text: Applause for 32-year-old British director Sam Mendes ' reinterpretation of the musical about Weimar Germany , the second Kander-Ebb show to be revived recently ( Chicago has been on Broadway since 1996 ) .
  
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  The director Sam Mendes has been greatly appreciated with his reinterpretation of the famous musical , not only by the public but also by critics .