The Hard Nut

What do you get when you mix the traditional Nutcracker with gogo boots, dancing Barbie dolls, psychedelic slapstick, and gender bending? Find out this holiday season as 32 dancers perform original choreography with 116 costume changes; robotic rats stalk the stage; and thousands of snowflakes dress the air. The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra plays the entire Tchaikovsky score as it was originally intended.