Weeks ahead of “George Balanchine’s ‘The Nutcracker,’ ” the Sugar Plum Fairy is getting ready to entertain. Her wand at hand, she has magic to command. At her palace in the Land of the ...

In the company’s production of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” she’ll perform her final role as Sugar Plum Fairy. (Photo by Alexander Izilieav) Weeks ahead of George Balanchine’s ...

Please don’t tell the Sugar Plum Fairy, but the truth is that for thousands of youngsters who attend the National Ballet of Canada’s spectacular production of “The Nutcracker” each holiday ...

The duo brought their 3-year-old daughter Everly to a performance of The Nutcracker just two weeks ahead of Christmas Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE.

Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, featuring the celesta’s magical sound, became iconic through The Nutcracker. Initially criticized, its popularity soared via Disney’s Fantasia ...

Submitted photo Graduating senior dancers at Ballet Western Reserve will dance the principal roles in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.” The senior dancers are, kneeling from left ...

Vernon High School and performed “The Nutcracker” in front of a packed theater an early December weekend. Mentele, now 17, left it all on the stage as the Sugar Plum Fairy in her last holiday ...

and even the Sugar Plum Fairy to life in his hysterical and surprisingly moving show One-Man Nutcracker. Directed by MK Tuomanen and featuring Davis as, quite literally, all of the characters ...

Though hampered by having an almost identical costume to Dew Drop, the spectacle of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince doesn’t disappoint. The trading of the stage back and forth ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Depending on the version of “The Nutcracker” ballet, a young Clara either watches the ...

Plum roleAndy Durante as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Vienna Festival Ballet’s 1981 production of The Nutcracker. Album/Peter Mares/Bridgeman “Everyone in New York was against it, including the ...