Carolyn Paine's Nutcracker Suite and Spicy was very good today, and apparently they're going to have some press.
Meanwhile, directly after the 2PM performance I got some video clips of Carolyn for her monologue, which is all about her exasperation with doing the Nutcracker every year - apparently all ballet dancers become fed up.
It is clear from this brief unedited clip alone that this will be a truly awesome monologue: