We went to see the Nutcracker last night as a "date night" with no kids. It's very rare that we go to any concert or shows so when we do, I like to get very good tickets, dinner, dressed up etc. I paid ALOT of money for this show that my husband and I left at intermission. It was HORRIBLE!!!! Do NOT waste your money or time on this show. First off, the seats were SO close together and I kept having to stand up as the drunk couple next to me had to keep going to the restroom and to get more alcohol. Although this is not the theatre's fault, if the seats were set up different, it wouldn't have been an issue.
For the show itself, there was NO LIVE ORCHESTRA!!!!!! Speakers playing the music and the entire first almost 40 minutes it was a show of a "grade school play" with poor acting and not much ballet at all.
It's changed obviously from what I hear from others and I expected it to be a beautiful ballet with live music, dancing etc and yes we did leave at intermission so the next hour could have much different but we couldn't handle it so we had to leave. Unless you want a grade school performance the first hour, I wouldn't waste time or money on this.