New Jersey Ballet: Nutcracker Sweet

NJB’s production has been around for awhile. New York City Ballet’s legendary Edward Villella (who was, and continues to be, an NJB Artistic Advisor) performed as the Sugar Plum Fairy’s Cavalier in NJB’s first Nutcracker fifty-two years ago. I’m sure it’s been tinkered with over the years since then, but it looks as if this essentially is the original production, updated with contemporary effects.