Orlando Ballet brings its annual production of The Nutcracker to Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. The full Tchaikovsky score is played live by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and professional dancers from the company perform with more than 100 children from the Patel Conservatory’s Orlando Ballet School. Tues., Dec. 23,2 and 7:30 p.m., Carol Morsani Hall-TBPAC, 1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa, $22-$65, 813-229-7827.
This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2008.