`Nutcrackers' seem to be holding their own against the Rockettes.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | December 12, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: Peter Dobrin

On the art-vs.-commerce battleground, the scenario is all too familiar.

"The Nutcracker," as nearly everyone knows, is what keeps ballet companies across the country afloat, often providing a fourth or even a third of annual revenue.

Along come media giants Cablevision and Clear Channel with a splashy new touring show, Rockettes' "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," set to blow all the poor "Nutcrackers" out of the water.

Ballet leaders, and consequently many newspapers, have portrayed the new rivalry as a dance to ...

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