Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” set on Christmas Eve, was a flop when it was first staged in 1892, but since then — and especially after America and England got ahold of it in the ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” set on Christmas Eve, was a flop when it was first staged in 1892, but since then — and especially after America and England got ahold of it in the ...

MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present a special combined Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Studio Orchestra Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 in the College of Fine ...

A battle between brave toys and marauding mice. An elegant Waltz of the Snowflakes. The dance of the Sugarplum Fairy that's just as sweet as any holiday dessert. For many Americans, watching these ...

There is a meme circulating on the internet that says, “Be like the Kennedy Expressway and never stop working on yourself.” That stretch of Interstate 90 was under construction when I moved to the ...

Leave your Grinches, Scrooges, Red Ryder BB guns and Hans Grubers behind. All I want to do during the holiday season is watch as many versions of The Nutcracker as possible; and here are some ...

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.