Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Reimagines 'The Nutcracker' for 2027

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre reimagines 'The Nutcracker' for 2027

More than two decades after Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre debuted its current version of “The Nutcracker,” the company is preparing an ambitious...

“Immersive, Awe-Inspiring, Proud of Pittsburgh”: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Announces a New Iteration of 'The Nutcracker'

PHOTO BY OLLIE GRATZINGER “The Nutcracker” is getting a makeover — Pittsburgh-style.  The famed ballet, put on each holiday season by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre at the Benedum Center, is based on German author E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and performed to the 1892 score composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It follows the adventure of the young hero, Marie, whose coming-of-age story begins when her dolls come to …