"The Nutcracker and I" Premieres in NJ
Once it hits its stride, the world premiere musical comedy "The Nutcracker and I" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (music), Gerard Alessandrini (lyrics) and Peter Brash (book) becomes a gorgeous holiday vest pocket spectacular as well as a loving, starry-eyed, comically conceived tribute to the isle of Manhattan, or, as it is refracted here, "Snow Globe City."