Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy ...

“The title is ‘Oh No! The Grinch Stole the Nutcracker!’ and it is just what the title says. Everything follows the original Nutcracker story line right up until magic brings a grinch stuffed ...

The Nutcracker has long been a firm favourite of ballet lovers the world over, with Tchaikovsky’s tale loosely based on ETA Hoffman’s fantasy story 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’, about ...

The St. Petersburg Ballet, the company that produced the original “Nutcracker,” is now known as the Kirov Ballet. It was renamed to honor a hero of the Communist revolution. * Critics initiall ...