The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Go see the actual ballet instead

"...Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is one of the most beloved and family-friendly..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

"...Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook, Jessica Lynn Cohen and The New York City Ballet. Since its debut as a..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Nutcracker: Home for the Holidays

Ballet Austin's virtual version of the seasonal staple dances you closer to the magic than ever before

"...When it came to Ballet Austin's The Nutcracker: Home for the Holidays, my family took the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ballet Austin’s The Nutcracker

The company’s 56th run at this holiday classic retains its magic – enough beauty and wonder to transport you to enchanting realms

"...Going home for the holidays can be a tricky proposition – especially if..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Nutcracker

Ballet Austin marks 50 years of presenting The Nutcracker

"...The Nutcracker turns 50 this year. Yes, it was 1962..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing the Christmas Spirit

An eight-year-old fan of The Nutcracker has her dream come true when she gets to talk to a choreographer and ballerina -- Ballet Austin's Stephen Mills and Gina Patterson -- about the ballet that helps Christmas feel like Christmas.

"...As a Christmas tradition, my family goes to see the ballet of The Nutcracker. It helps Christmas feel like..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Watchmaker's Song

Ventana Ballet's playful take on The Nutcracker lets audiences in on the action and brings a new magic to the familiar ballet

"...In a city of 1,000 Nutcrackers, with each trying to jeté its way into your..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do Kill the Messenger

Guest performers bring cameo cutups to Tongue and Groove Theatre's production of The Comedy of Errors

"...What hath Mother Ginger wrought? For several years now, Ballet Austin has..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Night Before

Three guys look for fun on a Christmas Eve that turns into one crazy night

"...If your Santa wish list includes yet another “James Franco swings secretly gay” gag, then Christmas has..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

A lovely, enthralling examination of the Paris Opera Ballet from Frederick Wiseman.

"...Directed by: Frederick Wiseman. In his fly-on-the-wall examination of the world-class Paris Opera Ballet, Wiseman travels..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Czars Were Brightly Shining

"...Once you learn that the band's aesthetic approach to songs is to imagine them..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Spruced-Up Nutcracker

"...The quest for a new, improved Nutcracker for Ballet Austin..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Column

Nutcracker Nut Growing

"...Everyone wants something in their stocking for Christmas, and Ballet Austin is no exception;..."

July 5, 1996 Arts Column

Art of the State

"...The following is a monthly supplement to the arts section,..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

The Impossible Dream

We've got your Friday Night Schedule.

"...It's getting close to the 25th and for those of y'all still in town..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies

Our critics poke their noses out after winter

"...Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Light that first candle!

As the performing arts venue turns one, Marvin Hamlisch sings "happy birthday" to it

"...If you needed a word to describe the Long Center for the Performing Arts' first 12 months,..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...Born in the Honey..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The 2002 Austin Critics Table Awards

On Monday, June 3, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...On Monday, June 3, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for..."

June 7, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...Don't have the stomach for Black Friday's lines? We advocate devoting the..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Quest for Aztlan

Roen Salinas Searches for -- and Finds -- Life in Folklórico

"...Aztlan. The mythical Garden of Eden of los Aztecas where the..."

April 24, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

The Last Days of Tobias Pecans

"...Tobias Pecans has been nut nirvana to folks in the Austin–Houston corridor. On December 31, "Miss Lucy" is starting..."

Dec. 11, 2014 Photo Gallery

Zach Theatre's The Santaland Diaries

A new creative team energizes a Zach Theatre holiday tradition

"...When Martin Burke, longtime star of Zach Theatre's annual production of The Santaland Diaries, officially hung up..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Art of the State

Art:

"...AMON CARTER ART MUSEUM presents Plain Pictures: Images of the American Prairie, paintings, prints, and photographs depicting the American..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature

Off the Record

Ice Cube racks up the body count at Mohawk, Loxsly shines a light on Tomorrow's Fossils, and gift-wrapping local holiday offerings

"...night on Red River. Triggering round after round over the PA, each one like a closed-fisted punch to the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...A youth leaves home to seek fulfillment in the wide, wide world, only to find that that fulfillment..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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