Glen Hansard/Markita Irglova/Swell Season at the Chicago Theater

Eighteen hours later, not so much I can say about this show except...

SO.

INCREDIBLE.

Seriously, it was even better than I expected. So worth the agony at missing both of the initial dates when buying tickets. So worth the ectasy of getting good seats when a third show was announced.

Ridiculous talent, ridiculous showmanship. Even more charming than the characters in the movie, if you can imagine.

And they played for nearly two hours straight (which is longer than the runtime of Once come to think of it) though it didn't seem like it at all.

Though there was some ridiculous crowd action (thanks drunk Irish folks), most everybody was entranced. Our favorite was the under-ten year old boy in front of us with his parents who was SO into it and so wanted to clap anytime anybody else did.

It was adorable. And appropriate. They deserved more applause than I can put into words. Fantastc.