Weeks ahead of “George Balanchine’s ‘The Nutcracker,’ ” the Sugar Plum Fairy is getting ready to entertain. Her wand at hand, she has magic to command. At her palace in the Land of the Sweets the ...
After officially commencing their New Year’s Eve run at The Fillmore in Silver Springs, Md., on Dec. 27 and following up the next night at the same venue with an onslaught of nonstop entertainment, ...
Is that the Sugar Plum Fairy eating leftover pie? We’ll dip a toe shoe into the holiday spirit with the overture to Peter ...
In a return to a classic, time-honored ballet tradition, the Jacobs School of Music’s Opera and Ballet Theater will present ...
In the 1890s, when the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was preparing to write the music for the ballet that would become his holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” he encountered a brand-new instrument: the ...