Cabaret Friday, Jan. 22 8pm Sangamon Auditorium, UIS 206-6160 $41-$51

Flashy floorshow

Middle-class gal Sally Bowles from Chelsea, London, works as a singer at Berlin’s seedy Kit-Kat Club in 1929, trying her best to live the decadent life that the city is known for. In comes new lover Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer, colorful boarding house characters, a pregnancy and Nazism. Sally refuses to acknowledge the last. A preshow German-cuisine buffet dinner is available.