Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet
· McCallum Theatre · Palm Desert
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Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet takes place Wednesday, December 16, 2026, at 3:00 PM at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert. The production, set to Tchaikovsky's iconic score, features an international cast and Ukrainian principal artists, along with gravity-defying acrobatics, larger-than-life puppets, and hand-crafted sets and costumes. Billed as the largest Nutcracker production in North America, it is a family holiday tradition.
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