PROVIDENCE — “The Widow’s Broom” may not sweep-you off your feet. But it may give you a lift.

Festival Ballet Providence’s original stage adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s book of the same name is now playing at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, perfectly timed for Halloween. It’s a show about a widow, of course, and a broom. But there’s also a witch, 13 actually.

The show has lots of nice touches, and beneficial additions since its 2004 premiere. The recorded orchestra music, composed by Aleksandra Vrebalov, is dramatic. The choreography, created by Viktor Plotnikov, has his signature style with unorthodox movements that feel completely appropriate. And the costumes, designed by Ka Yan Kan, are good and effective. The witches wear black, of course, long dresses and pointed hats. And new this year, the Broom wears a high hat, the kind you’d see on a Buckingham Palace guard, except there’s a mask attached, and it’s not black, but striated brown, like wood. It’s a great improvement.

In previous years, the Broom had an exposed face, which strained audience disbelief of it being a broom that has come to life.

Festival Ballet has it right this year. Mindaugas Bauzys is the Broom on this night and performs with athleticism, control and composure. His dance is both strong and graceful, but one movement in particular identifies his character: his undulating neck, which engages his headdress and makes the anthropomorphism more believable.

One of the first scenes in the production is one of the best. All the witches, led on this night by Vilia Putrius, are on their brooms, flying around stage on a fogged floor that could pass for clouds, before a backdrop of stars and a big orange moon.

A witch abandons her balky broom. A Widow, played by Leticia Guerrero, and her son Owen, played by Reona Yonezowa, take it in. Guerrero dances well, conveying her character’s fear, caution and, finally, affection for the Broom. And Yonezowa is well suited for the role of a small boy given her small stature and her cheerful manner of movement.

When the Widow and her son take in the Broom, villagers object and want to destroy the Broom. The Widow protects it. That’s the drama, which takes time to develop.

“The Widow’s Broom” storyline could benefit from streamlining. Each scene in this two-act, 1 hour and 45-minute production, seems slightly too long for the plot point it’s making.

brourke@projo.com