Life is beautiful

This week’s Music Circus offering at the Wells Fargo Pavilion reintroduces theater lovers to the emcee at Berlin’s Kit Kat club via Cabaret. This Christopher Isherwood story—with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb—is the classic tale of love, betrayal, and ambition is set in a seedy nightclub. Here, the rise of the Nazi Party is taking place outside, while inside, life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful and chanteuse Sally Bowles makes sacrifices in the hope of becoming a star. $45-$90; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Wells Fargo Pavilion Music Circus, 1419 H Street; (916) 557-1999; www.californiamusicaltheatre.com.