The Festive Season just wouldn't be the same without the extraordinary tale of Marie and her Nutcracker Prince! Pacific Northwest Ballet is proud to once again present their take on the age old Christmas classic in the form of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. Whether this be your first trip, or a timeless family tradition, it's time to sprinkle a little magic onto your holiday season.

Chris D'Elia is best known for leading the stand-up heavy cast of NBC's Undateable, starring as Danny, a guy with some pretty serious commitment issues. He also played opposite Whitney Cummings in her short-lived self-titled sitcom, but stand-up comedy remains his first love, saying "Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place."

Giselle is one of the most famous and best-loved ballets of the age - part tragedy, part romance it is a masterpiece in storytelling and movement. Join the Pacific Northwest Ballet as they bring Peter Boal's glorious staging back to McCaw Hall, replete with sumptuous sets and costumes that glitter as brightly as the ballerina at the center of it all.

The acclaimed novel by Khaled Hosseini is reborn as a full-scale opera. With music by Sheila Silver and a libretto by Stephen Kitsakos, A Thousand Splendid Suns is set to take the opera world by storm. But first, don't miss its world premiere right here in Seattle! The production is directed by Roya Sadat, one of Afghanistan's first female film directors.

A glorious celebration of five thousand years of Chinese culture, Shen Yun presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music, integrating technique and influence from both East and West. A performance by Shen Yun is a presentation of traditional Chinese culture as it once was: a study in grace, wisdom, and the virtues distilled from an ancient feudal period of time.