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Nutcracker won’t happen this year, Pennsylvania Ballet says

"It's really sad," the ballet's executive director acknowledged. Children with sugarplum fairies dancing in their heads will need to wait until next year because of safety concerns and financial realities.

Samantha Dunster, Pennsylvania Ballet Assistant Artistic Director. center, gathers with ballet dances during the little angel rehearsal for The Nutcracker at the Academy of Music last December. This year's show will not go on, the ballet announced Wednesday.
Samantha Dunster, Pennsylvania Ballet Assistant Artistic Director. center, gathers with ballet dances during the little angel rehearsal for The Nutcracker at the Academy of Music last December. This year's show will not go on, the ballet announced Wednesday.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer