It’s by his own design, mostly, a barricade of charm and fitful monologues and hard-headed independence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was talking to me, trying to console me, but I couldn’t hear her over my own inner monologue beating myself up for doing so badly. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I want to write a solo show that has monologues where black girls stand up and speak out. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

June said she was going to write her own monologue. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I read a monologue from Julius Caesar and performed a short hip-hop play about the redemption of a former child soldier that I had written with Esther’s encouragement. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You need to pick a monologue that shows off your sense of humor.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’m traveling solo,” I say, “but I’m older than I look,” and I almost launch into my monologue about Mom in the bathroom but then remember this guy isn’t a Greyhound employee. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Part of the way through the monologue, Brandon Hardy explains that everybody at the school must play a sport. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Next is a monologue from Much Ado About Nothing, which is actually pretty good, but will be totally lost on the judges. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He no longer muttered “nation of intractable sycophancy” when the nightly news started on NTA, no longer held long monologues about how Babangida’s government had reduced Nigerians to imprudent idiots, no longer teased her mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, listen, my boy,” Neylan rejoined, launching into a two-hour monologue about the history of the oath, the duplicity of Robert Sproul, and the faculty’s disrespect for the board of regents. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

George reached the end of Charlotte’s monologue and was ready for the dialogue with Wilbur that followed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I was seven, I used to go to the town square to recite monologues from the works of Shakespeare for the adults of my community. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And by the way, what play was your dramatic monologue from, Nate?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He can if he’s as funny as I am! I get a full five minutes to do a comic monologue at the top of the show.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Reciting monologues as they coat their lashes with mascara. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Wipe that smile away and be prepared to keep the attitude of that gift of a monologue you just gave us. That is the emotion we are looking for.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once he’d finished his monologue about his construction projects, he closed with an exuberant “I miss you so much! How arejyow?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not speak down to her or at her, nor content himself with puerile questions about her life or monologues of his own activities. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Rex Rollins says, “a short speech from—” But I want to shout out, “I know what a monologue is, you dip.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running inside his head, literally for years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My father would read to me from the great monologues during the long wagon rides between towns. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To recoil against such direction is to imply that a monologue or a scene is finished. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He actually got a C in theater one quarter because he didn’t do his Shakespeare monologue. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is quite characteristic of him at his best: well-told; several rhetorical monologues; a little essay on Love by the way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Bobby shifted his monologues from hatred of the Jews to chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His favorite parts are the long, dramatic monologues. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I will miss all of you, especially Mr. Hathaway's pop quizzes and Clayton's fascinating monologues about mummies. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He suggests to a junior named Colin Lester that he build his monologue, which is from Red, a play about the painter Mark Rothko, a bit more slowly. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you let us hear your monologue now?” the woman with the dangling glasses asked softly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Donny gave his final rousing monologue, right before the John Wilkes Booth character snuck up on him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boy still had the book with his monologue in it clasped under his arm as he slept. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In this monologue, Edgar is gambling that the punishment for setting Simon’s hawk free will not be more than he can bear. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he was easing back into his monologues about Nigeria. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He has been holding a printed copy of her monologue in order to follow along. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was perched on my crate, listening to the monologue being performed onstage, when Charles appeared and sat next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There followed a comedians wheedling monologue, broken at last by applause, and a jolly band striking up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a monologue, not short, so for Zach to blow it would get the play off to a very poor start, and probably also spook the rest of the cast. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I'm working hard in my acting classes, and I also spend a lot of time reading scripts and monologues alone in my apartment. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And could I please be prepared to perform my same monologue for the team? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As we pulled into the driveway, she finally ceased her endless monologue. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He does suggest that Wayne could have had stronger “tactics” in his monologue—a more defined sense of his character’s objective. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell with Taylor doing a monologue of crazy, but Adina noticed it, too — a faint, steady beep, like a tiny alarm clock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Stevens didn't give her these five minutes at the end, Cynthia would burst into some kind of sideways monologue about whatever Mrs. Stevens had been teaching that day. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I tried to do the monologue by memory, I only messed up three times. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Wayne, who performed a monologue from August Wilson’s Fences, wins the top honor and a grant of $500. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The monologue sets the arc of the story. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

At this moment, however, even the monologue had dried up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Aech must have thought I was brown-nosing, because she snickered throughout my stammering monologue, but Og was very cool about it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don’t know if Tats is silent because she’s pondering it, but she does stop the monologue to stare intensely at me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

With a few significant exceptions, what has been occurring for decades, even for a century or more, has not been a dialogue on race, but any number of simultaneous monologues on the subject. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He has a long monologue to speak—twenty lines of type in the script, delivered as he walks the stage and leads a tour of first-year students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As if to emphasize that she has everything “down pat” she delivers the monologue in a rhythmic, almost singsong way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alertly Biff picked up fragments of his monologue. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After Teren got himself lost halfway through Fain’s garden monologue, I turned back to face him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An hour of monologue, a poem, a comment, and then without even acknowledging the fact that Montag was a fireman, Faber with a certain trembling, wrote his address on a slip of paper. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were done with our overlapping monologues, we glared at each other. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, walked to the middle of the room, and began my monologue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Captain Picard was delivering his first monologue of the episode when the doot-doot klaxon of Mom’s computer rang through the house. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Garret Charles actually gave us a generic monologue about the dust of California in the eighties. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"A pizza parlor," I replied, pretty much stunned after his monologue topped off my last two days. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

June’s keeping her monologue a secret until auditions. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Are you done with dad monologues for the day?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the time I followed Truman Drama, I saw one of his students, Wayne Miletto, win scholarship money for his performance of a monologue from August Wilson’s Fences. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

My father stopped in the middle of the monologue he had been reciting for me and gave an irritated sigh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He once again knocks his opening monologue straight out of the park. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Moved by that performance, Mr. Stephens gave him “Sea Wall,” a monologue originally written for the actor Andrew Scott. Men Who Aren’t Afraid of Tears 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

I’ve wanted to talk about Apple for a long time, but I don’t do monologues unless there’s something compelling in collision with something else in my life. Mike Daisey Discusses ?The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs? 2011-10-02T02:47:21Z

He first performed it in high school, as a monologue for his speech and debate team. The Many Hats of Chris Colfer 2012-12-21T21:10:46Z

But it began, if not for pay or an audience, with monologues in the shower as a little kid. Lola Kirke on Admiring Women and Following Them to Dangerous Places 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Droege’s favorite prop is a glass, from which the various characters of “Happy Birthday Doug” sip in between torrents of words: We’re eavesdropping not so much on conversations as narcissistic monologues. Review: ‘Happy Birthday Doug.’ Here’s a Vodka Stinger. 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z

The character best developed in this haze of grief is the one who dies before we ever meet him — and to whom the narrator directs a kind of epistolary monologue. For the Love of a Dog 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

She handles the impressionistic monologues of colliding memories and elusive meanings with grace and emotional fire. | 'Wings': The Shadows of an Airborne Life 2010-10-25T03:00:00Z

It’s not only a concert: it’s a stand-up comedy show, monologue, and explanation of who he is aesthetically, punctuated by pieces of his favorite songs by other artists performed alone with acoustic guitar. ArtsBeat: Popcast: Garth Brooks Is Back, Heroes in Tow 2013-12-06T20:25:25Z

“I’m sorry,” he began his monologue Monday night. Jimmy Kimmel Gets to the Heart of the Matter 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

But on Saturday it became a spoken monologue about gazing into the abyss in which her regular sidekick, the bassist Jay Leonhart, supplied the foundation. Music Review: Barbara Carroll at Birdland 2013-05-13T22:01:55Z

These hers-and-his interior monologues manage the tricky feat of being both minutely psychological and utterly comprehensible. Music Review: Jason Robert Brown at 54 Below 2012-09-13T21:56:24Z

Perhaps this is because of the overlap between the monologue and the therapeutic process on the psychiatrist's couch. Solo Suggs, soliloquising soldiers: the performers who go it alone 2012-08-30T09:25:00Z

But there's also an unnecessarily noir funeral - complete with casket and a cliched umbrella - as well as a moving and excruciating monologue by Louima about his attack. Review: Tom Hanks shines in messy 'Lucky Guy' 2013-04-02T02:16:03Z

Dialogue is swatted back and forth, but the impression is of vacuum-sealed monologues. Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

Thursday night’s “The Nightly Show” skipped the monologue and got right down to the heart of the show’s topic, black womanhood. “If I were a white guy I would rule this world right now”: “The Nightly Show” discusses Patricia Arquette’s Oscar comments 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

As at so many restaurants, servers initiate meals with a monologue long enough to rival an inaugural address. Menu confusion: Plates of all sizes in quirky categories befuddle hungry diners

Exit monologues like that of Brünnhilde at the end of Wagner’s “Ring,” before she rides her horse into a funeral pyre to join Siegfried in death, are so expansive because they close multiple story lines. Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Unable or unwilling to stay up past midnight, he keeps up with the current late-night hosts’ monologues on YouTube or Twitter, a medium seemingly invented for his verbal parry and thrust. Dick Cavett in the Digital Age 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

But when he does, in the aching, agonized monologue that opens the fifth and final act, the sense of release is palpable. Review: In ‘L’Orfeo,’ Free Spirit and Brave Soul Unite 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

At the same time, he doesn’t settle into a familiar rhythm, his tone and emphasis as unpredictable as a monologue by Christopher Walken. Critic?s Notebook: Hannibal Buress Approaches Comedy From the Side 2011-11-03T12:00:04Z

Modern Irish drama bristles with colorful, language-driven monologues, but this is different. Review | Irish actor Pat Kinevane offers a solo tour de force with his award-winning ‘Silent’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

