American Ballet Theatre's 'The Nutcracker" at the Kennedy Center
You could say American Ballet Theatre's intriguing new production of "The Nutcracker" is all about appetites. Why else begin it in the kitchen, an unusual starting point for the ballet that traditionally brings its audience in by the front door, to the party in the parlor? Yet here we are in the servants' realm, where amid the dangling sausages and cheese, and a cooking staff in giddy anticipation, a hungry mouse is …