Plan Your Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays Early
The holidays are coming – so reserve your tickets now for great performances for the entire family! Thanksgiving week, enjoy the sugarplum delights of Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Katie Couric’s The Brand New Kid, and Marvin Hamlisch leading the NSO Pops in a Gershwin Celebration.

Have You Met the NSO's New Principal Guest Conductor?
The Washington Post hails Iván Fischer as "a most welcome addition to D.C.'s music community" in its glowing review of a new recording by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, of which Fischer is founding director. Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Fischer begins his new NSO post in grand style with Brahms's exhilarating Second Symphony. He discusses the concert's program and more in a Playbill interview.

Free Millennium Stage Performances This Week
No tickets required for these daily performances at 6 p.m. Nov. 13, the Brandon Wright/ Christian Tamburr Quartet features alumni from Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead. Nov. 15, three generations of The Gannon Family combine traditional Irish music, song, and dance. Nov. 19, Bowen McCauley Dance blends modern dance with ballet.

Save Up to 20% with Subscriptions YOUR Way
Just can't choose from all the Center's great performances? Enjoy the freedom of our new "Create Your Own" subscriptions. Mix and match events in Ballet, Theater, Contemporary Dance or Jazz, concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra or NSO Pops, or Performances for Young Audiences.