Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
#1Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/18/14 at 6:13pmHi all. I'm looking to expand my play library and am interested in one-man or one-woman shows. Could you reccommend your favorites, what they're about, and why you reccommend it? Thanks!
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#2Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/18/14 at 6:16pmMaster Class isn't really a one woman play but pretty close-and a great read, IMO.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#2Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/18/14 at 11:07pm
The Belle of Amherst deals with the life of Emily Dickinson.
It's a nice play, and Julie Harris did a wonderful job with it.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#3Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/18/14 at 11:10pmIt was not a hit, but I loved Lillian, about Lillian Hellman; I also enjoyed seeing Barrymore and suspect the play would be a fun read, as would Shirley Valentine.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/18/14 at 11:13pm
One Man. Say Goodnight Gracie
Clarence Darrow
Barrymore
One Woman Golda
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Thparkaly
Stand-by Joined: 9/11/12
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/19/14 at 12:09am
Shirley Valentine
Tru (about a night with Truman Capote)
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#8Great one-man/one-woman plays to read?
Posted: 10/19/14 at 9:28am
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Shortlisted for the Pulitzer and a really compelling read.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
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