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.

I’m the youngest Sugar Plum Fairy in the studio, so it’s crazy.” They describe it as a dream come true. “When I first watched the Nutcracker, I felt captivated by the show ...

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 ...

Attending a performance of “The Nutcracker” is a holiday highlight for people of all ages around the world, in no small part due to the Sugar Plum Fairy. While she’s only on stage about ...

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 ...

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 ...

the queenly Sugar Plum Fairy presides over choreographed tributes by different groups of leaping, frolicking, food-bearing “ambassadors.” Of course, part of “The Nutcracker’s” durability ...