Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will present The Nutcracker from December 5–28, 2025, at the Benedum Center. Set in ...

The Joffrey Ballet will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutcracker this December with 27 ...

For the first time, New York City Ballet has cast a Black performer as Marie in its production of The Nutcracker, the classic holiday ballet that’s an introduction to the artform for many children.

With shows through Monday, a classic holiday tale gets a modern twist in the current mainstage theater production at Bates. Martin Andrucki, Charles A. Dana Professor of Theater, has adapted German ...

It’s a holiday tradition that’s equal parts magic, music, and jaw-dropping movement — and this year, "The Nutcracker" will ...

Performances in N.Y.C. This year, for the first time, New York City Ballet’s “Nutcracker” has a Black Marie, the young heroine whose life is charged with magic. Charlotte Nebres is the first Black ...

Marie spends nearly the entire two hours of the "Brown-Forman Nutcracker Ballet" onstage. She's the character who leads the audience through a magical dream, and they see the wonder of Christmas ...

For the first time, New York City Ballet has cast a black Marie in its annual production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” which premiered in 1954. This season, the leading role of the young ...

A terrible warning: English National Ballet perform The Nutcracker, inspired by Hoffmann's tale - Alastair Muir Two centuries after his death, E T A Hoffmann’s ­influence is far-reaching. He’s the ...

You can't help but enjoy the wide-eyed, lively enthusiasm that greeted the first "Nutcrackers" of the season this weekend, both at San Francisco Ballet and Ballet San Jose. While newcomers to the ...

Two centuries after his death, E T A Hoffmann’s ­influence is far-reaching. He’s the cursed, drunken hero of ­Jacques Offenbach’s opera The Tales of Hoffmann. His 1817 short story The Sandman inspired ...