[3/50] Marian Horosko on being Frau Stahlbaum in the early years of the Nutcracker: “In the first or second Nutcracker season at City...

[1/50] Here we go! It's officially Nutcracker season! Tune in every day (sometimes twice a day) to see the photos I have unearthed over...

Today marks the original closing date for NYCB’s Nutcracker season this year. It was too depressing to keep up my posts during all the...

Today’s Christmas Eve performance would have been show 35. Here are some pictures of the gorgeous Diana Adams (left & Right) Frederick...

Tonight would have been show 34 (performances have been cancelled due to Covid-19). Christopher d’Amboise appearing as Soldier in 1980....

Yesterday’s cancelled Nutcracker (due to Covid-19) would have been number 31. Allegra joined NYCB at 15, became a principal at 19...

Okay how cute is this: this is a dual post covering Nutcrackers 32 and 33. This post highlights brothers Joseph and Daniel Duell. (Duell...

Show 29. The only Nutcracker picture I can find of Rosemary Dunleavy, shown here as lead Marzipan. A company member for 10 years,...

Show 30. Victor Castelli as Candy Cane in 1974. Victor was a soloist who danced with the company for 19 years and afterward became a...

Show number 28. Photos of Sugar Plum Darci Kistler and Cavalier Damian Woetzel in 1992. Photos by Martha Swope

Show number 27. Susie Pilarre (left) and Delia Peters (right) as Polichinelles in 1958. Photos by Martha Swope.

Show #26: The Jacqueline Kennedy and children Caroline and John visit the Nutcracker. Allegra is Sugar Plum and Jacques is Cavalier....

Another special debut post today! Mira Nadon makes her Dewdrop debut in Nutcracker number 25 tonight! Dewdrop is my all-time favorite...

Here’s a special post for Nutcracker #24 in honor of Roman Mejia's Cavalier debut tonight! 4 shots of Paul Mejia, Roman’s father...

Today’s matinee marks Nutcracker number 23. Patricia Neary as Dewdrop at 23/24 years old. (left) Martha Swope, 1964 (right) Martha Swope,...

We’re back with Nutcracker week 4 and show number 22. Today I’m highlighting some beautiful corps moments from the 1985 production. I...

Nutcracker number 21 this evening and we’ve got photos of Robert Barnett who originated the Candy Cane role in Balanchine’s 1954...

Nutcracker number 20 of the season, featuring Heather Watts as Dewdrop and the Sugar Plum Fairy. (left) Martha Swope, 1983. Dewdrop....

Nutcracker 18 for today’s matinee and we have some shots of Suki Schorer as Sugar Plum Fairy. (left) Photo by Martha Swope, 1969. (right)...

Tonight’s show was number 19. Mikhail Baryshnikov spent just 15 months as a principal with NYCB and participated in the 1978 Nutcracker....