Description: Dressing room of Boston Ballet. Young dancers prepare for dress rehearsal of Nutcracker. Put on costumes, makeup, place hair in buns, practice steps. Male solo, then duet on stage. Then ensemble dances and curtain closes. Dancers and others linger backstage. Principal ballerina says it is very crowded backstage because of scenery and difficult to make quick entrances and exits.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/04/1979
Description: Boston Music Hall, Theatre District.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/20/1979
Description: Fair to raise money for Opera Company of Boston sponsored and broadcast by WCRB. Interview with young children who say they like opera. Male vocalist with piano accompaniment performs in lobby of Opera House. Sarah Caldwell talks about restoring theater with deeper stage, better acoustics, new seats for $6 million.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1979