Nine NYC Nutcrackers You Have to See
Everyone knows The Nutcracker. But what a lot of people don't know about is that its original staging (by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1892) was a flop. Critics were confused by its storyline, and it was performed rarely until George Balanchine staged his own version at New York City Ballet in 1954. It was immensely successful, and The Nutcracker has been a holiday tradition around the US, and the world, ever sinc…