"It's crazy. It's broken. It doesn't make any sense," he said of the beloved ballet's plot. So he wrote a novel to fix it ...

One popular staple of the holiday season in our town for years has been a performance by the Aiken Civic Ballet of Peter Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker.” Under the admirable guidance of multi-talented ...

Alexandre Dumas, the famed French author of swashbuckling adventures, such as The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1846) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1848–50), was an admirer of ...

Do you like your holiday classics with a little Pep & Pizzazz? Local audiences have for over a decade now. Local dance, gymnastics and cheer studio Pep & Pizzazz returns its production of the beloved ...

As the holiday season approaches, theatre groups nationwide are working hard to retell a classic Christmastime story—The Nutcracker, a traditional holiday ballet set to the music of Russian composer ...

Read our review of Olivier Award-winning theatre company Little Bulb's *The Nutcracker* now in performances at St. Martin's Theatre through 4 January 2026. Read more theatre reviews on ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) When tackling well-known works like “The Nutcracker,” ballet companies are challenged with not reinventing the wheel.

Ana and Junio of That Brazilian Couple. Photo Courtesy of Jhtheadshots Ana and Junio of That Brazilian Couple. Photo Courtesy of Jhtheadshots Ana Luiza Luizi and Junio Enrique of That Brazilian Couple ...

There are many things that signal "it's the holidays," from Black Friday to 24-hour holiday music on the radio to eggnog lattes on the cafe menu. For theater and dance lovers, it isn't Christmas-time ...