Nutcracker Special Guests! Want to see which special guests will be making your Nutcracker experience even more magical? Check out all our walk-on guest artists and outdoor carolers below! In addition, we’re thrilled to announce that the role of Mother Ginger will again be performed by Kevin Cook, aka local drag queen and philanthropist Poison… Read More
Make It Magic! This year, we’ve got all kinds of treats to make your Nutcracker experience even more special, from holiday gift shopping to capturing family memories! Take the magic home with you . . . from toy swords to sparkling tiaras, we’ve got your Nutcracker keepsakes covered! We’ll be selling an amazing… Read More
New Dancers, New Traditions OBT’s Ten New Company Members Join the Casts of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and A Holiday Revue Meet the ten new members of OBT’s company who you’ll be seeing in our two holiday shows. We thought we’d give them a chance to introduce themselves before you see them onstage! Get your… Read More
“Sturm und Drang”: How Freud, Faust and the Napoleonic Wars Gave Us the Great American Holiday Tradition His works of fiction are widely credited by literary experts as the origins of the horror story. Many of the greatest minds of the 19th century – from Freud and Jung to Poe and Hawthorne – credit him… Read More
NUTCRACKER NATION: How a Russian Flop Became the Great American Ballet “[It became clear to me] that The Nutcracker is an underdog, a newcomer who found a new life. It was then that I started thinking of The Nutcracker as an immigrant. Maybe the ballet was not appreciated in its native land, but once… Read More
