If you’re just as excited as we are about the approach of the most wonderful time of the year, chances are you’ve already started populating your late-fall and winter calendar. It’s common knowledge ...

NEW YORK — We all know it. The enchanting melody of “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which returns to New York City Ballet on Friday for its annual run through Dec.

This dazzling production features all-new, hand-painted sets and over 200 exquisite costumes. Tchaikovsky’s beloved score is performed alongside iconic choreography – including “Waltz of the ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason. The show is a holiday tradition at ballet companies around the world, and has served as inspiration for a great many ballerinas who saw it as children and ...

It’s Christmas Eve. A girl is given a wooden nutcracker. She falls asleep; suddenly, she’s transported into another world, where toys are as tall as humans, mice rebel against their king, and flowers ...

This dazzling production features all-new, hand-painted sets and over 200 exquisite costumes. Tchaikovsky’s beloved score is performed alongside iconic choreography – including “Waltz of the ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason. The show is a holiday tradition at ballet companies around the world, and has served as inspiration for a great many ballerinas who saw it as children and ...

New York and Brooklyn, N.Y. Since “The Nutcracker” had its 1892 premiere with Russia’s imperial ballet in St. Petersburg, the underlying source for the now world-famous and popular Christmas-season ...

About half of the revenue for American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite "The Nutcracker." Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.