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WSJ.com: Families seeking seasonal entertainment in Orlando, Fla., this month have at least five competing productions of "The Nutcracker" to choose from. There's a multicultural version, "The Chocolate Nutcracker," in which a young girl travels from Harlem to Egypt, Brazil and West Africa on an enchanted journey. The Central Florida Ballet delivers aerial acrobatics and mini-explosions, while the Orlando Ballet and Russian Ballet of Orlando offer more traditional versions. And the Orlando Repertory Theatre is performing "A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas," a rock musical that takes place inside a videogame. The Sugarplum Fairy wears a pink wig—reminiscent of rap star Nicki Minaj—and the digitized Tchaikovsky score includes Pac-Man sound effects. The show features seven minutes of ballet, and it's nearly sold out.