Nikolai and the Others: A Play

Richard Nelson’s play Nikolai and the Others is “an engrossing work . . . marvelous” (New York magazine).

In Nikolai and the Others, Richard Nelson imagines the relationships between Balanchine and Stravinsky, their friends, lovers, wives and ex-wives, supporters, and dancers (including Maria Tallchief and Nicholas Magallanes), at the time of their historic collaboration on the ballet Orpheus.

Orpheus would be the spectacular inaugural production of the newly formed New York City Ballet. T...