'Nutcracker' productions

The annual festival of sugar plums and fairies, cavaliers and mouse kings

• Ballet Hawai'i's "Nutcracker," Dec. 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 22 at 2 p.m., Blaisdell Concert Hall. With guest artists and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. Ticket details to be announced. 521-8600.

• Hawai'i Ballet Theatre's "Nutcracker," Leeward Community College Theatre. Details tba. 839-1596.

• Honolulu Dance Theatre's "King Kalakaua's Nutcracker," directed by Matthew Wright. Details tba. 988-3202.

• Hawai'i State Ballet's "Nutcracker," Mamiya Theatre, St. Louis Center for the Arts. Directed by John Landovksy. Details tba. 947-2755.