By Canadian Press

The show must go on: ‘Nutcracker’ opens after costume theft

Dec 15, 2016 | 9:15 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island ballet company is going on with the show even after the Nutcracker’s mask and the Sugar Plum Fairy’s tutu were stolen, thanks to help from ballet companies from across the country.

The Festival Ballet Providence’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” opens Friday.

Artistic Director Misha Djuric (JOO’-rich) discovered in November that 57 costumes and costume parts were missing from a warehouse in Pawtucket.

He says he would have had the dancers perform in street clothes if he had to, because he didn’t want the theft to ruin the holiday tradition.

Ballet companies in Ohio, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, New York and New Hampshire sent costumes and props to Providence.

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Djuric says everyone was very touched and taken by it. He says “a miracle happened.”

Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press