’s rendition of The Nutcracker is truly one of the “best of the best”.  In its 52nd year, The Nutcracker features a dazzling set and the moving and timeless music of Tchaikovsky, one of the world’s most classic composers. 

Rating: Five stars! “Best of the best!”

Find out more at HoustonBallet.org.

The Little Mermaid at The Houston Ballet

The Houston Ballet presents The Little Mermaid at Wortham Theater from September 6-15, 2024.

This rendition of The Little Mermaid is NOT the Disney story, nor is it geared toward children.  Rather, it is a ballet that contains themes of love and despondence, and a mermaid who wallows her life away in longing for unrequited love.  The music, costumes, set and dances convey a deep, haunting ocean underworld and a discordant human world as well where the desire to fulfill one’s love longings is never met by the mermaid..

So as you might imagine, it is a very different version of The Little Mermaid.  The ballet is dedicated to the Queen of Denmark.  

In usual Houston Ballet style, it is performed with high-level professionalism and intensity of expression. 

Find out more at houstonballet.org.

The Nutcracker Ballet In Houston, Texas

The Nutcracker Ballet in Houston, Texas by the Houston Ballet will enchant and delight the whole family for years to come!  Houston Ballet’s annual performance of The Nutcracker Ballet is one of the most dazzling, magical versions of The Nutcracker you will ever see!    

To start your evening off in magical wonder, you can catch a lighted carriage ride in Downtown Houston.  When you arrive inside The Wortham Center, you can take a classic family holiday photo in front of one of the tallest, most bedazzled Christmas trees in Houston.

The Wortham Center lobby is filled with all kinds of memorable souvenirs and also hosts a gourmet pasta and salad dining experience before the show.  Patrons can also enjoy champagne and desserts while they wait.

The Wortham Theater stage is decorated in the finest regalia of the year. A beautiful golden frame filled with satiated cherubs adorns the stage around the stately red curtain.  

When the Houston Ballet Orchestra plays the first notes, the audience is hushed in awe of the glorious splendor of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece.  Clara, masterfully played by Monica Gomez, delivers a first-rate performance.  The Nutcracker Prince, regally played by Connor Walsh, enchants every heart!  Aoi Fujiwara dances beautifully as the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Clara and The Sugar Plum Fairy make every little girl want to become a ballerina by their spellbinding performances!  

The orchestra plays the perfect rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.  The costumes and the set are both magical and memorable as well!  And the entire cast in The Nutcracker presented by Houston Ballet is truly the “best of the best!”

We especially enjoyed the enthralling Spanish, Arabian, Chinese, Russian, Danish, English and French dances in Act II.  At one point during the performance, snow falls from the ceiling and sparkle confetti showers the audience at the end!

Rating: 5 Stars!  Absolutely “best of the best!”

Website: Houstonballet.org

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Houston Ballet

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented by The Houston Ballet, offers an intriguing and other-worldly look into Shakespeare for modernistic times.  The ballet transitions between a classical love theme to an almost sci-fi fairy-forest realm where time seems to stand still while a cacophony of love triangles arise and get sorted out among the various characters.

It is an intricately woven tale of love and woe and love again.  The Houston Ballet dancers perform masterfully and with memorable artistry.  A Midsummer Night’s Dream runs from September 8-17, 2023.

If you are looking for a pre-show dinner, the Houston Ballet offers custom pasta, gourmet bowls, salad, sandwiches and pastries.

Find tickets at http://houstonballet.org.

If you are looking for a post-show dinner or dessert, Table 7 Bistro features a wide variety of entrees and desserts.  We highly recommend the Shrimp Carbonara and the homemade carrot cake.  Table 7 Bistro is within a 10-minute walking distance from the theater.  Find out more at table7bistro.com.