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December 21, 2007


Alastair Macaulay on New York City Ballet Nutcracker at Lincoln Center


[Click to Read Full Review]

By Alastair Macaulay / New York Times

New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - Performance Details
New York State Theater at Lincoln Center
November 23 - December 30

"Visions of Sugar Plums"

"I'm actually surprised...that this performance was only the 2,000th...to those of us who have watched good stagings of plays, ballets and operas crumble after only a very few performances...the evergreen freshness of the Balanchine "Nutcracker" is cause for wonder...I regret that I have seen only 1 percent of its performances to date, the more so as I still find new felicities of drama and construction at each viewing." Read review...

Tags: Alastair Macaulay, City Center, Lincoln Center, New York Times, Nutcracker

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