Laura Coppinger, the Sugar Plum Fairy of St. Charles' 'Christmas Traditions' stops in her tracks to entertain shoppers during a Main Street parade November 29, 2009.

Now onstage at the Skylight on Vermont in Hollywood, Sugar Plum Fairy is best described as 'the magic in putting on a show'. Whether you are familiar with The Nutcracker ballet or not, ...

An actress who played a Sugar Plum Fairy during previous Christmas Traditions on St. Charles' Main Street wasn't hired by the city this year, but still will add some sweetness to the annual festival.

Sugar Plum Fairy Author and playwright Sandra Tsing Loh takes Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" as a metaphor for bitter competition among countless young girls who long to be the Snow Queen, the ...