Still think Christmas is only for Nutcrackers and Dickens fans? Check out the D.C. theater scene this month, when you can storm the barricades, giggle with Elle Woods or just keep cool, boy.

D.C. will be the first to see the highly anticipated revamping of West Side Story by Arthur Laurents before it heads to Broadway. Why us? The National Theater is where the show was born. (Dec 15).

Signature Theater is only the second theater to tackle its own regional production of Les Miserables, and it will do so in much smaller quarters than usually house the famous turntable-style set (Dec. 2).

Legally Blonde: The Musical is hardly Broadway at is most innovative, but those looking for some frothy musical fun could do worse than head to the Kennedy Center (Dec. 16).