It is, for so many of us, the permanent soundtrack of the holiday season. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” like no other music, conjures up images for me of warm fireplaces, ...

Musicians in a cramped space under a Phoenix stage send up the familiar tones of “The Nutcracker.” Overhead, satin-and-glue pointed toes pitter-patter across the stage in a performance of the holiday ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers. By Hugh Morris “The ...

The critics were not kind after the first performance of “The Nutcracker” ballet in 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The battle scene was called clumsy, the costumes were described as dull, and the ...