This new monologue is not delivered in one of Mamet’s dozens of plays or films, but in a friend-of-the-court brief that Mamet filed last month. As Mamet Returns to Broadway, His Claims on Pedophilia Get Spotlight 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

Aside from the one brief moment of illumination that comes with Faison's monologue, this movie does little to build on or learn from its predecessors. "The Grudge" sequel is cursed by mediocrity 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Madonna’s set opened with a recorded monologue about wanting to “start a revolution”; her voice warned about “too much creativity being crushed beneath the will of corporate branding and what’s trendy.” Madonna Returns to the Garden, Unapologetic and Playful 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

But the designated explainer for this newest incident is Kimmel, who, in a potent and often funny nearly five minute monologue Tuesday discussed the story in a manner both impassioned and compassionate. Jimmy Kimmel eviscerates “a-hole dentist who wants a lion’s head over the fireplace in his man cave,” proving he’s late night’s true hero 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

That monologue uses a slur referring to people with developmental disabilities multiple times on top of describing roles of its ilk in pejorative terms including calling him slow and stupid. Fifteen years later "Tropic Thunder" is a flawed comedy that we're still trying to agree on 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z

As Moiraine, she can deliver long, deeply felt monologues about fantasy nonsense and make you buy it. Oh thank god, The Wheel of Time isn’t terrible 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

Ms. Law’s script skillfully weaves in the notable biographical details through his monologues. Review: In ‘Turn Me Loose,’ Raw Jokes That Still Sear and Bite 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

But as the play dug deeper, its realistic trappings dropped away, leaving the Off Broadway treasure Deirdre O’Connell to deliver a stupendous 25-minute monologue that ripped open the story with heartbreaking self-reproach. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Other videos hinge on monologues and dialogues spoken by eerily familiar automated voices that ruminate on punctuation and abstract, philosophical ideas of language. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

Cale is operating, as he has been for over 35 years, within the parameters of the monologue — a style demanding of writer and actor, and not one usually associated with white-knuckle suspense. Review: In ‘Sandra,’ a Search for a Friend Leads to Self-Discovery 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, her monologue was another musical number, this time a take on “Get Happy!” to cheer things up in the face of a grim news cycle. Saturday Night Live: Baldwin is back as Trump for 'worst ever presidential debate' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

“You can have this huge monologue, and then at the end she’ll say one line or throw you a sour look, and she’s ripped the scene away from you.” Dev Patel Tapped His Inner Alpha for ‘Lion’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

“Uncertain Times” takes a disjointed, almost manic, approach; it’s plotless, more intuitive in its choices, which include stretches of heightened dialogue and a rhapsodic monologue delivered with a video showing the sunset and the sea. ‘In These Uncertain Times’ Review: Love, Loss and Zoom 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z

“It’s such an honor to be here hosting ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ” Claire Foy, the British actress and the star of “The Crown,” said, after stepping onto the stage for her opening monologue. “S.N.L.” Both Mocks and Exploits the Streaming-Media Landscape 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

At least we are left with a series of comic diatribes, each of which could stand on its own as a stinging monologue. Review: ‘Happy Birthday Doug.’ Here’s a Vodka Stinger. 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z

I had thought about it for months for my monologue. Did George Carlin have the best comedy routine on every political subject? Judd Apatow thinks so 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

Without quite naming himself, Waititi spun an extemporaneous monologue about why certain people — whoever they might be — can never see themselves as being successful or having made it. What Makes Taika Waititi Run and Run and Run? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

And the proceedings were stacked with clips and anecdotes perfect for late-show monologues and social media sharing, which generate a secondary audience and free advertising. The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

Bowman’s monologues were elaborately themed—usually some variation on his obsession with writerly ambition, and how it was cursed for him, for me, and nearly anybody, by the afflictions of personal fate. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Related: Chris Rock's publicist denies claims about changes to Oscars monologue Most are curious to see just how far Rock will push boundaries, given the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Chris Rock: five best moments 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

In his monologue, Baldwin said there was a new flavor being released for the flavor's critics: "Go Fudge Yourself." `SNL' opens with a record, new ice cream proposal 2011-09-25T08:01:04Z

A skinhead leader in south Philadelphia, Meeink also hosted a public-access show in Illinois, "The Reich," sort of like "The Tonight Show" with monologues, skits and skinheads lip-syncing to white-power songs. 'Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead': rising in America's neo-Nazi ranks 2010-05-27T19:50:00Z

Zoom plays, Instagram monologues, YouTube shorts and other hybrids started blossoming on their own terms — and with a few huge advantages. How to Birth a New American Theater 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

There were a lot of head fakes in “S.N.L.” this week — like, say, following the monologue with a sketch about a Halloween wedding where the best man has dressed as the Joker. ‘S.N.L.’ Takes on Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz and Kari Lake 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z

This two-for-one reciprocal endorsement is so good that it’s brought up again near the end of the film, in a rather astounding monologue delivered to Mr. Stewart. | 'The Captains': To Boldly Go: A Starfleet Six-Pack 2011-07-21T22:07:45Z

His premiere garnered mixed reviews, with his nervous monologue and uncertain interviewing skills drawing nearly unanimous criticism. Jimmy Fallon, back home in NYC, can’t wait for ‘Tonight’ 2014-02-13T21:29:35Z

While not technically a sketch, Aziz Ansari’s monologue on the day after Trump’s inauguration was an important, cathartic moment for the show. Saturday Night Live: the 10 funniest skits of the biggest season ever 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Cooper delivers the haunting monologue about the death of the only woman Wining Boy ever loved with a wondering sadness that brings a quiet hush to the theater. Theater Review: August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ at Signature Theater 2012-11-19T03:00:00Z

After the Trump sketch, Woody Harrelson came out for his opening monologue, joking about how it's his fifth time hosting but no one had run out to give him his "five-timers" jacket yet. "SNL" open has something for everyone: Trump riffs, weed jokes and anti-vax sentiments 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z

The opera closes with a reflection far removed from the prevailing mayhem, not unlike the glorious final monologue from Strauss’s last opera, “Capriccio.” Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

Will's hard-bitten idealism finds its voice in a stirring monologue in the episode's first scene. A big story developing on HBO's 'The Newsroom' 2012-06-20T09:16:04Z

“We just talked for a little bit, and then he handed me the pages, and it was Hemingway, this two-page monologue,” Mr. Stoll said. The Carpetbagger: Uggie and Cosmo: Scene-Stealing Dogs and Humans 2012-02-22T23:44:40Z

“The Tonight Show” acknowledges the political scene only in weak monologue jokes, but it’s not really the content that differentiates the two shows — it’s the approach. Why Stephen Colbert beat out Fallon and Stewart for the Emmy 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

The show, which won a Peabody this year, features a comedic monologue from Minhaj that delves into social and political issues. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘CMA Fest’ and ‘Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj’ 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

I tried to unite something purely theatrical, which is the monologue, with something essentially cinematographic, which is the place where it is shot. Almodóvar returns to the female universe with Penélope Cruz 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

Carell, hosting SNL last November, grimaced through a monologue in which some of his former “Office” co-stars implored him to instigate a reboot. Perspective | Do you really want to live in a world where ‘Friends’ and ‘The Office’ are TV’s most valuable shows? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

The monologues make up a kind of video time capsule. What does a theater company do when it can’t make theater? Make a film. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

I did watch the monologue, which again proved to me that I wa right in not wanting to watch him. ‘Saturday Night Live’: Alec Baldwin and Larry David Contribute to an Awkward Episode 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

“It’s a sort of place where people measure input, not output. You have a 15-minute monologue describing a 15-page résumé, starting in seventh grade.” Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

I went into a monologue about the many layers of the book. Wild myths I believed about white people: Notes on race, American ignorance and the Capitol riots 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

Except as an interjection, God is also absent from the second monologue, “A Life,” in which Mr. Gyllenhaal plays Abe, another loving husband and recent father. Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge Face Death Onstage 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

One was a series of monologues by Amber Ruffin, on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” about her history of devastating interactions, as a Black woman, with the police. This Is Theater in 2020. Will It Last? Should It? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

I sat down on a bench and I wrote this monologue. In a New Memoir, Harvey Fierstein Shares Gossip and Regrets 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Since an all-white spate of acting nominees was announced in January, many have been anticipating not whether, but how host Chris Rock would address the issues of diversity and inclusion in his opening Oscar monologue. Watch Chris Rock's Oscar Monologue: 'Damn Right, Hollywood's Racist' 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

Lopez’s script often relies on melodramatic strokes and schematic coincidences, and the monologues can get preachy. A thought-provoking ‘Whipping Man’ at Taproot 2013-04-04T22:43:14Z

Repeatedly breaking the fourth wall — perhaps to avoid breaking the crockery — the two address the camera in earnest monologues. ‘Together’ Review: Love and Loathing in London 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Pooling their experience of, respectively, new writing for theatre and theatre for young people, SOS and TL fill nooks and crannies around the centre with 18 five-minute monologues performed by six actors. Events picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

Most turning points do not involve shootouts or literate monologues, which is something television, with its desperate need for attention, too often forgets. A&E's eerie 'The Returned' veers far from usual zombie tale 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

"What I was moved by was that there were these very young people - some 16 years old - able to encompass the volume of emotion and commitment that those monologues require." Pa. teen wins August Wilson Monologue Competition 2013-05-07T16:18:14Z

The ceremony opened not with a skit or a production number or a monologue by the host, Cedric the Entertainer, but with a promo reel of snippets from nominated shows. Review: At the Emmy Awards, TV Celebrates Its Own Survival 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

