Aida
Palace Theater, 1554 Broadway at 47th Street 212-307-4747. $25-$80. Tue-Sat 8 pm; Wed, Sat 2 pm; Music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. Directed by Robert Falls; Bob Crowley does sets and costumes; Wayne Cilento choreographer; Heather Headley as Aida, Adam Pascal as Radames, Sherie Rene Scott as Amneris.  Story of a love triangle between Aida, an enslaved Nubian Princess, and Amneris, an Egyptian Princess who both love the same soldier, Radames.
Winner of 4 2000 Tony Awards including Best Original Score.

Annie Get Your Gun
Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway between 45th & 46th St. 212-307-4100 $35 - $80 Tue - Sat 8 pm; Wed, Sat 2 pm; Sun 3 pm. 2 hours 30 min. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, Cheryl Ladd is filling in for Bernadette Peters as the star sharp shooter Annie Oakley. A singing fun shoot-em-up with Tom Wopat as the love & rival Frank  Butler. Directed by Graciela Daniele.

Beauty and the Beast
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th St., Between Broadway and 8th Ave. (212-307-4747).  $80, $60, $22.50 Wed-Sat 8pm; Wed, Sat 2pm; Sun 3 PM. A children's must see. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Tim Rice and songs of the late Howard Ashman, choreographed by Matt West, directed by Robert Jess Roth.  The Beast is Steve Blanchard and The Beauty is Andrea McArdle.

Cabaret
Studio 54, 524 W. 54th St. between Broadway and 8th Ave. (212-239-6200) $45-$90. Tue-Sat 8:00 PM; Wed, Sat, Sun 2 PM, Sun 7PM; 2 hrs. 30 min. One intermission. Stars Lea Thompson as Sally Bowles, the singer. '30s Berlin decadence. Classic musical. Cast including Michael Hall, Dick Latessa (Herr Schultz), Carole Shelley, Victoria Clark and Michael Hayden.

Chicago
Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St. Between Broadway & 8th Ave. (239-6200). $20-$80. Tue-Sat 8 PM; Wed & Sat 2 PM; Sun 3 PM. 2 hrs 15  min. One intermission. Six 1997 Tony Awards includes Best Revival of a Musical. A Fred Ebb, John Kander, Bob Fosse Production stars Vicki Lewis, Charlotte d'Amboise, PJ Benjamin, Brent Barrett. A chorus girl murders her lover.