"You will be treated to murder, hostage-taking, vengeance-seeking and knock-down, drag-out fighting along the way. Each of [Chicago Tap Theatre's] dancers is a stylish tapper deft at playing a role.

"Podiatric percussion invoking all the passion-driven excitement of flamenco... whoever would have guessed that such eloquent nuance could spring from so unlikely a medium as toe-taps and wing-jumps? Come and meet those prancing feet, cheer the good guys , boo the bad, and marvel at the resilience of the Chicago Tap artists who smile and sweat with such dazzling elan."

"A live band and a dozen tap dancers prove a potent concoction in "Mixology"...The onstage musicians make company favorites like Glory Box and Troch Trio really pop...the closing number, set to a devilishly quick version of "Summertime," is especially impressive. But Yonally also includes softer, more intimate solos and duets, including his ambiguous new solo, Breathe Me, for otherworldly dancer Kendra Jorstad and singer Leslie Beukelman. Here you get a look at the individual dancer, as you do in the lighthearted "heritage" duet Class Act, performed by Yonally and the sly Sarah Dahnke."

"Angels," a work for seven performers, enjoys an architectural complexity that ably demonstrates Yonally's intentions, the dancers deftly weaving in and out of a series of interesting formations..."Glory Box" not only evokes a seductive, come-hither ambience, but dynamically, defiantly echoes in tap the forceful strains in its raging score....But there's no denying Yonally's own inimitable solo power...Yonally with his zippy, fast-footed attack, glows as an intriguing tap persona for our time...He is matched by the sensational Kendra Jorstad, whose daredevil angles and remarkable athleticism n