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When speaking onstage was forbidden to many performers, mime let them tell stories through movement. Speech was reserved for privileged theatrical companies.
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Performers may spend hours applying detailed face paint, only for sweat to smear it into an unrecognizable mess within minutes.
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When TKTS opened in the 1970s, its home was a rented construction trailer in Times Square—not the familiar booth with its red steps.
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The group plays custom instruments made from PVC plumbing pipes, striking them with paddles.
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