All Aboard The “A Train”; “Sugar Hill” reimagines the Ellington/Strayhorn “Nutcracker Suite”
Dec 25, 2023 | By Tristan Bruns
In my attempt to cover nontraditional “Nutcrackers” this year, I thought my experience with “The Buttcracker” burlesque Nutcracker by (sub)version) productions would take the cake as the most unconventional reimagining of the property. Not so! Hello Entertainment and the Auditorium Theatre say, “hold my sugar plum,” presenting “Sugar Hill,” an amalgamation of dance styles set to the jazzy “Nutcracker Suite” by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn running through Dec. 30 at the Auditorium.