Hip hop music received common on the Broadway stage when the musical “Hamilton” debuted, and it seems that type of efficiency goes to be making its rounds.
One legendary manufacturing specifically that has gotten a hip hop makeover is “The Nutcracker.” The practically 130-year-old ballet is coming to St. Louis’ Stifel Theatre Nov. 26, solely this time its “The Hip Hop Nutcracker.”
Kurtis “The Breaks” Blow, who was the primary rapper signed to a serious label in 1979, in accordance with the promotional launch of the manufacturing, stars within the manufacturing and likewise had a hand in making it a actuality.
“It’s unbelievable for me to satisfy followers, and their youngsters, and their youngsters’ youngsters who love hip hop music,” Blow mentioned within the promotional piece. “It jogs my memory of how ‘The Nutcracker’ brings folks of all ages collectively too. I hope everybody makes vacation recollections for a lifetime after they come to our present.”
On this model of the timeless basic, the nineteenth century takes a again seat and the timeline and setting of the story is in current day New York Metropolis. There is a gang of mice, digital expertise that makes the stage appear like the “Metropolis That By no means Sleeps,” and an ethical when all is claimed and achieved.
Tickets start at $22. Curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m.
