act i of the nutcracker took place in the parlor.
where does act i of the nutcracker take place?
the parlor
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the production premiered on february 2, 1954 at the new york city center, starring alberta grant as marie, michael arshansky as drosselmeyer, paul nickel as the nutcracker prince, maria tallchief as the sugar plum fairy, nicholas magallanes as the cavalier. it enjoyed huge popularity in new york and has been performed by the new york city ballet every year since its premiere. annual performances now take place at the david h. koch theater at lincoln center. this version has been broadcast three times on live television - first, in an abridged form in 1957, by cbs on the tv anthology "the seven lively arts". this marked the first telecast not only of the balanchine version but of any staging of the ballet. cbs's "playhouse 90" broadcast a more complete (but still abridged) version of the balanchine "nutcracker", narrated by actress june lockhart, who was then starring as the mother in cbs's "lassie", in 1958; it was the first "nutcracker" broadcast in color. there were only four commercial breaks. this television production starred diana adams as the sugar plum fairy, the then ten-year-old bonnie bedelia as clara, and robert maiorano as the nutcracker prince. the latest revival of the production was telecast on "live from lincoln center" during the 2011 christmas season on pbs. it was pbs's first-ever telecast of the balanchine "nutcracker", but was not seen in some areas because the local pbs stations there decided to substitute their own program choices (not necessarily artistic or musical). the atlanta pbs stations, for instance, substituted self-help specials from suze orman and others, as they often do now during their pledge drives. this 2011 telecast of "the nutcracker" has so far not appeared complete online, and has not been released on dvd because "live from lincoln center" customarily refuses to release its programs on video, due to difficulties involving paying royalties to the various parties involved. this production was nominated for an emmy award.
list of productions of the nutcracker