Enticingly watchable, Dizzy O’Dare emits enough joy and warmth to metaphorically fill the giant balloon during the renowned The Giant Balloon Show. In a winningly likeable performance, there is a ...

Tank and the Bangas’ The Last Balloon bursts with New Orleans joy, soul grooves, hip hop, jazz fusion turns, and Tank’s soaring voice. Years ago, a friend turned me onto New Orleans’ amazing Tank and ...

Had the young British writer Jack Godfrey made up the plot of “42 Balloons,” his new musical with Broadway aspirations now in its North American premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, he’d have been ...

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