8 pm: Theater

The much-anticipated national tour of the Tony Award-winning revival of “Cabaret,” the dark Kander-Ebb-Masteroff musical, has arrived, with Teri Hatcher as cabaret performer Sally Bowles, an Englishwoman in Germany at the start of the Third Reich. To reflect the ambience of the decadent Kit Kat Klub, the entire main-floor seating area of the Wilshire Theatre has been reconceived by set designer Robert Brill.

* “Cabaret,” Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends April 11. $40 to $72. (213) 365-3500.

7 pm: Movies

Jennifer Tilly, Mitchell Anderson, Lori Petty and T.C. Carson star in “Relax . . . It’s Just Sex,” a comedy about a group of gay and straight friends dealing with life-changing issues. The sneak peek screening is part of the Outfest @ The Village weekly series of gay-themed films. The film will be released by Jour de Fete Films on March 12.

* “Relax . . . It’s Just Sex,” Outfest @ The Village, L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center Village, Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood. 7 p.m. $5 to $6. Sold out.(323) 960-2394.

8 pm: Dance

It’s an Alvin Ailey weekend in downtown L.A., with three mixed bills by his American Dance Theater on view at the Ahmanson. It’s the only dance concert scheduled at the whole three-theater L.A. Music Center for all of 1999, so get it while you can: a big company on a big stage, still celebrating its 40th anniversary and its institutional endurance 10 years after Ailey’s death. Watch for an “Ailey Classics” program (mostly excerpts) tonight and Saturday afternoon; “The Prodigal Prince,” “Lettres d’Amour” and “Revelations” on Friday night; and “Streams,” “Cry,” “Echo: Far From Home” and “Revelations” on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

* Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ahmanson Theatre, the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., 8 p.m. Also Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $20 to $50. (213) 365-3500.

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FREEBIE: Andy Warhol’s 1965 film “Outer and Inner Space” will receive its local premiere at the Ahmanson Auditorium of the Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., 6:30 p.m. (213) 626-6222.