Maggie’s closing monologue, which essentially summed up the entire story to this point, reflected the show’s weakness for bludgeoning sentimentality. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Finale: The Ones Who Live 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

Kinevane’s monologue explores social norms surrounding beauty, exclusion and mortality through the vivid persona of a woman horribly disfigured in childhood by a freak lightning strike that made her “the Wimbledon champ at dodging mirrors.” A one-man show about a horribly disfigured woman: Pat Kinevane's riveting 'Underneath' 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Sometimes even his monologue seems like a throwback. The TV Watch: David Letterman’s Place in a Rather Kindly Landscape 2014-04-04T21:57:25Z

After a brief and touching monologue about how important the election was for women all over the country and abroad, he focused his target on Donald Trump. Stephen Colbert Pulled No Punches on His Showtime Election Special 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

They swapped carefully crafted opening monologues for a looser conversation style where they responded to news events and viral clips, building on each other’s jokes. ‘Desus & Mero’ Late-Night Show Ends After Four Seasons 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

The opera is subtitled “Quasi un Monologo Circolare,” and Mr. Sciarrino reflects this “circular monologue” in the structure of the work, which has three scenes involving the repetition of lines and varied repetitions of music. Music Review: Salvatore Sciarrino?s ?Porta Della Legge,? After Kafka 2010-07-21T21:23:00Z

At one point, Chaplin, playing a Jewish barber who is mistaken for a fascist dictator, delivers a monologue to the audience. Pete Davidson’s Congressional Visitor and Earnest Address on “Saturday Night Live” 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

They speak of their separate traumas in monologues peppered with rhyme, which sounds natural in O’Brien’s mouth, self-conscious in O’Connor’s. ‘Maz and Bricks’ Review: Marching for Rights, With Signs of Romance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

But as a haphazard assemblage of skits, vignettes, monologues, metafiction and a meditation experienced while sprawled across brightly colored and awesomely comfortable pool floats, it struggles under the weight of its own ambitions. Review: ‘(Not) Water’ Offers Too Much to Drink In 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

Portraying a high school English teacher with a secret in this self-flagellating monologue by Neil LaBute, Judith Light gives palpable force to a buried guilt that keeps clawing its way to the light. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Opening with a welcome before diving into a monologue, barreling through gags before interviewing guests whether in person – six feet or more apart – or via video conference. How late night adjusted – and became weirder and more creative – after a pandemic year 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

The libretto, taken from Shakespeare and translated into French, has been translated back into English again, with additional lengthy spoken dialogues and monologues that weren’t in Berlioz’s opera. Seattle Opera, with help of a few friends, presents opera-play hybrid ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

That’s never more apparent than in “Beyond Words,” a collection of sketches presented by Bill Bowers in both mime and monologue. | 'Beyond Words': ?Beyond Words,? One-Man Show by Bill Bowers - Review 2011-10-19T23:04:39Z

I may not remember any of the monologue jokes from this year’s ceremony, but the celebrities’ Zoom backgrounds will stay with me for all time. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

Conan's monologues are the only ones that truly make me laugh out loud. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

His monologue is punctuated by jokes about a mental health helpline – "if you are obsessive-compulsive, press One repeatedly." Silent – review 2012-06-07T13:46:34Z

Ms. Bell said she was still deciding whether to bring up the subject in her opening monologue, and wonders what would be accomplished if she did. At the Screen Actors Guild Awards, It Will Be Women First 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

The monologue form helps to emphasize the feelings of disconnection among the characters, but it also renders this melancholy play static. Theater Review: Elizabeth A. Davis Stars in ‘Four Last Things’ 2014-04-30T19:25:04Z

But as he hijacks the proceedings by intoning the opening monologue into a dangling microphone, you realize that being out of kilter has prepared him to navigate an out-of-kilter universe. Review: A Richard III Who Steps Straight Out of the Land of Id 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

I like his monologues because I think he excels on them. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

“There was 35 years of rust on it and we had a little line flub, but other than that it was perfect,” Broderick said, taking a breather in the lobby after his monologue. Backstage with Broderick, Olmos, Gossett Jr. and more at Center Theatre Group's 50th anniversary 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Branagh delivers the early monologues of vacillation, as Macbeth contemplates regicide, with the briskness of a military mind that must clear itself of obstacles. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

There’s a great monologue she does before her accusers. “Why are we not in awe of ourselves?” Agapi Stassinopoulos on finding inner joy 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Right-wing media, never afraid to start a controversy, eviscerated Kimmel for using his monologue to emphasize the importance of quality health care access for kids. WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel hits back at conservatives who called him a liar and an “elitist creep” 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Seth Meyers was a notable exception, acknowledging that a white man may not have been the ideal host for the moment but filling his monologue with enough self-deprecation and righteous barbs to ease any concerns. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

O’Farrell began wondering if the most famous of the monologues, “My Last Duchess,” was based on a real person. Maggie O’Farrell Looks for Stories Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

In 11 songs that flow together in an unbroken monologue, the soloist continuously wrestles with questions of faith, drawing on sources in Aramaic, Czech, Moravian dialect, Spanish, English and Sanskrit. Online, Simon Rattle Gives a Preview of His Future in Munich 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

And in maybe the wildest moment in an album full of bold moves, Beyoncé actually slips in the French translation of Julianne Moore’s “Feminists love sex” monologue from The Big Lebowski. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z

If his Billy Bigelow sounded more like Moses than a carnival barker, he located the character’s anxieties and created a persuasive dramatic monologue. Music Review: ?An Evening With Paulo Szot? at Caf? Carlyle - Review 2012-01-14T01:45:52Z

“This broadcast is being watched live by millions of Americans and around the world in more than 225 countries that now hate us,” Mr. Kimmel said in his monologue. Too Much Politics Led to the Oscars Mistake, Trump Says 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

“For Colored Girls” features a series of monologues. My ‘Face Is My Voice’: A Deaf Dancer Lands Her Dream Role 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Colbert seemed more comfortable playing a character than he does in his own skin, and his monologues are starting to sound like sermons. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

These short works, along with a series of monologues, will be available on demand through March 18; go to eventcombo.com and search for “Women in Theatre Festival 2022.” 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

For that part, the red-and-silver costume that he donned for a monologue at the end of each episode even resembled an infant's romper suit. Robin Williams obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

In these twinned monologues by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne, men contemplate life, death and fatherhood. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

There is not an ounce of pedantry in his 85-minute monologue, an indescribably ridiculous collection of anecdotes and asides that miraculously blend into a whole. Review: In ‘Thank God for Jokes,’ Mike Birbiglia Tells His Side of the Story 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

There will also be an actor wielding a Donald Trump marionette who will deliver a monologue about golf, inspired by an interview about the sport that Trump gave to Fortune magazine in 2015. An art group's mini-golf links take on L.A. zoning, density and Trump's Palos Verdes golf course 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

Well, this wisecrack was lobbed by Johnny Carson in a monologue that aired nearly 50 years ago. Remembering a time before 'Tonight' left New York 2013-03-29T15:17:08Z

The hood is at the epicenter of American culture, says comedian James Davis in the opening monologue of his Comedy Central series “Hood Adjacent.” “Hood Adjacent with James Davis” explores the reality of black life versus the idea of black as fashion 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

Aucoin takes Whitman’s career-long monologue and turns it into a vexed exchange between two equals, each alone and unpersuadable, never speaking in one voice. Walt Whitman and the Essence of Opera 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

There is no monologue, but rather a question and answer period. Review: In ‘Public Enemy,’ a Noble Whistle-Blower Turns Fanatic 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

The actors — old pros both — don’t try to oversell their monologues, content to let the words do most of the work. Theater Review: ‘Address Unknown,’ a Drama in Letters, at Gould Hall 2014-04-24T22:02:53Z

The shoot began at 6 a.m. and moved apace through nine monologues, winding up just before 7 p.m. with the 10th — Gero at the Southwest Duck Pond at Sixth and I streets SW. What does a theater company do when it can’t make theater? Make a film. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

This device helps to keep the poem moving and underlines its character as interior monologue. Poem of the week: Legacies by Peter Sirr 2012-07-16T10:02:27Z

"Death is the final frontier," he says at one point, a twist on the opening monologue of "Star Trek." William Shatner boldly tackles death on Broadway 2012-02-17T15:36:11Z

His recent monologues about George Floyd and the way streaming services have not compensated him for showing his sketch show were both righteous and largely without humor. Dave Chappelle Isn’t Canceled. He Just Likes to Talk About It. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

He proceeded to deliver a topical monologue that, in classic Leno fashion, veered anywhere from three months to 15 years behind the headlines. Jay Leno: Now, with more gloating 2010-03-02T13:40:00Z

Although Mr. Roth’s rambling monologues on stage covered many topics, including Lady Gaga and working as a medic in the Bronx, he never actually made the announcement. Music Review: Van Halen Performs at Caf? Wha? 2012-01-06T09:23:20Z

Colbert didn’t avoid his network’s big news in Tuesday night’s monologue. Colbert jokingly claims severance denied to ex-CBS boss 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

The monologue mingles throughout the symphony with Bernstein’s setting of the “Kaddish,” the traditional Jewish mourners’ prayer. Review: Son Confronts Father to End a Leonard Bernstein Festival 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Knowing the actor’s tendency to spout grandiloquent quotes and whimsical monologues, we invited the New Yorker Radio Hour team along to capture the outing on tape. Richard E. Grant Takes a Barbra Streisand Tour of New York City 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

In late October, Carlson devoted a stupendously ironic monologue to likening Cross' show to Hutu radio hosts who helped incite the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Tiffany Cross was too real for MSNBC 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Written as dueling monologues, the book offers a lively cultural history of Manhattan at the turn of the millennium. The ‘Kanye West of Furniture’ Is Now Nesting in the ’Burbs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

