Favorite Solo Shows?

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 1:27pm

I’m doing a research project and was wondering what your favorite solo shows are? It can be in based in standup like Mike Birbiglia, a musical memoir like The Lion, or more narrative-based like Prima Facie. I can list so many of these plays but I’m curious what other people are drawn to. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 1:33pm

Prima Facie

700 Sundays

Latin History for Morons

Colin Quinn solo shows (Long Story Short, New York Story, Red State/Blue State, Small Talk)

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 1:36pm

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

Bea Arthur on Broadway

I never actually saw them, but I've listened to and loved them. I will listen again and and again.

[yyys]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 1:58pm

Kate Berlant - Kate

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 2:23pm

Whoopie Goldberg

Michael Moore: Terms of My Surrender

Jefferson Mays' A Christmas Carol

Ann (Holland Taylor)

[inception]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 2:44pm

Buyer & Cellar with Michael Urie was one of the greatest things I ever saw 

[JasonC3]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 2:50pm

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Buyer and Cellar

Prima Facie

Elaine Stritch At Liberty

Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities

I Am My Own Wife

[BeingAlive44Ever]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 3:30pm

I Am My Own Wife, of course

Here's an unpopular one: 
Bella Bella by Harvey Fierstein
I think it's really brilliant, most people think it's a "drag"

[suzycat]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 3:32pm

What the Constitution Means to Me (mostly a solo show)

[52889j]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 4:02pm

Fleabag
Kate
Hold These Truths
The Tricky Part
Girls & Boys
Harry Clarke

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 4:10pm

Oh wow, how did I forget Harry Clarke?!! LOVED that play.

[Harriet Craig]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 5:20pm

Full Gallop (Mary Louise Wilson as Diana Vreeland)

[justoldbill]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 6:11pm

MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! - Hal Holbrook

THE BELLE  OF AMHERST - Julie Harris

[jagman1062]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 6:46pm

Prima Facie

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

I Am My Own Wife

A Christmas Carol - Jefferson Mays

A Christmas Carol - Patrick Stewart

Mark Twain Tonight - Hal Holbrook

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe - Lily Tomlin

Rose - Olympia Dukakis

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/4/23 at 7:03pm

Prima Facie

Triple Threat (James T. Lane)

Ann (Holland Taylor)

Macbeth (Alan Cumming’s one-man schizophrenic fever dream production)

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 11/5/23 at 7:28am

An Iliad

Sea Wall (extremely depressing but well written)

Faith Healer (which is actually three actors doing their own interconnected solo pieces)

I second Harry Clarke

[Melissa25]

Posted: 11/5/23 at 9:40am

700 Sundays is definitely a favorite.  This year I also caught Robert Montano’s Small about his misunderstood life as a jockey which I really liked and would love to see again.
 

 

[FirstRowBalcony]

Posted: 11/5/23 at 10:50am

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING with Vanessa Redgrave 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 11/5/23 at 11:32am

Ones not already listed, but higher up the list for me:

— Zoe Caldwell in Lillian

— Henry Fonda in Clarence Darrow

— BP in Act 1 of Song and Dance (Tony Award)

 

 

[willep]

Posted: 11/5/23 at 11:33am

Jefferson Mays’ A Christmas Carol was stunning to me.

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 11/5/23 at 2:16pm

Thank you so much! I really appreciate everyone's input!

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 11/6/23 at 4:47am

Fordham2015 said: "Prima Facie

700 Sundays

Latin History for Morons

Colin Quinn solo shows (Long Story Short, New York Story, Red State/Blue State, Small Talk)"

You have impeccable taste. Didn't see Prima Facie but the others you mention were all first rate. I love Colin Quinn and will see anything he does. He's brilliant. And don't forget about Unconstitutional.

I would also 3rd Harry Clarke.

I would add to the list A Bronx Tale when Chazz Palminteri did it as a one man show before it became a full blown musical.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson both for Lackawanna Blues and August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned.

Stephen Lang's show Beyond Glory 

And lastly the late Roger Rees with What You Will.

Updated On: 11/6/23 at 04:47 AM

[ManOfLaMuncha]

Posted: 11/6/23 at 7:11am

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe  Lily Tomlin

Appearing Nightly  Lily Tomlin

The Belle of Amherst Julie Harris

All of Bette Midler's shows, but she did have bands and backup singers :)