<P>Bob Hicks - The Oregonian, 12.09.01:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>'Nutcracker' unchanged, refreshing</B><P>A colleague, learning Friday evening that I was heading down to Keller Auditorium to take in opening night of "The Nutcracker," stared in sympathetic disbelief. "What new," he finally asked, "can you possibly find to write about 'The Nutcracker'?" <P> <BR>Well, nothing, really. And that's the point. When a thing works, nothing new is something good.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><B>more...</B><P><A HREF="http://www.obt.org" TARGET=_blank><B>Oregon Ballet Theatre Website</B></A> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>A Northwest family tradition since 1993, OBT's The Nutcracker has been recognized as one of the top productions of this story in the country. <P>For a more offbeat and irreverent holiday experience, OBT is bringing back—by popular demand—James Canfield's hilarious and good natured-spoof on The Nutcracker, The Nut Has Finally Cracked.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>