The New York Nutcracker

For just one night, burlesque star Pearls Daily’s decidedly grown-up twist on the holiday classic shimmies its way into Lincoln Center's David Rubinstein Atrium. The show reimagines Clara’s journey as a downtown-meets-uptown fever dream set on Christmas Eve in a Harlem apartment. Cabaret, burlesque, comedy, dance and original shadow puppetry all come out to play in a free 90-minute spectacular that’s guided—sometimes gently, sometimes not—by Tchaikovsky’s score.