Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker returns to the Madison Theatre at Molloy University in Rockville Centre on December 4 to 6, its 15th season on that stage. The RVC Guild for the Arts and Leggz Ltd Dance present it, with the South Shore Symphony playing the score live from the pit.

It is one of five holiday-season productions the theater has booked between November 20 and December 20, starting with a full staging of Oklahoma! next weekend.

The Nutcracker, 15 seasons in

The production is led by Artistic Director Joan MacNaughton. Its cast pairs professional ballet dancers from international companies with young dancers drawn from across the metropolitan area. The South Shore Symphony plays Tchaikovsky's music live for every performance.

  • Friday, December 4: 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 5: 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, December 6: 3 p.m.

Before it: Oklahoma!, a sax player and an Irish dance Christmas

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! opens the run on Friday, November 20 at 8 p.m., with performances Saturday, November 21 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 22 at 3 p.m. The musical follows the cowboy Curly and the farm girl Laurey in the Oklahoma territory on the eve of statehood, with a score that includes Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' and People Will Say We're in Love.

Vincent Ingala, the contemporary jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, plays the night after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 27 at 8 p.m. He has ten No. 1 Billboard hits and 23 Top 10 singles, and his eighth studio album, Escape With Me, is on Shanachie Entertainment. He plays every instrument on his own recordings and fronts a full band live, moving between saxophone, guitar, drums and vocals.

We Three Kings: The Irish Dance Christmas Sensation follows on Saturday, November 28 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 29 at 3 p.m. It is on its first national tour this year. The show was created, written, produced and directed by Justin Boros, a professional Irish dancer since 1999 whose 24 years of touring include Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance. It runs 22 scenes, set to an original score by composer Joe Sanders, and tells a Christmas story in which the three kings head west against the Sugar Plum Fairy.

After it: the Christmas Celebration

The theater's own Madison Theatre Christmas Celebration runs Thursday, December 17 through Sunday, December 20. It is a family holiday show produced by the theater itself, and the last production on its 2026 calendar.

The new year opens with a South Shore Symphony concert, The Perfect Storm, on Saturday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m., led by music director Adam Glaser with pianist Blair McMillen and a program that begins with Schumann's Manfred Overture. Dr. K's Motown Revue follows on Sunday, January 31.

If you go

The Madison Theatre is on the Molloy University campus at 1000 Hempstead Avenue in Rockville Centre. Tickets for every show, including The Nutcracker, are sold through the theater's website, which also offers gift certificates, group sales and memberships. Showtimes for the Christmas Celebration are posted on its event page.

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