At the end of his opening monologue, the host, Liev Schreiber, nervously stopped kidding around and commended Americans on a significant turnout in the midterm elections. Pete Davidson’s Congressional Visitor and Earnest Address on “Saturday Night Live” 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

James Corden delivered on The Late Late Show last night, turning his monologue into a recreation of the album video. Watch James Corden Parody Beyoncé's Lemonade 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Meyers also forwent an opening monologue in favor of an address. Anthony Scaramucci Says Bannon Should Go, but Backs Up Trump 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

A body-negative inner monologue erupts: “I just had a baby. I’ve never been big enough. I’ve never been small enough. I hate my breasts. I hate my belly. I just had surgery.” Bra-shopping has become bra-shaming 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

“It’s important for everyone, especially white people in this country, to speak out against” the dangerous ideologies on display in Charlottesville, he said in his opening monologue. One more lesson from Charlottesville: Our comedians are more ethical than our president 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

Some viewers may be confused as to why he’s not in drag for his monologue, but he assures us “I am wearing my grandmother’s panties”. Saturday Night Live: RuPaul teaches the art of drag but episode can't slay 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

By her final monologue, she reclaims her power by reclaiming her identity as an artist. I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

His monologue opened with a discussion of race and growing up in the 1970s. Louis C.K. Jokes About 'Mild Racism' and Child Molesters on 'SNL' 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

Colbert dedicated his entire opening monologue to the battle in Congress Thursday. Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Read the full text of Rock’s monologue below: Watch Chris Rock's Oscar Monologue: 'Damn Right, Hollywood's Racist' 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

The last time was during the Chris Rock-hosted episode in November, which doubled down on “too soon”-ness with Rock’s jokes about 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombing in his monologue. Watch Dakota Johnson Join ISIS on 'SNL' 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

In the final sequence, several male actors auditioned for the role of Tom, Laura’s brother, by delivering the sad, somewhat reproachful monologue that closes the play. ArtsBeat Blog: James Franco and Laurel Nakadate Rough It with Tennessee Williams 2011-11-18T17:35:21Z

Certain cast members have finesse with the material: Julie Shanahan, a company veteran, delivers monologues with ease as she uses the weight and silkiness of her body to punctuate her words. Review: A Pina Bausch Trip to Brazil Overstays Its Welcome 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

How difficult is it to keep the guitar melody going all throughout the monologue and then synch it up with the chorus? Arlo Guthrie tour celebrates 50 years of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

This irritation may be fueling some of the outrage at Woody Harrelson over his Feb. 25 "Saturday Night Live" monologue. Woody Harrelson's anti-vax joke raises questions about what we excuse in likable people in our lives 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Rudnick may be a die-hard blue-stater and many of the actors in “Coastal Elites” may dislike Trump, but he hopes the president’s supporters and independents will also tune in to watch his monologues. Blue staters make their case in satirical ‘Coastal Elites’ 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

It’s a fair bet that the most believable voice will be that of the statue of Bob Newhart at Navy Pier, whose monologue was written by Mr. Newhart and read by – Hi, Bob! In Chicago, Lincoln, Copernicus and Shakespeare Have Something to Say to You 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

They clearly do, but the feeling that a crowd is working to enjoy a monologue never makes for a great show. Review: How Do You Solve ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

So instead of a comedian delivering a monologue, there was a mini-medley from Queen — whose original singer, Freddie Mercury, was celebrated in “Bohemian Rhapsody” fronted by the former “American Idol” contestant Adam Lambert. Nobody Hosted the Oscars. And They Did a Fine Job of It. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Baldwin, who won best supporting actor in a comedy for his portrayal of Mr. Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” riffed off Mr. Trump’s lack of an Emmy, as noted in Mr. Colbert’s opening monologue. President Trump, Emmy Punching Bag 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Still, its monologues are the words of real people, with real lives in the real world. Review: In ‘Polylogues,’ Dispatches From Non-Monogamy 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

"By the time you see this, I'll be halfway to Rio in an NBC traffic helicopter," he said in his monologue. 2010-01-17T19:05:00Z

“You are worth nothing anymore,” he writes in an account of his persistent internal monologue at that time. David Hallberg’s Tell All (About His Own Psyche) 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

Director Michael Michetti’s clarity and focus leave no doubt about the extent of both characters’ comically antisocial repression, though the alternating monologue format of the script’s first third poses a pacing challenge. 'My Barking Dog's' two souls belatedly rediscover the natural world 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

He delivered a crude monologue as promised – a repeat performance of 2011, when his remarks drew gasps – but shocking people twice with the same shtick is hard to pull off. ArtsBeat: Slightly Fewer Viewers for This Year's Golden Globes 2012-01-16T20:00:06Z

And in Khalia Davis’s production for New York City Children’s Theater, it is the place to which she returns, stepping back into that empty store and unfurling her memories as monologue. ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ Review: A Life Too Simplified 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

Byrne has made a few changes to his monologues to reflect the times. David Byrne says audiences seem ‘thrilled’ to be in theater 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

He doesn’t ramble on about battlefield heroics; she doesn’t start in with monologues about electricity and indoor plumbing. Perspective | Sure, ‘Outlander’ is TV’s sexiest show, but it’s also a great lesson in how to listen 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

In a less successful moment, she gave an improvisatory monologue about Rodgers and Hammerstein, prompted by a performance of “This Can’t Be Love.” Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Listening to Sibyl practicing monologues, Townes telling shaggy-dog anecdotes or Blaze punning and pontificating is like watching prospectors panning gold. Review: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Revisits a Country-Music Legend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Joseph's diary-style monologues are at once impassioned, dizzyingly metaphorical and wittily self-effacing. Going green in black America at heart of Marc Bamuthi Joseph work 2012-05-31T23:32:14Z

Plays adapted as monologues from memoirs and close first-person fiction are seldom satisfying onstage. ‘Lucy Barton’ Review: Laura Linney Finds Her Perfect Match 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

If your inner monologue burbles along like mine, the idea of being deliberately lazy – and enjoying it – might give you an uneasy case of anxiety. Today; Embracing Idleness: radio review 2013-02-22T07:00:11Z

The first monologue is spoken by a woman whose husband worked at the reactor, and whom she insisted on tending to as he died a gruesome death over two weeks. Talking points 2013-01-23T12:17:25Z

Drawing on recordings of stage appearances, television interviews with MTV and Charlie Rose, and other videotaped conversations, this documentary is as digressive and, miraculously, as coherent as the monologues that are its principal inspiration. | 'And Everything Is Going Fine': Visiting an Ordinarily Unique Artist 2010-12-09T23:30:00Z

He since has toured throughout the United States and beyond, and he performed original monologues at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre and other venues. Mike Daisey embroiled in 'This American Life' controversy 2012-03-17T04:55:24Z

Reminiscing about the late Prince, the pair seemed to be conducting two entirely different monologues. Kelly Ripa Strikes a Powerful Chord in Her Return to 'Live!' 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

A young man’s monologue of wonder and grief, “Sea Wall” is a dazzling piece of writing. On Second Viewing, First Impressions Don’t Always Hold 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

The young playwright's neighbour Nina stars in this symbolist hokum and takes the stage to perform a long and rambling monologue about the nature of a universal soul. John Mullan's 10 of the best: plays within plays 2012-05-25T21:55:09Z

“It’s no surprise he went to the Boy Scouts,” the comedian said during his opening monologue Tuesday. “Who wants a merit badge in fracking?”: Stephen Colbert lampoons Trump’s bizarre speech to Boy Scouts 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

But Caitlyn Jenner can't go around doing whatever she wants for the rest of her life doing whatever she wants and thinking she's not going to show up in a monologue joke. Jerry Seinfeld decries 'creepy, P.C. thing' in comedy on 'Late Night' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

The actors spoke slowly sometimes, rapidly at others, in bursts of apparent nonsense; delivered brief, dreamy monologues; or addressed some of the spectators individually, as if they were characters in the books. 3 Classic Novels. 22 Minutes. Why Not? 2011-05-23T22:34:30Z

Early in his monologue Tino asks several audience members in the front row for their names. Theater Review: ‘Silent,’ by Pat Kinevane, at Irish Arts Center 2012-09-10T02:07:31Z

Then, before Rock left the stage, he approached the mark where Letterman delivered his monologue and touched it, no doubt realising that a comedy era was coming to a close. What it was like to be in the audience for David Letterman's last show 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Or is “Moriarty” actually the perfect reference for the kind of person who performs a monologue about a dead daughter at a baby shower? ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Hunger Games 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

“The Empty Chair” consists of two dovetailing novellas, both told in the guise of confessional monologues, both served up to a fictional version of the author, called Bruce. Books of The Times: Bruce Wagner’s ‘Empty Chair’ Novellas Explore Guru Territory 2013-12-16T23:03:03Z

Mr. De Palma, who wrote the movie with Robert J. Avrech, gives Ms. Griffith a monologue about her rules for kink that is pretty much unprintable. All That Sex and Blood, Mr. De Palma! 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The fun begins with Jon Stewart trying to settle into his opening monologue with, “We’ll start tonight in the Middle East, where Israel –” In 2023, nobody knows how to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2013, Anthony Bourdain did 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z

She delivered a monologue on the general greatness of her own life and did not ask one question of the other girl, or even let her speak. Her Party 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Acting students often come by in search of monologues for auditions. Rent Hike Hits Beloved Drama Book Shop 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

