A 'Nutcracker' performance is canceled, as the virus halts holiday shows
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A 'Nutcracker' performance is canceled, as the virus halts holiday shows
Joshua Thew as the Mouse King and F. Henry Berlin as the Nutcracker in the New York City Ballet’s “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” at Lincoln Center in New York, Nov. 27, 2015. A New York City Ballet performance of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” was canceled Tuesday Dec. 21, 2021, after members of the production tested positive for the virus. Andrea Mohin/The New York Times.

by Laura Zornosa



NEW YORK, NY.- New York City Ballet canceled a performance of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” Tuesday after several people involved in the production tested positive for the coronavirus, in the latest sign of how the surge in cases is disrupting attempts to bring back some of the city’s most beloved holiday performances.

As the production, one of City Ballet’s most popular, was called off at Lincoln Center, plans to fill Carnegie Hall Tuesday evening with the “Hallelujah” chorus were canceled when Musica Sacra postponed a performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” citing the virus. And there are no more holiday kicklines at Radio City Music Hall: The remaining performances of the “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” were canceled Friday.

The cancellations came shortly after it was announced that some of Broadway’s biggest hits would not resume until after Christmas, forgoing one of the most lucrative periods of the year amid concerns about the spread of the omicron variant.

It was not immediately clear when “The Nutcracker” would return.

“We are very disappointed to have to cancel this evening’s performance,” Jonathan Stafford, the company’s artistic director, said in a statement, “but the safety of our artists, staff and audiences has been New York City Ballet’s No. 1 priority since the COVID-19 pandemic began.”

The company has worked hard to bring back the holiday favorite under difficult circumstances. It turned to a cast of dancers ages 12 and older — it typically casts younger, smaller children as its angels, soldiers and mice, and for its party scene — since only children of those ages were eligible for vaccinations when rehearsals began in the fall.

The company said tickets could be refunded, exchanged for a future performance or donated to the company. Musica Sacra said it would perform later this season at Carnegie Hall.

It is not only New York that is seeing holiday cancellations. All remaining performances of “A Christmas Carol” at the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles were canceled Tuesday, while in Chicago, the Goodman Theater suspended in-person performances of “A Christmas Carol” through Dec. 24.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.










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