Here, the mice are Dickensian authority figures. The nutcracker turns into a prince and, as a reward, takes Clara to the land of Sweets. Or Sweetieland, in Bourne's version (should that be Bourne ...

Hampson’s latest re-telling of the fairytale of little Clara Stahlbaum and her fantastical dream of the Nutcracker Prince is a near-flawless thing of beauty. Like Darrell’s original work ...

Ethan Ross of Doylestown is now playing the role of the Nutcracker Prince. Ethan says he started dancing when he was five years old and has been classically training since he was eight.