He used his opening monologue to share some personal details about himself, introducing viewers to his mother and discussing his diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome — and to gratuitously plug a cryptocurrency. Elon Musk Hosts a Mother’s Day Episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

In response, Browning sent me a video of herself dancing, semi-seductively, to the soundtrack of my monologue. The Inappropriately Intimate Exchanges of Barbara Browning 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

The comedian appeared to acknowledge the divide over his humor and role in popular culture toward the end of his monologue, saying: “It shouldn’t be this scary to talk — about anything.” Chappelle returns to SNL with no apologies — and many jokes about Kanye 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

We hear each of their internal monologues as they dig in: “Mmm, mac and cheese,” the son thinks. When Motherhood Is a Horror Show 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Jokes about the sex tape were regular monologue fodder for Leno at the time. ‘Pam & Tommy’ recaps sex tape drama through a #MeToo lens 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

His monologue, however, remains standard fare, mostly banal topical jokes delivered in between familiar manic tics, like his string-pulling dance or his overreactions to ordinary audience responses. Critic’s Notebook: Gee, Conan, That Joke Seems Familiar 2012-11-09T23:47:19Z

He was a top publicist for Capitol Records in 1953 when he heard Griffith's regional recording "What It Was, Was Football," a comedic monologue about a country boy who sees his first football game. Richard O. Linke, Andy Griffith's longtime manager, dies 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

He was best when pulled out of himself in more dramatic moments, like “Prometheus,” a vivid monologue by Goethe. Review | German baritone Benjamin Appl announces his U.S. arrival with a generous Phillips program 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

How did you first become interested in Apple and Steve Jobs as the subject for a monologue? Mike Daisey Discusses ?The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs? 2011-10-02T02:47:21Z

In the opening monologue, the show tackled the fact that he seldom plays leading roles in major movies. ‘Saturday Night Live,’ With Help From Old Friends, Skewers ‘Morning Joe’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

Olsen got to be so good, he used a goat puppet dressed like a frontier woman to deliver a five-minute monologue to Hunt. Bob Baker Marionette Theater gets boost from 'NCIS: Los Angeles' 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

In front of rapt nightclub audiences, when she sang with husky, quavering verve, or turned interstitial monologues into febrile, secular sermons, she was exhibiting a kind of radical transparency. Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

The host’s monologue also included praise for his wife, as well as a plea about affordable healthcare in the U.S. — something he is continuing to speak about. Jimmy Kimmel Opens Up About His Son's Health and Heart Surgery 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

There needs to be a monologue, musical numbers, an In Memoriam section, a ton of commercial breaks and 24 separate awards to be received. Let me stop you there: why do Oscar speeches get cut short? 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Ms. Ruhl’s “Eurydice” was performed in Germany with a major monologue cut and a new character added. You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

The show, debuting Sept. 30, begins with its two lead characters’ internal monologues, a concept that runs through the episode as we hear what each is thinking. Fall TV’s rom-com boom: Why it’s so hard to translate this genre to the small screen 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Meg Stuart, a highly regarded American artist who has long been based in Europe, makes a rare appearance in the United States with an hour of solos she calls monologues of movement. Dance in NYC This Week 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

The boxed set features a new version of the track, expanded by a fresh monologue delivered by a mysterious female character addressing a world of isolation and loneliness that reflects life during the pandemic. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

And once he slips into the monologues, you can sense how attuned he is to our presence, even while he stays firmly in character. ‘Drinking in America’ Review: Men in a Cracked Mirror 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

But they never heard a single tale and nearly every one of Sheen's monologues and comedy skits had to be aborted due Sheen's inability to handle the rowdy, unhappy audience. Charlie Sheen's "Torpedo" bombs in Detroit 2011-04-03T06:46:02Z

He took the standard monologue approach to his routine, hitting upon a series of recent scandals, events and individuals in attendance, sometimes hitting a bit close to home. Obama pokes fun at Romney at dinner 2012-04-29T03:41:00Z

Some aggressors have been known to deliver pointed monologues prior to pouncing. Will Smith and the function of a slap – what it means for comedy and comedians 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

The 29 performances, featuring a different monologue each night at 7 at the Public Theater, will align with the 29-day cycle of a lunar month, running Sept. ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York 2013-08-15T02:00:01Z

Ms. Staunton performed an Ophelia monologue in her auditions for three schools and was accepted only at the most famous, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Imelda Staunton on Return to Musicals With Sondheim Roles 2012-08-10T01:35:08Z

The monologue she delivers about the men who razed her village, followed by more men who issued her with a rifle, is a disturbingly familiar tale from anywhere that places children on the front line. Powder Monkey 2010-06-09T21:01:00Z

Four years ago, both found themselves nominees for the critically panned romantic thriller "The Tourist," a movie so bad that Globe host Ricky Gervais slammed it in his opening monologue. More sophisticated Golden Globes a growing force in awards season 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

And finally, Jason Robards’s two stem-winding monologues—galvanized versions of Bradlee’s quotations scattered through the book—drive home the movie’s core themes about journalism’s necessary balance of canny brinkmanship with social responsibility. William Goldman Turned Reporters into Heroes in “All the President’s Men” 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

So Hope pioneered topical monologues - copied by many comedians since - and suddenly the presidents were fair game. US library pokes fun at politics with Bob Hope 2010-06-11T23:31:00Z

But did this prodigal youth take to reciting film monologues in front of his mirror? Singh: Panto's loss is music's gain 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Progress is slow, uneven and rarely perfect — so let these seven sketches, stand-up bits and monologues help you process race relations in the modern era: The year’s 7 best comedy routines about race, so far 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

McCall’s script not only answers that question, through Steve’s meditative monologues, it seeks to interrogate the shortcomings of prison as a rehabilitative space. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

But when the adapters translate Gabriel’s turbulent sensations into a long monologue, the spell of closely observed naturalism is inevitably broken. Review: ‘The Dead, 1904’ Brings Existential Unease to the Party 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Jimmy Fallon’s opening monologue began hilariously enough, when abruptly he pivoted to a series of inexplicably weak jokes centered on a forthcoming football game. Good at Skipping Ads? No, You’re Not 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

A suggestion from multiple students was to focus more on specific, relatable issues in monologues. What can reverse late-night TV’s decline? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

“You know what I’m going to do now that I’m retired?” he asked, in his monologue. Goodbye, Dave 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Naturally, Amy’s scathing monologue quickly became iconic, igniting a deluge of hot takes in its wake. How the scathing "Gone Girl" rant about being the "cool girl" defined the decade 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

The message will be purposefully reinforced by the fact that the actors will be giving long, demanding monologues, some of which run more than 40 minutes and approach 5,000 words. 5 Monologues, Each a Showcase for Asian American Actors Over 60 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Sue is hilarious in small doses and her monologues are magnificent. Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z

But when he approaches Jesse with this idea, he’s treated to a shocking monologue in which Jesse announces he’s "lost everything" since working with the "great Heisenberg." A "Breaking Bad" Guide to 8 Essential Jesse Pinkman Episodes to Prepare for "El Camino" 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

But as the episodes clicked by, and my energy flagged in the face of Mr. Koons’s repetitious monologues, I began to feel that this master of the market was missing the boat. Can Jeff Koons Teach Me to Paint? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

The comedian, whose FX show "Louie," is a consistent critical favorite, used his monologue time to address several topics slightly edgier than the usual "SNL" monologue fare, including racism and the Middle East conflict. Louis C.K. pushes boundaries during 'Saturday Night Live' monologue 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

The 90-minute production will feature live music by Ms. Spector and her band, as well as images and monologues by the performer; door opens at 6 p.m. Spare Times for July 6-12 2012-07-05T21:22:12Z

There’s a stripper pole in the faculty lounge, and the dean, voiced by Hulk Hogan in full-tilt wrestling monologue mode, hosts an office party attended by what looks to be a Saudi prince. Critic?s Notebook: In ?China, IL? on Cartoon Network, Authority Figures Go Wild 2012-02-18T01:27:28Z

Like all the sketches in this love letter, her monologue is short and less about sense than about sensibility. 2010-02-16T22:39:00Z

In the longest monologue, Mr. Lee, tears welling in his eyes, recites a Southern Song dynasty poem that distills the film’s fatalistic mood: ‘Stray Dogs,’ by Tsai Ming-liang, a Tale of Alienation 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

It's a tribute to the potency of O'Rowe's writing that dramatic action isn't – as per so much monologue theatre – conspicuous by its absence. Terminus ? review 2011-04-05T17:31:17Z

As soon as she hangs up, she begins to melt down, flashing back to the mortifying episode, decades before, when as an overly confident 11-year-old, she attempted a nursery rhyme as a drama class monologue. Review: One Belfast Landmark Inspires Five Irish Monologues 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

So I decided to do things a little differently and concentrated on producing a monologue given by an ailing Debussy, lying on his deathbed in Paris, and engulfed by the first world war. Lucy Parham: My voyage round Debussy 2013-06-21T15:49:43Z

Now ask yourself: what was the larger point of whatever was happening behind all that celebrity glow and Billy Crudup's vaguely Sorkinian monologues? "The Morning Show" shifts to cover the pandemic, but still needs a shot in the arm to find its soul 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

The fruits of our collaboration, a half-hour operatic monologue called Intolerance, plays in London next week, as part of the Tête à Tête festival of fringe opera. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z

“I didn’t do my job today,” Stewart said on his decision not to write jokes for the opening monologue, “because of what happened in South Carolina.” Jon Stewart Tells No Jokes About Charleston Church Shooting 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

When someone says, “Did I ever tell you about my father?,” you wince in anticipation of the monologue you just know is going to follow. Review: Stockard Channing Is a Mother to Remember in ‘Apologia’ 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

