An actor explains why he left Broadway at 40 years old to become a mime

When he was 40 years old, actor Bill Bowers left his gig at "The Lion King" on Broadway — one of the highest-earning musicals in history — to become a mime. We talked to Bowers about why he took up the silent art, his technique, and the importance of passing on the art form of mime "body to body."

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