“The Nutcracker” is a musical ballet written by Tchaikovsky. A girl dreams of a battle between the villainous Mouse King and the Nutcracker. The ballet group is raising money to try to replace ...

Doherty joined American Ballet Company in 2021 as an apprentice, which was the same year he was cast to play the Mouse King in "The Nutcracker." He has played the role since. In addition to ...

Dueling duetJames Streeter as the Mouse King (left) spars with Junor Souza, playing the Nutcracker, in a 2010 production of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet presented by the English National Ballet ...

The story in the ballet is loosely based on the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A Hoffmann. The source material is much darker than what made it to the ballet, according to ...

Was It the Mouse King? ‘Nutcracker’ Props Stolen From a Michigan Ballet Company CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Did the Mouse King strike? A ballet group in suburban Detroit is scrambling ...

This photo provided by June Smith shows a trailer with props for "The Nutcracker" that was stolen on Nov. 17, 2024, from a suburban Detroit ballet group. (June Smith via AP) 28,921 people played ...