Valeri was a sophisticated, intelligent comic interpreter of post-war Italian society and often wrote the scripts or monologues for her performances, especially on stage. Italy’s pioneering comic actor, Franca Valeri, dies at 100 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z

Now, there is just Turner's agonised monologue, muttered like an exceptionally lucid sleeptalker, and sometimes as if through clenched teeth or an appalling migraine. Film review: Perestroika 2010-09-02T21:49:00Z

Letterman's last monologue was filled with the self-deprecating humor that made him a favorite with late night audiences and an inspiration to a generation of comics. David Letterman signs off from 'Late Show' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

In Saheem Ali’s revival, the piece is handed over to Michael Benjamin Washington, who performs verbatim monologues based on interviews with African-Americans and Hasidic Jews as well as others. 4 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

The movie, written and directed by Charlie Levi, is a deftly shot and edited succession of monologues, primarily from four aging, affluent Angelenos. Review: ‘Childless,’ a Film of Connected Monologues, Stars Joe Mantegna 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

So are monologues that brim with everyday racial and ethnic prejudices. Theater Review: Mary McCann in ‘Harper Regan’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z

“Before that, I was a big Leno fan, but after that, I never watched more than the opening monologue,” Hader said in character. David Letterman’s friends — and shrink — make his Twain ceremony as funny as his late-night legacy 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

She does, however, get to deliver a brassy monologue in which Sheryl exults in her status as an exceptionally fine kisser. Theater Review: ‘What Rhymes With America’ at Linda Gross Theater 2012-12-13T03:00:12Z

I haven't said anything to him yet, beyond hello, at which point he embarks upon a monologue that continues unabated for an hour. Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before' 2012-05-24T19:00:04Z

At the Oscars in March, the host Jimmy Kimmel didn’t mince words about the issue in his monologue. Missing at the Emmys: #MeToo 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Host Chris Rock devoted nearly all of his irreverent opening monologue to the subject of race, joking that the only reason black people complain about the Oscars is because they’ve moved beyond earlier, bigger struggles. Oscars 2016: Split decision: ‘Spotlight’ wins picture; DiCaprio gets gold 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

In college, I was told not to prepare monologues of my own race. Tina Fey, Renée Fleming and Andrew Garfield on Their Tony Nominations 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

Regardless, most of his monologues and Tuesday's "Meanwhile" segment restored him as the king of smart dad jokes. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z

Hollywood awards shows typically feature a celebrity host who opens the show with a monologue and then keeps the program moving. TV's Emmy Awards, like Oscars, will do without a host 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

She delivered this sharp monologue with an ambivalence that also resonated with me. Is It Funny for the Jews? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

It’s a work about living under constant racialized surveillance and how that can lead to many types of internal monologues, some empowered, some self-loathing. Kendrick Lamar, Emboldened, but Burdened, by Success 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

One of the film’s most delicious moments involves Virginia’s bristlingly hostile yet casually exuberant monologue about members of the family whom she considers her “enemies.” The Best Cinema Goes Beyond Mere Storytelling 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Muhammad: The scene where Shameek is in Cottonmouth’s office — I think this might be episode one or two — and he’s standing in front of the Notorious B.I.G. photo and there’s that little monologue. LISTEN: “Marvel’s Luke Cage” and “Westworld” composers break down their shows’ signature sounds 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Tom and Gerri's middle-aged contentment is balanced by Mary, given to rambling, wine-fueled monologues, or the overweight, chain-smoking Ken, railing against the replacement of his favorite pubs by trendy bars full of young people. British director Leigh's "Another Year" at Cannes 2010-05-15T15:37:00Z

Superbly performed by Jaye Griffiths and sensitively directed by Guy Slater, this is a four-star event that deserves the widest possible audience and movingly vindicates the monologue form. Blair's Children/Don't Wake Me – review 2013-06-07T18:08:45Z

On the surface the narrator’s confessional, acutely detailed monologue hovers between long stretches of intense recitative and passages of lyrically enhanced arioso, sometimes poignant, sometimes chillingly detached. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Generous with eye contact and back pats, he spoke in winding monologues and colorful analogies and was especially animated on the subject of his newfound freedom as an actor. Matthew McConaughey Shifts Gears 2012-07-06T23:59:02Z

These device-free evenings connected us with a seafaring tradition — long monologues. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

The first of his New Yorker stories that O’Hara thought worthy of book publication was “On His Hands,” a monologue in which a callow young man reveals more about himself than he intends to. The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Or quiet the taunting, repeat-play interior monologue that asks whether something could have been done to stop it? The year of the suicide 2012-12-31T15:30:00Z

Mr. Hoghe, tossing Ping-Pong balls or tissues around the stage, mimes to the monologues, blank-faced, and appears as a more tragic character in the second half of the work. Montpellier Danse Offers Globe-Trotting Via Choreography 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

He instigated the beginning of a song with a stand-up stream-of-consciousness monologue around the word “intro.” Music Review: Stefano Bollani Trio at Birdland 2013-06-07T21:19:49Z

One Monday evening, Conan O'Brien walked on to the stage of "The Tonight Show"and let rip with a bitingly bitter, hilariously cruel monologue for the ages. 2010-01-12T13:13:00Z

To hear him tell it, the idea of filming began small, sparked by a few conversations with friends after Theatre Communications Group published the monologues in a single volume in 2014. Return of the greatest, living monologuist. Only this time, he’s not on stage. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

A monologue in which he played multiple characters and provided all the sound effects of a World War I aerial dogfight made a strong impression on audiences — and on the show’s director, Max Liebman. Sid Caesar, Comedian and One of TV’s First Stars, Dies at 91 2014-02-12T22:07:12Z

In his opening monologue, Gervais was so cocksure of how “nervous” he was making everyone that he forgot to tell any lacerating jokes, instead trotting out tired references to Roman Polanski and “Schindler’s List.” The 2016 Golden Globes Get Weird-Drunk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

All the monologues are posted on the Center Stage’s Web site. For Center Stage artistic director, a big debut online with ‘My America’

Ms. Underwood and Brad Paisley returned as C.M.A. hosts for the ninth time, leaning on evenhanded election jokes — “nasty woman,” “basket of deplorables” — in an opening musical monologue. Nashville Celebrates Its Heroes and Welcomes Beyoncé to C.M.A. Awards 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

In recent years, as the show leaned more on freewheeling banter and less on monologue jokes, Richter has shined. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

She says nary a word, and doesn’t move any other muscle, but still communicates with this minimal gesture more than a lesser actor might squeeze from a long monologue. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z

I remember a night on "The Tonight Show" when the audience was full of kids screaming through Johnny Carson's monologue and comedy bits to see a pop star scheduled after your appearance. A Q&A with Bill Cosby, all-American dad 2010-06-16T23:28:00Z

Her direct, often-brutal poetry, usually written in the form of a dramatic monologue, was informed by both her mixed race heritage and her feminist beliefs, according to the Poetry Foundation. Poet Ai dies at 62 2010-03-25T11:44:00Z

His monologue then proceeded to strafe an audience filled with media people, politicians, a president and a first lady. Farewell, Stephen Colbert. (And hello, Stephen Colbert.) 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

When there were people around he would launch into brilliant, and endless, monologues, wielding his superb gift of mimicry — sometimes the speeches went on for an hour or more, until his audience fled, enraging him. The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

By turns in the spotlight, they read scripts or enact monologues. Review: 'The Exonerated' is compelling, chilling 2012-09-20T01:06:07Z

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. Eve Ensler on a new play and beating cancer 2012-11-21T14:27:08Z

Not one of the three included monologues was an opera in any conventional sense. Critic?s Notebook: Move From Lincoln Center Could Fortify City Opera?s Identity 2011-05-22T17:13:34Z

"The Counselor," which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, is packed with lengthy monologues and lessons about the brutality of the drug trade along the U.S.-Mexican border. Cormac McCarthy keeps moviegoers guessing in 'The Counselor' 2013-10-23T22:33:23Z

One of the best moment of the monologue was when Colbert imitated the grilling of Strzok’s text messages. Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Yet, even here, where the voice inhabits the text with theatrical nuance, Almodóvar doesn’t find a satisfyingly drastic way to present the actor’s physical presence or the theatrical framing of the monologue. Pedro Almodóvar’s Stifled “Pain and Glory” 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

Comparing his show to the HBO fantasy series “Game of Thrones,” Mr. Daisey said his monologues would focus on “telling stories of large mythic visions, in this case about New York City.” ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York 2013-08-15T02:00:01Z

Then, in his opening monologue, he got down to politics, specifically the British election on Thursday. Reality Winner, Accused of Leaks, Becomes a Late-Night Sensation 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

She had learned the monologue about cleaning out the barn by heart, but when it came time to speak it, the loss of Hagerty overtook her. ‘Somebody Somewhere’ Celebrates a Life With Tears and Jokes 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

Instead of scolding her clique for getting wasted on beer and Xanax, Eilish retreated to the loneliest corner of her brain, turning her internal monologue into a trickle of jazzy melody. Review | This is what Billie Eilish sounds like in real life 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

If anything had gone wrong on the set, it would need to happen before she started the monologue. Disney-esque and demented: Ti West on how his slasher flick "Pearl" compares to "Rocky Horror" 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

But the late-night host didn't spend the whole monologue mocking it. Watch Stephen Colbert take down Space Force: “Mars has cleaner water than Flint” 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The movie opens with an autobiographical three and a half minute monologue from Mr. Grant as Primo, who haltingly reveals that he missed the birth of his son because he was in jail. James Grant of ‘Five Star’ Is an Enforcer on Screen, if No Longer in Life 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

