Land Of The Sweets:

The Burlesque Nutcracker

Developed, Directed, and Produced by Lily Verlaine & Jasper McCann

From an Original Idea by Lily Verlaine

Artistic Direction & Principal Choreography by Lily Verlaine

Music Composition Direction, Songs, Book & Lyrics by Jasper McCann

Land Of The Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker (voted "Best Burlesque of Western Washington" by King 5) gives the traditional ballet a bawdy makeover! 

Land Of The Sweets features top-notch dance talent, opulent costuming, original choreography from the classically-trained Lily Verlaine, and original jazz arrangements of the Tchaikovsky score by Jasper McCann, Kate Olson, and Michael Owcharuk.

Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann are the progenitors of the ‘spectacle of ecdysiastic pageantry!’

Touted throughout the Northwest as the producer’s of Seattle’s best holiday date night, Verlaine & McCann have been performing their smash hit show Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker for the past 17 holiday seasons to sold out audiences.

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Thanks so much @j.lovejoy and @orcasislandpride for hosting us! . . #islandlife #orcasisland #theshowmustgoon #wearehere #gaypride
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