Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy — and its ...
It took me two decades but in December 2008, I finally attended The Joffrey Ballet’s iconic “The Nutcracker,” just in time for that 21st anniversary run of Chicagoland’s most popular family holiday ...