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Comedian R. Bruce brings the laughs to Fredericksburg--and the world Date published: 1/28/2010
BY HEATHER BRADY R. Bruce has one band sticker on his guitar case. It's black, shaped like a crow and it accompanies the word "Fragile" stamped on the outside. It's the sticker of the band Old Crow Medicine Show--a band the musician's son introduced him to a few years ago. Bruce says he was "in a musical rut" before discovering them, only opening his guitar case when he was getting paid for a gig. Now, thanks to a little inspirational Old Crow medicine and a newly signed contract with entertainment company Green Room Presents, the local artist is going international with his new show. He aims to perform in Australia as well as the United Kingdom. Before Bruce leaves town to begin his tour, though, he's doing his biannual Fredericksburg performance at Colonial Tavern this weekend. "I'm doing a whole bunch of songs and stand-up," he said. "[It's] the traditional [full] comedy club act." Bruce said this show will have a loose feel to it, unlike the new, more structured show he's working on for his international tour. "[I'll do] whatever hits me at the moment," he said. Bruce has already had some international success, at the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia--and he's hoping to expand his audience with his new show. He said the new material for the tour is woven together into something resembling an off-Broadway play, rather than a stand-up comedy and song routine. According to Bruce's Green Room Presents manager, Calvin Wynter, the semi-autobiographical performance will show in at least two off-Broadway theaters. "It's not only about the material, it's the person," Wynter said. The goal he has in mind for Bruce is to help him create a new one-person show, and then to tour that show. Wynter said it's about Bruce's persona. "That's why we're working with him." "I never thought of myself as a playwright," Bruce said. "I am a songwriter who writes funny songs." The song "Too Much Butt (for One Pair of Jeans)" is the perfect example of this self-description. In the tune, Bruce sings, "I've had a whole lot of things but I tell you what, I ain't never had too much butt."
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