The unbounded success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie this summer followed by the Christmas season’s many stagings of “The Nutcracker,” danced to Tchaikovsky’s 1892 score ...

Barbie, for instance ... is the author of an upcoming book for Yale University Press about “The Nutcracker” as a North American phenomenon. She also reviews dance for The Times.

Barbie’s version of “The Nutcracker” is a modern adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s classic Christmas tale. Instead of being an open-ended dream, this is more a musical fantasy adventure.

From the original 2001 Barbie In The Nutcracker to the most recent 2023 movie Barbie: Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure, there are just so many Barbie movies to choose from. So we made ...

The Motion Picture (1986), The Nutcracker Prince (1990), Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001), and The Nutcracker in 3D (2010) are all great if you can’t get to see a live version. Oh, and don’t ...