Acrobats, clowns and comedy all under one roof.
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United Center
1901 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60607  Map it
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| (312) 455-4500 |
| $49.50-$125 adults; $38.50-$87.50 kids |
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Official website
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| Friday | 8 p.m. (4 p.m. 7/4–8/10) |
| Saturday | 8 p.m. (4 p.m. 6/26–8/10) |
| Sunday | 1 p.m. & 5 p.m. (6/26–8/10) |
| Tuesday | 8 p.m. (no show 7/22) |
| Wednesday | 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | 8 p.m. (4 p.m. on 7/24) |
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Mock Cirque de Soleil's arty vagueness and pseudo-Frenchness if you must. But if watching a Cirque show doesn't reduce you to a state of child-like wonder in under five minutes, you must have your eyes closed. This venerable reinvented circus creates bizarre, immersive worlds where goony clowns gibber and gawk at the divine acrobats who float above them. "Kooza," the Cirque's latest touring show, amazes with its own brand of the basics, following a Charlie Brown type (down to the useless kite) who is spirited away to a magical land that's ruled by a clown-king and inhabited by the best circus acts in the world. Look out for the three tiny jewel-like contortionists, the comically macho rope-walkers, and the juggler, who, like something out of a Borges story, seems to be waiting for the invention of new objects to challenge his skill.
