Beyond Words
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 12, 2011
Closed Oct 30, 2011
Opened Oct 12, 2011
Closed Oct 30, 2011
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Running Time:
1hr. 15min.
1hr. 15min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Beyond Word a collection of Mime, Music, and Monologues: a poignant journey that continues Bowers' ongoing investigation of silence in our culture. Set against the backdrop of "Small town America," Beyond Words takes the audience on a funny and poignant journey of sound and silence. One of the most acclaimed mimes in America today, Bill Bowers' eloquent movement evokes the deepest truths of the human condition. Often compared to Chaplin and Keaton, Bowers has truly created a style all his own. Bowers is a student of world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau, and has performed and conducted workshops throughout the U.S, Europe and Asia. His acclaimed original shows have been produced Off-Broadway to critical raves.
Bowers and Banta last collaborated on the critically acclaimed It Goes Without Saying at Rattlestick Theatre. The New York Times has said "To see Bill Bowers is to see the technical elements of a style that bring Marcel Marceau readily to mind. Mime can be wonderful…the air between him and us was his palette."
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The most surprising thing about Bill Bowers' uneven one-man show, Beyond Words, at Urban Stages, is just how many words the writer/performer crams into the 75-minute piece.
Since the work is billed as Bowers' "ongoing investigation of silence in our culture," it's puzzling that the silence is hard to find. Even when he's not talking, Bowers is miming to a soundtrack played at a pronounced volume throughout the theater. And while there's a lot to be said with -- and about -- silence, Bowers is clearly still struggling to find the language with which to express it.
The work begins intriguingly enough with the question of what makes a boy? Bowers talks about his own childhood in Montana and [...]