Review: Two Winners in the Nutcracker Ballet Relay
My interest in classical music was weaned on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker ballet. So I leapt at the opportunity…
Review: Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker Continues Its Chicago 1893 Focus
The bottom line is this: if you find yourself in any seat at the Joffrey’s production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, it…
Review: There’s Little Holiday Joy—And Even Less Sense—in Disney’s The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
It took two people to direct this movie. And not two unknown directors who might have been easily manipulated by…
The Nutcracker by Christopher Wheeldon: A Changed Classic
Christopher Wheeldon is a visionary; there’s no doubt about that. When I learned that he’d be dreaming up a revamped version…
