Best Solo Shows
#0Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/30/03 at 8:31am
In No Particular Order
1. Say Goodnight Gracie
2. Papa
3. Clarence Darrow
4. Solitary Confinement
I asuume, once I see them, these will be added to the list
I Am My Own Wife
Goldas Balcony
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#1re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/30/03 at 9:14am
"Say Goodnight Gracie" was great.
I definitely recommend "I Am My Own Wife".
#2re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/30/03 at 11:03am
say goodnight gracie
star f*ckers
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#3re: re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/30/03 at 12:03pm
All Time BEST Solo Shows
The Belle of Amherst
and of course
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Updated On: 8/30/03 at 12:03 PM
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jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: re: re: re: re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/30/03 at 8:35pm
Not on Broadway ( but hopefully it will get a chance to get there) -- but it played at the Donmar Warehouse on the West End:
Michael Ball's critically acclaimed "ALONE TOGETHER" - a story about the life of a performer told in songs and half-songs ( encompassing songs of Broadway's and America's best composers - Jolson, Berlin, Porter, Gershwin, Styne, Kahn, Herman, Schwartz, Rodgers/Hammerstein/Hart, Ellington, Kern, Merrill, Sondheim,Yorke, Bowie, Guettel and many more). There are no words spoken but simply a musical tapestry of song and acting.
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#7re: re: re: re: re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/30/03 at 8:38pm
Btw, if you're interested, ALONE TOGETHER is available on DVD. It was released on Region 2 and Region 1 - but I am not sure if there are still available Region 1 copies. Try Amazon.co.uk.
jo
Updated On: 8/30/03 at 08:38 PM
#8re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/31/03 at 5:01pm
I Am My Own Wife----Brilliant
Golda's Balconey------Tovah Feldshuh is beyond fantastic
I saw Say Goodnight Gracie and really enjoyed it also but
the above two left me thinking I had witnessed something extraordinary.
#9re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/31/03 at 5:19pmJefferson Mays plays about ten or so completely different characters and the audience is spellbound. You cannot excape his eyes. Please see it.
#10re: re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/31/03 at 5:35pm
I agree with the posters who mentioned I AM MY OWN WIFE. It was even more thought-provoking the second time seeing it. It is unlike anything I have ever seen and offers no easy explinations.
Ditto THE SEARCH FOR INTELLEGENT LIFE...but I'd LOVE for Lily & Jane to write a sequel.
ALONE TOGETHER sounds very intreguing.
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#11re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 8/31/03 at 7:28pm
FULL GALLOP comes to mind
as well as the David Hare piece, the name is escaping me.
One musn't forget A CHRISTMAS CAROL, whether with Patrick Stewart, Alec McGowen, or Charles Dickens.
BB
#12re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 9/1/03 at 8:36pm
Belle of Amherst - Julie Harris is a goddess
Any one man show with Spaulding Gray
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#13re: re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 9/3/03 at 1:35pm
Tru- with Robert Morse
Freak- with John Leguizamo
Shirley Valentine
And the end all be all, Search for Intelligent Signs of Life...
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#14re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 9/3/03 at 1:43pm
Tru-Robert Morse
Elaine Strich-At Liberty
Search For Signs....-Lily Tomlin
Barrymore-Christopher Plummer
LINK: Tracy, you look beautiful behind bars!
TRACY: It must be the low-watt institutional lighting!
#15re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 9/3/03 at 1:47pm
the best I ever saw was Lily Tomlin in Appearing Nightly........
followed by
Robert Morse in TRU
#16re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 9/3/03 at 1:57pm
I believe the David Hare piece is called 'Via Dolorosa'.
I adored FULL GALLOP.
But I truly believe the best one person show will be THE SANTALAND DIARIES coming this December in NYC, starring ME!!!!
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#17Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 1:58pmI've seen one show with a single cast member: Fully Committed! I enjoyed it thoroughly.
#18re: Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 4:03pm
Also....
Spalding Gray in Swimming to Cambodia
Anna Deveare Smith in Fires in the Mirror
David Drake in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
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#19re: re: Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 7:48pm
I have to agree with THE BELLE OF AMHURST. Julie Harris was splendid.
However, in the near future we'll be able to see AN EVENING WITH CAROL CHANNING.
#20re: re: re: Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 7:53pmI agree about Patrick Stewart and Fully Committed. I can't wait to see I Am My Own Wife.
#21re: re: re: Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 7:53pmI agree about Patrick Stewart and Fully Committed. I can't wait to see I Am My Own Wife.
#22re: re: re: Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 7:53pmI agree about Patrick Stewart and Fully Committed. I can't wait to see I Am My Own Wife.
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Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#23re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Best Solo Shows
Posted: 9/3/03 at 8:01pmI love Alone Together. Wish he would bring it over here
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#24re: re: re: Only Solo Show
Posted: 9/3/03 at 9:59pm
SHIRLEY VALENTINE - Of course
BARRYMORE - Of course
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