Malveaux elicited some uneasy laughs when she wound up a monologue about the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill harassment case with a gratuitous crack about the physical appearance of Thomas’s wife, Virginia. Most famous men accused of sexual misconduct have been lying low. Not Tavis Smiley. 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

While the ensemble scenes are absorbing, Ms. Winkler also supplies confessional monologues, which are reasonably engaging, though ultimately unnecessary. Review: A Wedding Reunion Goes Down Like a Shot of Whiskey in ‘Kentucky’ 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Some shots are framed almost as if inside a proscenium, and the screenplay consists mostly of monologues and duologues. | 'Autumn Sonata': A Fraught Mother-Daughter Drama 2011-04-28T22:18:19Z

A bit of trivia: Mr. Rock did a version of the bit the last time he hosted, in 2005 — but in that year’s monologue, he noted that there were several black acting nominees. Review: With Chris Rock, the Oscars Find a Lucky Pairing of Host and Subject 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Blanchard, best known as a jazz trumpeter and the composer of scores for Spike Lee films, likes to contrast upbeat party sequences with brooding monologues, but he brings a sense of order to both. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

Benedetti rotates between characters, all of whom speak in monologue form. Mario Benedetti’s Wise, Lonely Novel about Political Exile 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

As David Letterman used to do in his late-night monologues, Gulman savors a colloquial term, repeating it until the mundane starts to sound odd. What Happened After the Joke: A Stand-Up’s Harrowing Tale 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

He produced lots of brilliant one-off dramas, but I best remember his Alan Bennett monologues. My TV hero: Stephanie Cole on Innes Lloyd 2011-08-08T20:00:09Z

Many of the app’s users appear charmingly unpolished, posting shaky videos that cut their faces off at their foreheads or chins as they deliver breathless extemporaneous monologues. Does a Toddler Need an NFT? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

Besides, the memorable part of their laugh-free monologue was meant to be serious. Sandra Oh saved the Golden Globes: The good, bad and ugly of the 2019 awards 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

The discussion about what Washington is and what Washington should be has become miserable because it is a highly politicized monologue. Perspective | Washington is now a cool city. That’s terrible news for American democracy. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

As Det Ron Stallworth, Washington delivers an unmistakably Spike Lee-ish monologue about growing up idolizing the crisp uniform and the commitment to serve, a perfectly understandable dream when articulated by him. From the streets to the screen: how Hollywood is tackling police brutality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

For instance, in an encore turn, the Shakespearean actress loses the thread of her monologue and begins to reminisce about her career. Happenstance’s gleeful hat tip to vaudeville with a wink to the present-day 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

Half a dozen of the main works are deliberately in dialogue with literary classics and ephemera, from sources as diverse as Mark Twain’s satirical monologues, James Joyce’s erotic letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh and “Antigone.” At Under the Radar, Theater That Jumps Right Off the Page 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Their latest production, co-written by Tom Wainwright and part of the inventive Beyond Barbican season, is a dreamy mingle of installation art with wistful monologue and projection. Macbeth; Circle Mirror Transformation; The Paper Architect – review 2013-07-13T23:05:59Z

Wilmore is more of a behind-the-scenes TV writer or an affable late-night anchor than a stand-up comedian delivering a monologue, so it will be a bit of a change of scene for him. Larry Wilmore goes to Washington: On roasting Beltway egos, Obama’s final year, and why Donald Trump is so dangerous 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

I see a song almost like an actress sees a monologue. Camille O'Sullivan: From cabaret to chaos 2012-08-13T17:44:54Z

The reporter, who in initiating us into the war zone seems to be a stand-in for the playwright, recites a lengthy monologue that combines the prosaic and the poetic. In Munich, Young Directors Offer Horrors Both Real and Fantastical 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

Unlike the others, Colbert and Meyers mixed jokes into their monologues, but there was no mistaking their messages. Late-night hosts say fighting racism means more than talk 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

One journalist described a self-congratulatory atmosphere where the audience “enjoyed the spectacle of a very nice person and a very violent person, who was still trying terribly hard to be nice, delivering monologues.” How Wittgenstein and Other Thinkers Dealt With a Decade of Crisis 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z

But his monologue – like his efforts overall to challenge the racism of Hollywood – was hit and miss. OscarsSoWhite: Chris Rock exposed the depths of the industry's race problem 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

By the time we get to the final monologue, the fog of condescension around these Midwestern nitwits is too thick to see through. Review: Beware the Text, and Other Tales From ‘Smithtown’ 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z

In the Shadow of None Staged readings of monologues in honor of International Women’s Day. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 26-March 5: 'Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny' and more 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Italicized inner monologue; horrific dream sequences; exchanges of bantering emails; detailed sex scene. Review | E.L. James’s Fifty Shades series has come to an end. What have we learned from this provocative romance? 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

These elements are more in the background in “Fences,” and Wilson’s use of the soaring, aria-like monologue is more restrained. | 'Fences': Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in August Wilson?s Classic 2010-04-27T02:03:00Z

I may as well say upfront that the prospect of multiple nights of monologues did not have my heart leaping in my breast. Theater Review: Mike Daisey Vents in ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ at Joe’s Pub 2013-09-12T05:06:25Z

I thought Boyd Gaines did a fine job with the closing monologue, the soliloquy as Gabriel indeed "sets out" spiritually and psychologically, for his journey towards "the dead." Review: ‘The Dead, 1904’ Brings Existential Unease to the Party 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Shalwitz, originally an actor, reduced his stage appearances after Mendenhall directed him in “The Fever,” Shawn’s twisting monologue accusing Americans of vile moral complacency. Perspective | How Howard Shalwitz led Woolly Mammoth’s stampede 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

But it might help: the closing monologue in the film is the opening monologue of the play. ArtsBeat: Come See Our Play. But Watch the Movie First. 2012-08-07T20:49:11Z

Short monologues and radiant art combine in a dynamic work of historical fiction. Best children’s books of 2020 reveal a growing diversity 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert, the “Late Show” host, dedicated most of his monologue to the Comey testimony. Here’s how late night TV reacted to James Comey’s blockbuster testimony 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

“They don’t know each one of ’em is afraid, see,” Lee says in a hypnotic monologue. Review: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Go Mano a Mano in the Riveting ‘True West’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

He imagined the pope’s internal monologue during the photo shoot: “I was wrong — there is no God.” Pope’s Stone-Faced Meeting With Trump Becomes Late-Night Fodder 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Going into the ceremony, the major focus was on host Chris Rock’s opening monologue and his response to criticism of the Academy Awards for lack of racial inclusion. Oscars’ biggest upset: Why Stallone’s surprising loss was the shock the Academy needed 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Along with Tom Sturridge, he stars in “Sea Wall/A Life,” a pair of monologues about men who are committed to their wives, now playing at the Hudson Theater in Times Square. Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge Show Their Sensitive Sides 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

An assistant offers to bring food, and Leoni embarks on a monologue about the amazing food served on set. Téa Leoni knows what you’re thinking when you see her on ‘Madam Secretary’

And finally there was the finished draft of the monologue. Ellen DeGeneres, TV and Twitter Hit, Ready to Host Oscars 2014-01-17T13:00:22Z

With the questioner’s contributions mostly marked as “inaudible,” these interviews are essentially dramatic monologues, and like the classics of the genre they are rich with deliberate evasiveness and accidental disclosure. Sex Goddess, Celebrity and the Best Hope for Her Country 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

“You’ll find all things … both high and low,” he says in his opening monologue. The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

Flicking through my fringe notebook, I noticed three of the other stand-out shows were also monologues by performers fresh to the single spotlight. Solo Suggs, soliloquising soldiers: the performers who go it alone 2012-08-30T09:25:00Z

His spoken-word monologues, especially those made late in his life, sound like angry incantations, even though they are often remarkably wry and sardonic. Review | The Smithsonian censored him in 2010. Now, the Whitney is celebrating his grandeur. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

She had a monologue that was showstopping and breathtaking, and I remember thinking she was the finest actress I had ever seen. Movie Stars Have Heroines, Too 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

On an impulse, he auditioned for Juilliard, using a monologue from Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” and arguing about its interpretation with the head of the drama division in the middle of his callback. Oscar Isaac’s Mom Died. Now He’s Working Out His Grief in ‘Hamlet.’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The first hints arrived immediately, when Cedric put off the traditional opening monologue in favor of a song that immediately infused the show with energy. The best and worst noments of the 2021 Emmys 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

The comic provocateur’s taboo-busting, profanity-loaded monologues led to his blacklisting, arrest and imprisonment — so much for freedom of speech in that supposedly enlightened era. Lenny Bruce's fire and fury light up Theatre 68 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

In long inner monologues, he aches for his late wife, recollects his career, grumbles about the indignities of very old age and the closing-in of his once-expansive world. Review: Colum McCann’s ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking,’ Stories Linked by Unease 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

He asked for the factual premises of monologue jokes if he didn’t know the headlines that inspired them, and he confidently waved off suggestions that didn’t fit his freewheeling vision for the program. Jimmy Fallon Is Sorry. But What Does That Mean? 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

How would you describe your inner monologue or how you observe things as a satirist? From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

Then came the show’s hiatus after Sept. 11, 2001, and Jon Stewart’s moment of sincerity in his returning opening monologue that he never fully walked back from. This guy changed the world: We won’t see the likes of Jon Stewart again 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

“It will most likely be the subject of the Top 10 list and probably represent a chunk of the monologue,” said Rob Burnett, Mr. Letterman’s longtime executive producer. Media Decoder: 30-Year Milestone for Letterman, but Little Instinct to Look Back 2012-01-31T22:36:58Z

