Her Cirque knowledge comes in handy with The Nutcracker ... among the hanging racks, men’s wardrobe supervisor Freddy Reynaldo was preparing a chart of dancer and costume sizes that he keeps ...

But in the end, you get to wear one of the strangest costumes ever featured in a production of “Nutcracker.” They’re called the Ginger Men. There are four of them at each performance.

They were prototypes for Tim Goodchild, who's designing the sets and costumes for Houston ... as a jacket and a pair of pants," he said. "The men of the early 19th century were really like peacocks." ...

Some of the costumes to be featured in Dominion Energy’s ‘The Nutcracker’ on Friday, Dec. 9 through Sunday, Dec. 24. (Photo: Forrest Shelor, 8News) (Photo: Forrest Shelor, 8News ...