Consider “The Nutcracker” by the numbers: 63 production staff and stagehands, 7,000 pounds of dry ice used each year to create the smoke effect, 1,000 pounds of plastic snow used each year to ...

(His longest previous effort: The Nutcracker, which as a children ... inevitably on swirling group movements and splashy stage effects: clouds of smoke pouring over the footlights into the ...

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816), demands a full-scale production. The elaborate stage elements and intricate lighting unleash the viewers' imagination by providing visual effects that ...