chicago takes off: under a big top will feature approximately 25 Chicago-based performers, both female and male, who will donate their time and many "talents" to create this sexy celebration of life. Inspired by the popular annual Broadway Bares (a benefit that sponsors Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS), CHICAGO TAKES OFF is a fund-raising, Burlesque revue-style performance, that will elevate the "strip-tease" to an art form.