Maybe I should back track a little bit. When Keri finally convinced me to go to see Ballet shows (on the stage or in the theatre) I told her the only way I could go is if I could interpret them in my own way.
So here is MY interpretation of " The Nutcracker"
The story begins outdoors in the snow. Kids and parents are in a hurry to go somewhere for christmas. They are all dressed warm and in holiday colors, ready to get to their destination. Soon we learn that they are going to a party at The Kennedy's! The scene opens to an expensive house with a huge christmas tree. Soon the house is full of dancing servants and relatives all very excited to pay respects to the Kennedy Family.
After the Kennedy family dances and celebrates with the common folk their crazy uncle comes over with presents. Turns out the crazy uncle gives the lamest presents of all. He gives them a Nutcracker. The youngest Kennedy boy is so angry by this, he breaks his newly received Nutcracker. Drunk on peppermint schnapps the crazy uncle thinks he can make everything better by wrapping a handkerchief around the useless doll and gives it to the daughter. Confused by these events, everyone goes to bed. The youngest Kennedy is executed for his disrespect to the the crazy drunken uncle.
Seeing the opportunity to be the new favorite child and future supreme ruler of the Kennedy Empire, the daughter does a lot of LSD and casts a spell on the tree to grow into the ceiling ruining her family's house. While she is bewitching Christmas decorations an Evil Battalion of Giant Alien Rats attack the house! Being a secret evil child sorcerer / child run sweat shop owner, she summons her army of children to fight the alien rats. After an adorable battle where the Rat Emperor is slain by the guy on the Pringles Can with a sword, the daugher then commands her bed to take her away from this all to her magical Castle where she will assume the new throne as the Evil Childlike Queen of Kennedyia.
Along the way the Childlike Queen's magical bed gets lost. They stumble upon a snowy forest meadow full of homeless ballerinas. The surprisingly well groomed and well nourished dancing hobos then try to distract her with dance and coordinated attempts to get her to stay so they can eat her. Did I mention they were homeless CANNIBAL ballerinas? Their dance and tactics not having any effect on the Evil Childlike Queen of Kennedyia, she then commands her magical bed takes her to her new castle.
Upon arrival the Evil Childlike Queen of Kennedyia is presented with giant candy and presents. Enjoying this, she instructs all of her servants and guests to dance in her honor or be killed and fed to her magical bed. The guest list includes, the arabian genies of arabia, the fruit roll up fairies, a weird chinese dragon/tiger hybrid(that I shall call : a drager) 3 russian acrobats and an extremely fat lady that gives birth to 12 already dressed and dance trained kids who run around the room dancing then are sucked back up her huge dress. (who I'm thinking now was a man) The whole kingdom of Kennedyia gathers in her honor with hopes of not being killed.
The Evil Childlike Queen of Kennedyia gets tired of all the dancing, she sentences them to death and summons her flying carousel horse to come down from its hiding place of...the celing...and carry her away to a new planet where she can have proper dancing servants and no weird Dragon / Tiger hybrids or cross dressing fat men with kids in their tummies.
THE END.
Over all I thought it was a good show. You should see it!
