monologist
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That’s a sensation with which actor, comedian and monologist Mike Birbiglia has always been intimately familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
“He’s done some really good work as a monologist at those correspondents’ dinners — that’s how he qualifies to be on the show,” Seinfeld said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2016
While she travels extensively and speaks to everyone, she stresses that her monologues are fictional but based on reality, sidestepping the mess that monologist Mike Daisey faced when he admitted to making up conversations.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2012
Press representatives for the event said the lineup would also include the rock band Mumford & Sons, the actor and comedian Russell Brand and Reggie Watts, the monologist and multi-instrumentalist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2012
Then, when it is "set" to the satisfaction of both, the monologist goes out on the road to try it out on different audiences and to write the author continually for new points and gags.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
It seems to me that TV comedy studio recordings favour dead-eyed autocue gobbling monologists, indifferent to the reality of the room, and penalise proper live performers who are the best really.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
Why do all the local monologists speak--I dare say, mind you, if I may say so--in polite British locutions?
From Time Magazine Archive
Junior Programs' repertoire also includes marionets, monologists, films, musicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roth and Elkin are both superb monologists, comic sprinters, which is one reason why excerpts from their longer works still seem satisfyingly self-contained.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some monologists open with a song because they want to get the audience into their atmosphere, and "with" them, before beginning their monologue.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
