Best Monologues in a Broadway Play
#2
Posted: 6/4/06 at 11:43pm
Quite a few of the monologues in both parts of "Angels in America".
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#3
Posted: 6/5/06 at 1:20am
Frances' in the second act of History Boys.
"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar
#5
Posted: 6/5/06 at 1:48am
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#6
Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:01pm
The overdone, but nonetheless astoundingly impactful "theatre endings" speech that Buzz gives in "Love! Valour! Compassion!"
and basically every time that one occurs in Angels in America. Tony Kushner is a god.
and basically every time that one occurs in Angels in America. Tony Kushner is a god.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#7
Posted: 7/30/06 at 8:16pm
A thread about straight plays?! I can hardly believe it.
I love the Pato Dooley letter recitation monologue in The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
Edited to fix a typo.
I love the Pato Dooley letter recitation monologue in The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
Edited to fix a typo.
Updated On: 7/30/06 at 08:16 PM
#8
Posted: 7/30/06 at 11:13pm
Not Broadawy, but Off-Broadway, I love Helen's speech at the end of Scene 1 in "Fat Pig" as well as Tom's final speech.
#9
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:29am
^ I love that one too! I loved that play soo much. I gotta go with Billy Crudup's stories in The Pillowman. Just amazing and had me on the edge all night.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#10
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:31am
Steppenwolf is doing "Pillowman" this season. It sounds way cool. I'm sorry I missed the Broadway production.
#11
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:33am
I really can't get into the play. I find the text rather boring. Perhaps if I knew more about the show while reading it? I just picked up "some girl(s)" - can't wait to read it.
#12
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:40am
I loved Some Girl(s)...let me know what you think. I sorta have recently fallen in love with LaBute because of The Shape of Things and This is How it Goes.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#13
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:21am
Samuel Byck in Assassins has some great ones. Or, at least one great one.
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#14
Posted: 7/31/06 at 2:47am
I like the monologue where Johnny finds out that Michael is dying in Tick...Tick...BOOM!
#15
Posted: 7/31/06 at 2:48am
The priest's prayers in Doubt. Brilliant.
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#16
Posted: 7/31/06 at 4:45am
Also off B'way - "A Chip in the Sugar" from TALKING HEADS. Actually, all the monologues in TH's were good - but this one was my favorite.
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#17
Posted: 7/31/06 at 9:43am
I don't know if it counts as a monlogue or not, but John's counting the ten commandments in The Crucible is awesome. (Maybe because of the line following the monologue, but still)
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#18
Posted: 7/31/06 at 11:33am
Mason in Act One of TAKE ME OUT.
"And I think what's best about us is manifested in our desire to show respect for one another. For what we can be."
Denis O'Hare was excellent.
"And I think what's best about us is manifested in our desire to show respect for one another. For what we can be."
Denis O'Hare was excellent.
#19
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:53pm
Wow- I totally forgot about the stories in The Pillowman. I <3 that show! A theatre in Denver, CO is also putting it on this season- I'm draggin all my friends to it.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#20
Posted: 7/31/06 at 12:55pm
isn't it great how many productions there will be this year? Steppenwolf, the Wilma in Philly, yours in Denver. Such a powerful show!
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#21
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:00pm
Yes! It's so great that this show is becoming more widespread, despite what some may call "questionable content". The writing in it is beautiful and worthy of attention.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#22
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:03pm
Well, I haven't seen many plays. But the one that has affected me the most was Grace's in "Faith Healer."
#23
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:18pm
There are SO MANY but here are the first three that came to mind:
Alton Scales' 'White Man's Leavings' monologue from "The Sign in Sidney Bruistein's Window"
Tom's often done 'Opium dens' monologue from "The Glass Menagerie"
Hissom's long monologue from Yasmina Reza's "Art"
Alton Scales' 'White Man's Leavings' monologue from "The Sign in Sidney Bruistein's Window"
Tom's often done 'Opium dens' monologue from "The Glass Menagerie"
Hissom's long monologue from Yasmina Reza's "Art"
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#24
Posted: 7/31/06 at 1:33pm
Any of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's from R&G Are Dead.
#25
Posted: 7/31/06 at 2:38pm
The monologue that had the most devastating impact on an audience that I've ever seen is the 10 minute "There was no air"/Beau Willie monologue done by the Lady in Red from FOR COLORED GIRLS.... The entire audience was weeping by the end and there was even audible sobbing -- from women AND men.
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