PNB needs to bring back an original Nutcracker

Who here knows Peter Boal personally? The current version of the Nutcracker desperately needs new choreography & a unique style. There is legitimately almost no dancing throughout the first half…it’s like a play. Ian Falconer’s art is the one saving grace but once you’ve seen it there is nothing to return for that justifies the ticket price. At least the Sendak/Stowell version had dancing during the party scenes.

I’m not a fan of the Balanchine version AT ALL & it’s actually salt in the wound that Seattle no longer has an original production. I would like to see PNB bring back a more creative version. I miss the original like so many other millennials but I think more so I just want something unique. PNW isn’t New York so why are our arts copying a production that’s been done everywhere else. Give us the original that Seattle deserves!