"Show, don't tell", they say, immediately violating their own edict.  Of course, miming that kind of thing is tremendously tricky, and were Charades to be played, or scored, in that manner would undoubtedly score a vast number of points.

Anyway, the epitome of "Show, don't tell" in the performance arena is undoubtedly mime.  You'll be very glad to hear that I'm not going to talk about mime.

I am, instead, going to talk about musical theatre, which is like mime, only set to music and with more dancing.

And before you all run away, I should probably mention that this was an adaption of Edward Scissorhands.

It was, to put it mildly, incredible.  I was there with a whole group of friends (diotina is 43 next week and wanted a birthday trip) and we were all completely swept away by the magic of it.  The set design is gorgeous, taking the 50s suburbia and gothic elements and reducing them down to their archetypal basics.  The dancing is inspired, covering a whole range from a couple of ballet set pieces to modern dance but always putting the story first and always infused with the style of the individual characters.  In the larger scenes there were always at least three things going on, and I'm sure it would bear up to repeated viewings to catch all of the little details in the background.

Anyway, take a look here at the site and see if you can catch it somewhere, you won't regret it.