Great one-man (or woman) shows

[Llama Llogophile]

Which are some of the best one-person shows of all time? I'm thinking mainly of stage acting. Some that come to my mind are:

Patrick Stewart in "A Christmas Carrol"
James Whitmore's Give 'em Hell Harry
Ricky Jay & His 51 Assistants

[Larry Mudd]

Andy Jones in Still Alive (http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.01.94/ARTS/co1201.htm).

[Zebra]

I loved Patrick Stewart in A Christmas Carol.

I also loved Coco Peru in Why Peru?

[bobblehead]

Castaway???

[DoctorJ]

It was Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants, and it's way cool. So cool, in fact, that I learned two of his routines verbatim. (The opening bit with the queen productions, and a section of his gambling routine where he demonstrates different shuffling styles.)

I saw Spaulding Gray do "Gray's Anatomy". That was pretty cool.

I'd love to see Patrick Stewart's "Christmas Carol".

Dr. J

[El Elvis Rojo]

Spaulding Gray's "Monster in a Box" is very good as well, but I like "Gray's Anatomy" a little more.

[whistlepig]

Blown Sideways Through Life by Claudia Shearer(?)

It was a one woman show where she talked about having had 52 jobs, everything from waitress to receptionist in a whorehouse. Funny and uplifting. I saw in on PBS one time and have been unable to find a tape of it.

BTW, she later appeared on a episode of Friends.

[Peanuthead]

Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo
Spaulding Gray's "Monster in a Box" is very good as well, but I like "Gray's Anatomy" a little more.

His Swimming To Cambodia is a masterpiece!

And I remember seeing Mickey Rooney do a one man play on TV back in the late 50s or early 60s in which he was in his room trying to work out a way to fend off a loan shark he owed money to. Just Mickey and a telephone. Great piece of work!

[longjohn]

Does comedy count?

In that case, anything by Bill Hicks and to a lesser extent, No Cure for Cancer by Dennis Leary.

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[heresiarch]

The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe (http://www.culturevulture.net/Theater2/Tomlin.htm) written by Jane wagner, starring Lily Tomlin.

[Annie-Xmas]

Tell Me On A Sunday , Andrew LLoyd Webber's show for a solo woman. One of my favorites.