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Final weekend! Th-Sa @ 8 p.m.
Salvage Vanguard Theater (map)
$10-$30, PWYW Thurs w/can food donation
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Tongue and Groove's Red Balloon is an enchanting mix of animation, live action, live music and clever choreography. It's the tale of a boy—played with wonder by Mark Stewart, the company's co-artistic director—and his quick friendship with a precocious red balloon. The dialogue-free show meanders through a couple of days in the red balloon's life, helped along by a heart-breaking and heart-soaring live score composed by Okkervil River's Justin Sherburn. (Oh yes, there are MP3's!)
The boy's friends and enemies are played by a delightful ensemble of grown-ups who've mastered the art of becoming children again. Especially pleasing is Mimi Kayl-Vaughan's sweet-faced portrayal of the girl with the blue balloon. They all look lovely in front of Leah Sharpe's animated backgrounds. And there's even some audience interaction at the end that we won't spoil for you.
O, these adjectives! Lovely, delightful, enchanting, pleasing—there's just no way to describe the sheer magic of this play without sounding fluffy and silly. It's a kid's play in all the right ways—heartwarming, sweet—without the pap and clichés found so often in children's theatre. The Red Balloon is the perfect date play...or the perfect place to take your kids...or the perfect place to take your mom...or the perfect place to be with anyone, really. But hurry—it closes this weekend.
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