sugarplum

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Even those with scant interest in classical music or dance will be osmotically familiar with Tchaikovsky’s 1892 Christmas ballet, with its hit-filled score and Sugarplum Fairy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Sugarplum even tries to have the rules from her town of Perfection apply to the real world.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

If you attended a performance of “The Nutcracker” a few seasons ago, you might have wondered why dancer Mira Nadon, as Sugarplum Fairy, suddenly disappeared from the stage at a key moment.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

But what about the entrance of the Sugarplum Fairy?

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Few of the boatmen of Deal went by their right names; but such soubriquets as Doey, Jack Onion, Skys’lyard Dick, Mackerel, Trappy, Rodney Nick, Sugarplum, etcetera, were common enough.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)