The Nutcracker
Providence Performing Arts Center
Friday, December 10, 2004 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 11, 2004 @ 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 12, 2004 @ 1:00 and 6:30 p.m.
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The Nutcracker - On Tour
The Zeiterion Theatre
Friday, December 17, 2004
Saturday, December 18, 2004 @ 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.
For ticket information call 508.994.2900 or visit www.zeiterion.org
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The Nutcracker follows a young girl, Clara, whose gift of a Nutcracker doll from her beloved Uncle Drosselmeyer leads her from a joyous family Christmas party complete with dancing dolls and a tree that grows 30 feet in height, to a midnight battle pitting a battalion of life-size toy soldiers against gigantic mice lead by the Mouse Queen. Protected by her gallant Nutcracker, Clara survives the ordeal, finding her Nutcracker doll has been transformed into a human. He leads her through a snowstorm of dancing snowflakes to the delectable Kingdom of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier reign over a colorful troupe of dancers from round the world. They celebrate the victory over the Mouse Queen with brilliant dances that culminates in a grand finale.