Nearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker. Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.
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A 101-year-old runs the largest nutcracker museum in the U.S. Here’s a look inside
Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she’s got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington.
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Kirsten Evans And Alban Costello From Festival Ballet's 'Nutcracker'
Festival Ballet Providence will perform The Nutcracker this weekend. We talked with Kirsten Evans who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy and Alban Costello who plays The Nutcracker.
