What should I wear to the ballet?

Question

It's a Midsummer Night's Dream - Wang Theater in Boston.

Answer 1

Ballet has traditionally been a semi-formal event. The ladies will wear dresses and long gowns. You'll need a good suit, coordinating dress shirt and maybe a tie. The tie is optional. Wear clean dress shoes and make sure your coat/jacket is fairly formal as well.

Answer 2

The general rule is that if it's a day performance you may wear dress pants and a button down shirt. If it's an evening preformance you should wear a tie and I would strongly suggest a jacket. You don't necessarily have to wear a suit unless it's opening night, a debut performance or a gala event (in which case you may actually have to rent a tux). Of course, it goes without saying that you should wear dress shoes. Enjoy!

PS: I don't know if these people actually attend the ballet or not but I'm from Boston and am very familiar with the Wang Center and the Boston Ballet and I can tell you that jeans and tennis shoes were not ever, are not now, and never will be, acceptable attire for the ballet.

Answer 3

I would suggest wearing something casual but classy. You never know when a girl will be there looking at you from behind. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a good play. Wang Theater, Boston, no idea. I'm a southern girl. So remember casual but classy

Answer 4

Going to the ballet you must always look formal. But not to formal and clashy. I suggest a pair of suit paints and a nice button down top, buttoned all the way and ironed. Black dress shoes, shined. Jeans are way to casual. Think how hard dancers work to put on a show, you should try your hardest in dressing nice. Being to casual might be like saying that this preformance is not to important. Especially in Boston. Boston is a fancy place. Enjoy the ballet!

Answer 5

I have never been to the ballet in Boston, but here in Houston it seems the time of day plays a roll also. If you go to an afternoon ballet you will see anything from "Sunday Best" to full formals (but not that many). You will even see a few people in fancy jeans and a nice top.

But for the evening or night performances everyone is usually wearing formals, dressy suits, or the best of "Sunday Best".
My girls and I always go formal because we like wearing our formal dresses for a girls night/afternoon out. No one has ever asked us to leave.But I have never seen anyone turned away due to attire like they do at some of the restaurants. It is just a matter of blending in. I would make sure that I blended in with whomever I was attending the ballet with also.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

This is one of those questions that nobody can possibly answer correctly, because you don't say if you're going as a patron, a performer, an usher, a ticket-taker, a concessionaire, or a janitor. Most would say semi-formal dress, but a few suggest a tutu. Yet a cutoff tux jacket would also be appropriate, as would a white shirt and apron. Since this is at an indoor theater in Boston, and in the middle of winter, obviously, beachwear wouldn't do.

Also, if you are going strictly as a paid patron, you need to consider this- Are you going to SEE the opera, or to BE SEEN at the opera? If being seen is important, then by all means dress for everyone else. If you want to enjoy watching it, then dress for your own comfort. Today, it's rare to find an enforced dress code almost anywhere.

Answer 8

One of the aspects that makes any evening special is how we treat it. If this is a special night - then dress up. It will make you feel different, and it will influence how you see the evening.

What does dress up mean? Well, less than formal - you would probably feel out of place in a long evening gown, unless it is a Gala Evening, and you have very good seats. (The better your seat, the more you can dress and get away with it. There are very few formal gowns in the balcony.)

But more than a basketball game. Certainly a dress - something that says evening wear is good, a formal dress perhaps with a jacket would be appropriate.

Something comfortable. .Boston can be cold, and theatres can be cold, and you don't want to be freezing to death for the sake of fashion.

Ignore the folks who want you to wear a costume. Be glamorous - be comfortable (you will be sitting for several hours) - and have a wonderful time.

Answer 9

A tu-tu? Just kidding. Now-a-days people dress a bit more casually to the theater or ballet. Boston theater however is a bit more traditional than let's say going to the theater or ballet in Sothern Cal. I would suggest a dark suit without a tie and a nice shirt. Or nice slacks, a dress shirt with a dress jacket. Maybe check with your date or friends who are going with you and ask how they plan to dress. Always a good gauge to determine what to wear.

Answer 10

Men should wear the dress up minimum of a jacket, pants, button down shirt with a tie. A suit would be step up. If it is an evening performance, you can even wear a tuxedo, especially if you have box seats. Ladies should dress up - nice dress, heels, evening pants with dressy blouse. Do dress up though. I am so sad to see so many people dressed in casual and super casual (good gosh, I've seen flip flops and tank tops and hiking shorts !) at the the theater. It is such an old world atmosphere and has such a tradition of formality and grandour. It is a sin to see it turned into a movie matinee popcorn alley.

Answer 11

A tutu...lol

Seriously, something fashionable, perhaps a bit formal. Definately not street close but it can be informal to a point. Have fun. Shakespear's Midsummer Night's Dream should be a nice ballet...enjoy.