The Balanchine Estate continues to grant Stamford Center for the Arts the rights to produce Balanchine’s The Nutcracker making SCA’s production the only one throughout the entire northeast and one of only five companies in the country permitted to re-create his original choreography. This production features lavish costumes, luscious sets, the ‘growing’ Christmas tree, a flying sleigh, the splendid Balanchine choreography and Tchaikovsky’s immortal music masterpiece performed live.