That’s because, in fact, the Nutcrackers kids are not actors. They are the real-life brothers—Atlas, Arlo, Ulysses, and Homer Janson, ages 8 through 13—who inspired director David Gordon ...

Fifteen years after the debut of 'Interrupting Chicken,' David Ezra Stein's 2011 Caldecott Honor book, Stein and Chicken are ...

And she did. And now she’s back in the audience watching.” For June Smith, “The Nutcracker” represents more than the holidays. Her mother founded the ballet company in 1984, and her ...