'The Nutcracker' Returns To Ridgefield Playhouse

**News Release Submitted by The Ridgefield Playhouse**

Nov. 10, 2022

Bring the family to celebrate the holiday season when The Nutcracker returns to The Ridgefield Playhouse for 5 performances – Friday, December 9 at 6pm; Saturday, December 10 at 2pm and 6pm; Sunday, December 11 at 11am and 2pm, as part of the Xfinity Family Series. Visions of sugarplums will dance across the stage as the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance presents Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, under the director of Mary Beth Hansohn. In a magical land where sugarplums dance and flowers waltz to tell the classic tale of a young girl and her Nutcracker Prince, Tchaikovsky’s soaring score, graceful ballerinas, wooden soldiers who come to life and a bigger-than-life Christmas tree will make the holidays bright for young and old! Invite your friends and family to see these young dancers create the magical world of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker from The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies to the Grand Pas de Deux! Media sponsor for the event is Danbury’s 98Q.

The Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance is nationally recognized as a distinguished, high achieving, pre-professional performing arts school that nurtures young dance artists in strong movement technique. They are dedicated to educating and encouraging students to become knowledgeable, passionate, thinking artists.

For more information or to purchase touchless print at home tickets ($20-30), go online at www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org or visit or call the box office at (203) 438-5795. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a non-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge Road, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT and is committed to keeping the arts alive and available to all.