An independent show guide not a venue or show. All tickets 100% guaranteed, some are resale, prices may be above face value.We're an independent show guide not a venue or show. We sell primary, discount and resale tickets, all 100% guaranteed prices may be above face value.We are an independent show guide not a venue or show. We sell primary, discount and resale tickets, all 100% guaranteed and they may be priced above or below face value.
This is the best Nutcracker performance I have ever seen, The dancers are excellent, the orchestra is wonderful and the set is enchanting. We buy the tickets in July and sit up close in row 3 or 4. We take my Mom and she loves it too. After the show, my brother takes us to The South Park Bar for a drink and dinner.
Try to go when a live orchestra is present. It is incredible.
Irene White from Portland, Oregon
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES!
We were very happy with great performances by the whole troupe! Very professionally done and loved all of the performers. These memories will last a lifetime for my grandchildren (7 & 8), my daughter, and I. Thank you for bringing this to Portland for all to enjoy. There were all ages that attended. Our seats were on the 2nd balcony, 2nd row, just off the middle. We had a great view and felt like we were close to the stage.
We’d love to make this an annual event, one that memories are made of!
We went on Sunday, 12/19/2021 5:30pm curtain time. Parking is just across the street and easy access to event. Elevator operators were very pleasant and ushers/usherettes were helpful. For those who need, there’s a drop off right in front of the auditorium and COVID testing was available for those who needed it with/without appts. and masks required.
There are restaurants within walking distance. We choose to drive further in town to the outside vendors. It was quite an fun experience for all!
Jean McCormick from Portland, Oregon
BEAUTIFUL AND ENCHANTING
I was delighted the entire time. The Waltz of the Snowflakes was one of the most beautiful displays of strength, talent, beauty and unity I’ve ever seen. Thank you to all of the amazing dancers, costume designers, orchestra members, Keller employees, choreographers for all of their tedious work in presenting us with this masterpiece. Bravo!
Portlander from Portland, Oregon
MISSING KEY STORY ELEMENTS
Too long intro, replaced russian dancers with silly bad
dancers with hoops. Ended abruptly without showing
her wake up. Very disappointing.
Paula from Portland, Oregon
SLOW START
The first act was long and not that engaging. At one point I started dozing off. I have always loved this ballet but not sure I will attend next year. Mercifully the second act picked p.
Dan Freedman from Portland, Oregon
PERFORMERS GREAT AND ORCHESTRA TERRIBLE
Lighting was superb ‘though some of the acts seemed a bit shorter. Big complaint was sound…it was tinny and definitely lacked definition even though we had seats near orchestra. Recorded music would have been more robust…could barely hear wood winds…like where were they. Lists of empty space in the orchestra bit…looked like shrinkflation.
KLawrence from Portland, Oregon
DISAPPOINTING
Dancers did not appear to have been very well rehearsed. Synchronicity was off.
Lead ballerina did not appear as confident or graceful as would be expected from
the lead. Dancing itself was not as professional as productions I have seen in the
past and many of the costumes were very plain or visually unappealing. The
introduction and initial story line too long-very little dancing in the first Act. The
production unfortunately left much to be desired this year. More practice, a bit
more flare and professionalism please!
Kate from Portland, Oregon
DISAPPOINTING
This show made zero sense. Missing elements of the show overall. It was never shown where the girl woke up. The into really boring, made no sense and was way too long. Saw the Nutcracker for maybe 2min the whole performance. The best part of the show was the live orchestra whom did na amazing job. Cannot same the same for the rest of the show. My husband fell asleep several times he got so bored watching this. Money not well spent. How did a belly dancer make it into a Nutcracker performance? Please make this all make sense. Definitely not the show I’ve seen in the past.
Matt from
REALLY REALLY BAD
Music - sounded like it was coming from a TV speaker.
Choreography - embarrassing. Dancing - like a grade school dance recital. Stage - just a flat place that you can also dance on. So... If you are into grade school talent shows and dance recitals, you are in luck, because that's what you are going to see. If you want to see some Portland Community College quality choreography, you're in luck because that's what this Ballet troup has for you. Also, the Russian cossack wore a clown suit and demonstrated some top-notch playground tricks with his sparkly hula hoop. Good things? - well the theater staff did a good job moving us in and out of the theatre. It was very efficient.
Just see a movie on Netflix this Christmas. It will be cheaper and much more fulfilling than this phoned-in performance I saw last night.
Kinsley W. from Portland, Oregon
NOT GEORGE BALANCHINE'S VISION
First act was danceless. Pantomime. Silent movie with orchestra. And boring. Finally, dancing (scene 10). The snowflakes were not together. It was approximate. Not enoough musicians in the pit so the sound was less than it could have been. We left at intermission. So much for thrilling the grandchildren with their first ballet. This was an amateur production.
ClK from Portland, Oregon
WASTE OF MONEY
Not much better then a high school show. No story line. The cast was 80% children. Only a handful of professionals dancers. Definitely not worth the money we spent.
About Portland Theater: We are an independent show guide not a venue or show. We sell primary, discount and resale tickets and prices may be above or below face value.
Please note: The term Keller Auditorium and/or Oregon Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker as well as all associated graphics, logos, and/or other trademarks, tradenames or copyrights are the property of the Keller Auditorium and/or Oregon Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker and are used herein for factual descriptive purposes only.
We are in no way associated with or authorized by the Keller Auditorium and/or Oregon Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker and neither that entity nor any of its affiliates have licensed or endorsed us to sell tickets, goods and or services in conjunction with their events.
You know the drill, websites need cookies to make them work. Details of how we do it here.Hello! It's probably obvious, but we need to let you know that we use cookies to enable us to run this website and for it to actually work! You can find lots more detail in our Cookie Policy.