Post a comment. If the plot of “The Nutcracker” is not exactly tight and linear, and what’s happening on stage might be a little chaotic, there’s no questioning the quality of the music.

Finally, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, ASFB brings Grupo Corpo to the district theater. The Brazilian dance company, founded in 1975, is known for its blend of popular Brazilian culture ...

Between the "1812 Overture" and "The Nutcracker," Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has a big hand in celebrations of American holidays — the overture captures and exemplifies the thunderous spirit of ...

For lovers of “The Nutcracker,” a staple of the Christmas repertoire in Lithuania for generations, Tchaikovsky — who lived from 1840 to 1893 — has nothing to do with the Kremlin or Russian ...

The brain behind seasonal classic The Nutcracker, groundbreaking ballet Swan Lake, and hummable standouts like his 1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky was born in 1840.

As Jennifer Fisher notes in her book “Nutcracker Nation,” it was first performed in December 1892 in St. Petersburg to a mixed reception.

I t takes some doing in this country to be more than about 25 miles from a production of The Nutcracker during the Christmas season. The ballet has become as American as Friday Night Lights, and ...