On mantel and on stage, Chicago loves its nutcrackers
The wooden ones delight at Christkindlmarket, and the full-size ones are dancing all over.
Today is Saturday, July 18, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Kristen Bell Wendy Williams Elizabeth McGovern T. J. Meyers Margo Martindale Jonelle Allen Dick Button Patricia Kirkland Sam Gray Dolph Sweet Phyllis Brooks John Buckmaster Red Skelton Hume Cronyn Paul Ballantyne Lupe Velez Clifford Odets Ella Halman Clifford Dunstan Dave Chasen Helen Eby-Rock Eugene Lockhart P. J. Kelly Phoebe Mackay Melissa Ten Eyck Madeline Grey Frederick Sullivan William Makepeace Thackeray The Abbey Theatre of Dublin Bonnie Lynn Fields Kelly Reilly Noah Racey Jonathan Dove Tony Azito Dianne McIntyre Starletta DuPois Scott Bushnell Colgate Salsbury