All Ages Welcome Doors Open: 4PM Show Starts: 5PM *All times are subject to change San Diego Ballet brings America\'s favorite holiday event to dazzling life at The Magnolia theater. Our annual production of The Nutcracker features Tchaikovsky\'s timeless score and an international cast of more than 100 beautifully costumed dancers. Sugarplum fairies, leaping cossacks and flurries of snowflakes swirl across the Symphony Hall stage, in this magical journey through a young girl\'s imagination.