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the story, simply pulling it off doesn't count for much. The good people at ACT would really have to add something for us to walk out feeling as though this were anything more than a seasonal moneymaker (hey, they've been doing it for 25 years for a reason), and surprisingly, they actually delivered. When we left, we had a new-found respect for the old Christmas warhorse, because ACT managed to make us see the classic as though for the first time, tearing away all the horrible associations we've gathered from decades-worth of mediocre adaptations and reminding us of why Dicken's century-plus-old story is so essential.

     

A loud, garish co-production with American Musical Theatre of San Jose and St. Paul’s Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, this Cabaret steers clear of good taste in more ways than one. Its Kit Kat Klub has an authentically German, middlebrow's-night-on-the-town feel. As directed by Billy Berry and choreographed by Bob Richard, the show is miles away from the seventies sleaze of the Bob Fosse film or the sexual apocalypse of the show emceed by Alan Cumming, yet borrows touches from both. (We also liked the faux Burberry outfits for the English schoolgirl skit.)

Through July 18 // Intiman Theatre // Adults $48-$34 (Under-25 $10)

Few people can make spousal abuse laugh-out-loud funny, yet that's what Noel Coward did with Private Lives. (Though maybe Yanni should get an honorable mention for musical abuse.) "Certain women should be beaten regularly," proclaims Elyot Chase, with conviction, "like a gong." Last night's audience erupted with laughter, as if they'd never seen Sleeping With The Enemy.