The Nutcracker Christmas Carol: Concert Report

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I attended The Nutcracker Christmas Carol at the campus’ Humanities Theatre. I was not sure what to expect from this play since I did even know the nutcrackers storyline. I was worried that I would not be able to write a concert report on this musical since I had never been to a live musical play, but it turned out very successful. They performed a musical skit for each storyline of this play.
The live musical play was intertwined as the story was acted out. Some of them were solo performances and others sung together as a group. All the performers were opera style singers that acted out the scenes, danced, moved around while keeping their breath through the whole number was very impressive to me. Each singer was able to hit each note almost

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