The Nutcracker

A More Intimate 'Nutcracker'

AP | By JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 12.29.2011

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NEW YORK -- "Intimate" isn't a word you normally think of to describe "The Nutcracker," that classic holiday tale of a girl and her dreamlike adventur...

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PHOTOS: Visions Of Sugar Plum Fairies

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker, Ballet, Edward Villella, Miami City Ballet, Miami News, Miami News

Tonight is Miami City Ballet's closing performance of The Nutcracker at the Arsht Center before it moves to Broward later this week. After news of sta...

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Weekend Guide: Nutcracker, Santa Con, And One Of The Smiths

Posted 12.16.2011

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Although it's 75 degrees and sunny, you can still get in on the holiday spirit with The Nutcracker, a holiday ice skating rink, and a Santa-themed pub...

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10 Exciting Holiday Experiences In 5 American Cities

Marie Elena Martinez | Posted 02.13.2012

A wealth of yuletide experiences around the country are just waiting to be discovered.

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Weekend To-Do: Scuba Santa And A Bhangra Bone Marrow Drive

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- We can hardly believe it's already December, which means that holiday festivities are just starting to gear up. The Washington Ballet's ...

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50 Years Of Washington Ballet's 'Nutcracker' (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- This year, The Washington Ballet's celebrated "The Nutcracker" production turns half a century old. Its first show of the season was Thu...

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Nutcracker Rehearsals Usher in the Holidays

Katita Waldo | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Holiday Season, Ballerina, Christmas Season, Chris Wheeldon, Christmas, The Nutcracker, Ballet, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Ballet, Sf Ballet, San Francisco News

The average person will cringe at the sight of Christmas merchandise hitting the shelves and complain about the early onset of the season. For us it has been going on a while now. Yes, before Halloween, Nutcracker gets started.

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My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2

Michelle Won | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Won, Mario Batali, Restaurants, Jenifer Ringer, The Nutcracker, West Village, NY Around Town, Po, Fine Dining, New York, Food News

My date and I decided on Po, the small West Villager best known as one of the first eateries where Mario Batali got his start. We got there early. But by the time we were done, the line was out the door.

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Surreal And Adorable: 'Nutcracker' Cast Visits NYSE (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Performers from The New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker visited the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. In honor of its 56 anniversary on Broadway,...

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Highlights This Week: Codes, Censorship, Compilations

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tortured Santa, Mona Lisa, NYC Ballet, The Mona Lisa Code, Year in Film, Slidepollajax, Jenifer Ringer, The Nutcracker, Paris 1910, Arts News

Controversy continued for another week on HuffPost Arts: James Elkins' questions if artists are bored, Santa got tortured, a ballerina fights against ...

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Dance to the Music With the Brooklyn Parkinson Group

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hard Nut, Parkinson's Disease, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Nutcracker, Brooklyn, Mark Morris, Pbs, New York News

Five years ago my wife Judi was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Since then it has been a long and winding road for both of us. One steady force in our lives has been the Brooklyn Parkinson Group.

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Nutcracker, Interrupted: Mark Morris' The Hard Nut Is a Delightfully Zany Take on the Beloved Holiday Ballet

Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the moment the curtain rises onto a pack of booze-swilling suburbanites engaged in a libidinous promenade, it's clear The Hard Nut is not your ordinary Nutcracker.

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PHOTOS: Scrooge, Sedaris And The Symphony--Holiday Cultural Events Worth Checking Out

Posted 05.25.2011

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Looking for a more upscale way to enjoy the holidays in Denver this season? We've got you covered. Holiday-themed cultural events on the front range...

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HuffPost Review: The Nutcracker 3D (2010)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Nutcracker 3D is a bizarre concoction, mixing childish fantasy with real-world horrors in a way that almost works, though it could more on character development and less on frenetic action.

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A Nutcracker to Shun

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the years, I've seen some pretty awful movies. None, however, has been as expensive, as overproduced, as idiotic, as appalling, or as stupefyingly reprehensible as the The Nutcracker in 3D.

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Christmas in July - A Dream

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tchaikovsky, July Summer, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Snow, Columbus Avenue, Christmas, The Nutcracker, Native Americans, Dream, Hudson River, Snow Angels, New York City, Fantasy, New York News

Gliding along on an island anchored by stone slabs, I come upon a church bathed in an array of klieg lights. My feet touch the street that has been i...

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Culture Zohn: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann), or, a Four-Way Gets Complicated

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Opera, Jacques Offenbach, Contes D'Hoffman, ETA Hoffman, Anna Netrebko, Tales of Hoffman, The Nutcracker, Outsiders, Roman Polanski, Tosca, Coppelia, New York News

Charles Fabius, former director of artistic programming of the Paris Opera, helps me lay out the complexities of the new opera at the Met.

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Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, Review

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lifetime, Christian Siriano, Project Runway, Santino Rice, Beyonce, Nina Garcia, The Nutcracker, Bravo, Heidi Klum, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jeffrey Sebelia, Sweet P, Battlestar Galactica, Derek Smalls, Mychael Knight, Spinal Tap, Fellini?S Satyricon, Ringo Starr, Nicole Kidman, Chris March, Michael Kors, Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, Tim Gunn, Uli Herzner, Korto Momolu, Daniel Vosovic, Entertainment News

Brilliant -- the idea to do a two hour special featuring many of our favorite contestants from past seasons of Project Runway. Talk about being on the edge of your seat!

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