CHRISTMAS CHESTNUTS NEED A NUTCRACKER Even though the second half of this holiday favorite actually seems set in spring (with the "Waltz of the Flowers" as chief evidence), its warmth is never more welcome than in winter. Tchaikovsky's tale of plucky Clara's defeat of the wicked mice and her rescue of a now-human Nutcracker born […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59PM on December 6, 2014