| Premiere date: | February 02, 1954 | | Premiered at: | New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama | | Music: | The Nutcracker (1892) by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky | | Decor: | Horace Armistead | | Lighting: | | | Costumes: | Karinska (Masks by Vlady ) | | Book: | | | Plot: | |
| Choreography George Balanchine
Original Cast Tanaquil Leclerq
Maria Tallchief
Nicholas Magallanes
Michael Arshansky
Alberta Grant
Susan Kaufman
Paul Nickel
In Repertory |
