Gary Smith - Hamilton Spectator, 12.14.01:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Hamilton Nutcracker is simply the best ever</B><P>Ballet fans tend to be snobbish about The Nutcracker. <P>They sense in its easy accessibility a whiff of something vaguely populist. <P>That's too bad because Tchaikovsky's rapturous score, melded brilliantly with E.T.A. Hoffman's dramatic story of a young girl's rite of passage, makes for passionate theatre.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><B>more...</B><P>