If you're in New York, you must see this play. But you should hurry, it closes May 2nd.


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I saw "Mr. Fox: A Rumination" at the Signature Theatre Company last Friday night and it was an unbelievable night. Not only was the play amazingly well-done, but I got to sit in a certain Musician's seat from R.E.M....that's right...Micheal Stipe!!!

I just looked over and noticed the wooden armrest was inscribed with his name. Right now, I know my best friend Kate's head is exploding...she's been in love with Micheal Stipe since she was two. Don't worry, honey. I took a part of the seat with me. :)

Anyway, the show was a tribute to the pantomime artist George L. Fox who made his ballet of "Humpty Dumpty" famous. As a rumination, it was a re-telling of Mr. Fox's life and identified with so many complexities of the everyday actor's life.


Bill Irwin, modern day famous pantomime artist / actor, wrote this unbelieveable piece of work, as well as played Mr. Fox himself. On top of the constant financial struggle (which we all know about) to the emotional struggle of consistantly working for new ideas - the artform (oh boy, do we know about) to the embraceable struggle of working through these with a life partner (this doesn't need an explanation) to knowing whether the show will end today or whether it will never end...this story encapsulates every second of what it means to be a starving artist.

Bill Irwin ofcourse was amazing. His choreography of clown technique was so meticulous. You couldn't keep up with him.

This is a great show for anyone...I sat next to a 6 year old that was enthralled.

As a last note, this is the last of Bill Irwin's show's in his series at Signature Theatre. If you haven't ever seen him live, he's guaranteed to blow you away. As most of you know, I never promote anything unless I'm passionate about it.

I remember the last line of the play was "Everything in the actor's life is a ruminiation until you hear the words "Are you ready?"'

Ain't that the truth.