So much casting has come out this week for various runs, but it’s missing important names.
Why aren’t we seeing Ashley Hod and Jules Mabie cast as NYCB’s Sugarplum Fairy and Her Cavalier? Where is Alexa Maxwell’s SPF and Dewdrop? Where is Alexa Maxwell’s SPF and Dewdrop? We have to ask twice.
Moving around – ABT’s Nutcracker casting is missing big names due to injuries. Thomas Forster and Devon Teuscher are disturbingly absent. While we love Devon’s recent and very glamorous art photos for the Valentino Garavani line, we’d rather see photos of her slogging away in PT to get her foot back functioning and maybe some simple walking around in sneakers seriously waving her Mozartiana arms the way Irina Kolpakova might do. This would go a long way toward cheering us up.
The Segerstrom crowd is in for some seismic Christmas events — the good kind of seismic. Michael de la Nuez debuts in Ratmansky’s riveting choreography for the Nutcracker Prince opposite Christine Shevchenko. You do not want to miss this. Jake Roxander and Lea Fleytoux will deliver fresh magic in those roles. But we are past due seeing Patrick Frenette as the Nutcracker Prince. He would never miss bowing his head down at the end of the Prince’s variation like some others have.
Maybe we could bundle Patrick and Alexa together and find some local New York Nutcracker for them to do? It would be like a full circle moment from when they attended SAB together. That would be way better than pulling last year’s Christmas fruitcake out of the freezer and trying to feed it to guests again.
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