The obvious take-away impression of Boston Ballet’s popular “The Nutcracker’’ is of lavish grandeur. Costumes bedazzle. Opulent sets include a giant Christmas tree that grows before our eyes and a balloon that carries Clara aloft to the Kingdom of Sweets. Dozens of adorable children flood the stage as mischievous mice, stalwart soldiers, frisky lambs.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:36PM on November 28, 2010