Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall

Live theater lovers have two dozen productions to choose from this week, including ten new shows, a holiday tradition and two different performances of the Nutcracker ballet.

Gulf Coast Symphony and Gulfshore Ballet are making The Nutcracker a Southwest Florida holiday tradition. But this year's production at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on December 16th is different from prior years.

Three-time Grammy Award winning country, rock and folk musician Lucinda Williams comes to Southwest Florida for a concert Feb. 4 at the Barbara B. Mann…