The title of Chicago Tap Theater's new production, The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen: a Superhero Tap Dance Opera piqued our interest immediately, but this show is no gimmick. The production is the collaborative brainchild of artistic director Mark Yonally and comic book artist Andrew Pepoy, and is meant to be a way for Yonally to further challenge his dancers, as well as the way his audiences see tap. Pepoy, who will be one of......

Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza is opening at the United Center tomorrow night, and if you happen to be downtown tomorrow you may glimpse the groups of street dancers, musicians, and performing artists – dressed in white – that will be moving throughout the Loop to promote the show. The promoters will be propped with kites, one of Kooza’s whimsical themes, meant to represent freedom and lightness of spirit. But we are guessing the white costumed......

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