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Title: The Nutcracker (1993)
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| Darci Kistler | ... | The Sugarplum Fairy | |
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Damian Woetzel | ... | The Sugarplum Fairy's Cavalier |
| Kyra Nichols | ... | Dewdrop | |
| Wendy Whelan | ... | Coffee | |
| Margaret Tracey | ... | Marzipan | |
| Gen Horiuchi | ... | Tea | |
| Tom Gold | ... | Candy Cane | |
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Lourdes López | ... | Hot Chocolate |
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Nilas Martins | ... | Hot Chocolate |
| William Otto | ... | Mother Ginger | |
| Peter Reznick | ... | Fritz | |
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Karin von Aroldingen | ... | Grandparent |
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Edward Bigelow | ... | Grandparent |
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Heather Watts | ... | Frau Stahlbaum |
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Robert LaFosse | ... | Dr. Stahlbaum |
On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie (Cohen) falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker (Culkin) comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life. Written by Anonymous
I'm not a ballet expert, but I love this production. It's interesting to dissect because there are two camps for this very famous 110 year-old ballet: those who like it as a children's story and those who like it as an adult's. It's been staged both ways in the past as others have already mentioned. This version allows the kids to be front and center, but it has some stellar, sophisticated moments in it as well: the Act 1 finale dance of the snowflakes is a stellar moment of beauty and style, with its ice-blue lighting and costuming and multi-racial Corps De ballet. In Act 2, there's no contest: amongst the innocent dances of the sweets, 'Arabian Coffee' soloist Wendy Whelan sexily attacks the stage in cat-like fashion. The pink-and-purple lighting and floating cinematography and the dancer's serpent-like movements do not resemble any other moment in this already polished film, and one can't help but think that director Emile Ardolino deliberately planned it that way. (It's like watching Ann Reinking or Carol Haney on the Broadway stage.) As far as the smirking Macaulay Culkin is concerned, his presence didn't bother me since he was the right age at the time of filming (and did have some ballet background) and frankly, he smirks in most films he's in. What're you gonna do?