Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker, a holiday dream told in dance, from Tony Award®- winning producers David Garfinkle and Dr. Ron Simons, will make its world-premiere at the Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells) this Wednesday, Dec. 20. SUGAR HILL will run through Dec. 30.

An exhilarating story told in dance and live performance by a seventeen-piece jazz orchestra, SUGAR HILL is set to the music of the genre-defying collaboration between jazz icons bandleader/composer Duke Ellington and composer, Billy Strayhorn, in a captivating way that has never been done before.

In its world premiere, SUGAR HILL reveals the glamour of the 1930s as seen through the lens of the nonconformist daughter of a high-society Black family in Manhattan and her own fantastic dreamworld in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. A jazz-steeped reimagining of the classic tale, this Nutcracker dance-story sends a stirring message that champions individuality and the journey to find the power of your unique self: “Go find what makes you different to find your magic.”

SUGAR HILL: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker,

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