This scene, so delicately rendered in Joyce's interior monologue, here becomes a grand climax, with Crotty in throes of wailing grief, while Townsend awkwardly declaims to her. The Dead – review 2013-01-06T18:03:54Z

Delusional interior worlds are much easier to create – and a lot funnier – when they are done as a series of soundscapes or monologues. TV Review: The Joy of (Train) Sets 2013-01-23T22:30:03Z

The show — a ragged mix of video clips, ear-splitting music, profanity-laced monologues and clumsy attempts to encourage audience participation — did not so much end as collapse. Critic?s Notebook: Belligerent and Boozy, and That?s Just the Audience 2011-04-03T20:27:46Z

As the tall, forbidding food critic Anton Ego, O'Toole brought gravitas and dignity to the role, in which he delivers a wonderful monologue late in the movie. Favorite Pixar performances? 2011-06-24T18:19:11Z

Now, he’s apologizing for mistakes he claims he made in his monologue. Dave Chappelle on his Trump support, “I f**ked up” 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

I'm really just in it for the monologues. The ultimate TV recap: a superfan's tribute to The West Wing 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

The “Full Frontal” host dedicated most of her opening monologue to Trump’s inaugural speech and the concert that was held for him the night before he was sworn in. WATCH: Samantha Bee mocks President Donald Trump’s lackluster inaugural weekend 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

The early parts of the novel are taken up with Vern’s podcast monologues. Of course Bernie Sanders endorsed this novel about a rebel in Vermont 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

The monologues mostly avoid racial animus and lean toward more universal themes. 5 Monologues, Each a Showcase for Asian American Actors Over 60 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

The monologues, the Sun reports, focused on the April 27 disturbances that occurred following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody earlier that month. 'The Wire' Cast Goes Back to Baltimore 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

One wants to get lost in the odyssey, but it’s not easy with those bombastic monologues blaring. Theater Review | ?Finn?: Celtic Tale Becomes Video Game for the Stage 2010-03-05T23:57:00Z

“Infinite, the book of secrets,” Jack continues, lost in his musings on the troublesome past in the play’s opening monologue. | 'Haunted': A Longtime Marriage, Threatened Inside and Out 2010-12-09T04:30:00Z

The opening monologue in the published script asks the audience to consider the likelihood of “an infinite number of planet earths.” Hillary Clinton Lost. The Play Won. 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Instead of an opening monologue, there was a series of handoffs at the top of the show. 2019 Emmy Awards: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Fleabag’ Win Top Prizes 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

“Unfortunately the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.” Michelle Wolf’s correspondents’ dinner set made Washington uncomfortable. But comedians have her back. 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Within these well-differentiated voices, Pamuk also brings off a technically complex trick in which monologue is continually interrupted by the character speaking dialogue. The Silent House by Orhan Pamuk – review 2012-10-12T21:55:06Z

The monologue was written for this show by the playwright Mark O’Halloran, and it’s pretty good ersatz Beckett. ‘Lippy,’ a Chilly Play From Ireland's Dead Centre 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

They finished their monologue by leading the crowd in a cheer meant to buoy the TV nominees, who are usually edged out of the spotlight by the film stars. Tina and Amy's Best Golden Globes Monologue Jokes 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

The last time Gooding was onstage he was a teenager, winning a monologue competition arranged by the Los Angeles Unified School District with a speech from "Twelfth Night." Cuba Gooding Jr., onstage and in 'creative place' 2013-04-23T13:14:10Z

Ruth Negga gets several monologues to chew on in this episode, from another glimpse at the incident with Carlos to a story of how Jesse once shot a komodo dragon in the head. Preacher recap: season one, episode five – South Will Rise Again 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

The best Zoom monologues work differently; they show people trying, despite distance, to connect. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

And there were four, maybe five monologues that ranked with the series' best. "Rescue Me" recap: "Normal is dead and buried" 2011-07-14T11:15:00Z

His monologues are about how “greed is good” and how he rigs the system and gets away with it. Bankers in movies and TV have gotten less evil — but more realistic 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

In a taped monologue, he made himself out to be a doddering old man who couldn’t get his video camera to work. Bob Newhart, Master of the One-Sided Conversation 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

The two-hour show sees the two actresses deliver a series of monologues from their adjacent dressing rooms. Battling broads 2011-05-13T09:00:34Z

Eventually, in a long monologue, Lacroix reveals his secret, which is pretty much what we imagined, and Emily decides it doesn’t matter. While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

In his monologue, Mr. Fallon noted that President Trump was back to expressing his views on Twitter. Dwayne Johnson Sounds Pretty Serious About Running for President 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lang embraces the severe intensity of the monologue format in his adaptation. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

The monologues are variously witty, worshipful, angry and determined as they take on subjects as widespread as writer’s block, political action, foster care and suffrage itself. Review: It’s Just You and Me and the Modem in ‘Here We Are’ 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Jimmy Kimmel, the ceremony’s host, initially seemed to be delivering a fairly routine opening monologue, with pauses for laughter and cuts to the star-studded audience. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2020 Emmys 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

In a monologue delivered poolside at a fancy resort, the impeccably manicured and accoutered Brooke equates being the victim of racism with her own experience as an “ugly” girl. Review: A Put-Upon Nanny Erupts in Todd Solondz’s ‘Emma and Max’ 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

In the spirit of "paying back," Palminteri wants young actors to send him a one-minute monologue via his web site, which he will keep on file and pass on to potential producers. Chazz Palminteri brings his advice to radio 2012-10-05T17:46:08Z

A deaf Korean actress, played by the extraordinary Park Yurim, is Sonya, and her final monologue is delivered in Korean Sign Language. One Indelible Scene: When the Show Must Go on in ‘Drive My Car’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

"The Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all the esteem," he said in his opening monologue this year. Third try's a charm for Ricky Gervais 2012-01-16T04:22:00Z

One of her most famous performances was in Beckett's monologue, Not I, in which only her mouth was visible to the theatre audience. Obituary: Billie Whitelaw 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Based on his lackluster monologue, his lack of acknowledgment has registered with his writers. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z

Perhaps, but overall, her ability to carry a film in which she's delivering reams of monologue, not to mention performing light stunt work, is commendable. Sherlock's teen sister channels "Fleabag" for Netflix's fourth-wall-breaking feminist romp 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

In this case, the Oscars’ most noted off-screen controversy — the glaring whiteness and maleness of many of the major categories and movies — didn’t get quite the airing an extended monologue might have delivered. Review: A Driverless Oscars Takes a Winding Road 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

But it seems like the price we pay for complexity is … bedroom monologues. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: Was This the Worst Episode Yet? 2013-04-29T15:52:37Z

Even now, his nonstop, occasionally outrageous monologue stumbles to an uncomfortable halt when her name is mentioned. Rocking on His Own, Lady Gaga?s Ex 2012-03-07T20:50:25Z

This first-person monologue of a soul incarnated as a highwayman, sailor, construction worker, ship captain and ultimately “a single drop of rain” is as deep as it gets. Music Review: A Songwriter, Still on the Line 2011-08-04T22:00:16Z

Jed’s interior monologue is an anthology of lines like this one: “Nothing is mysterious to the seaman, they say, unless it be the sea itself.” Review: Darryl Pinckney’s ‘Black Deutschland’ Is Set in 1980s Berlin 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Mob stereotypes are always good for a few laughs, but this mostly plays like a lazy retread of bits from Burr’s monologue. Saturday Night Live: Jim Carrey, Mike Pence and a very pesky fly 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

I looked at a couple of Trudy monologues and I wanted to do something like this. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

This segues into the first of several monologues that punctuate the unfolding relationships of some hot-to-trot suburbanites. 'The Sexual Life of Savages' at the Beverly Hills Playhouse 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

What I do with students is they come in, they have to have two contrasting monologues prepared. | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors 2013-05-20T23:11:48Z

So we learned, in Beard's opening monologue, that, on the day of his death, the emperor Caligula had "a bit of a hangover" when "he was jumped by a posse of soldiers". Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z

All those opening monologues, musical extravaganzas, prerecorded comedy bits and mid-show stunts like group selfies and pizza deliveries — were they all bad? Review | Oscar keeps it shorter without a host, but something still needs to done about those speeches 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

To one degree or another, all the singers, but especially Ms. Settle and Darius de Haas — who sang the other great “Dreamgirls” monologue, “I Am Changing” — conveyed an intense devotion to the composer. Music Review: Singing Henry Krieger’s Songbook at the Allen Room 2014-02-14T21:57:39Z

It’s Shakespearean, this betrayal, although most of the Bard’s double crosses are helpfully telegraphed by the betrayer, in monologues with the audience. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: A Chimp With a Machine Gun 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

Turns with the local operatic society followed; he also performed at the end of the pier, miming to songs and delivering Victorian comic monologues. Rupert Graves: 'Genuinely, it helps in this business being called Rupert' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Returning host Stone used her monologue to revel in her familiarity with the show, which she likened to returning to her high school in a charming if unmemorable opening segment. Saturday Night Live review: Emma Stone rocks as real Donald Trump weighs in 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

This is his interior monologue when a new client says, ‘You’re not going to believe what I’m going to tell you.” I’ll Have What She’s Having: Books for Better Sex and Better Relationships 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

“I thought I wasn’t going to get into Stanford because some black kid was going to take my spot,” he said in the monologue. Can Hasan Minhaj Make Topical Comedy Work on Netflix? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

The words of the songs, monologues and stories in "Freeze Frame" are not subtle, but neither is life on the streets or the problem of gun violence in America, Allen says. Debbie Allen tackles gun violence, race relations in 'Freeze Frame' 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

And on Sunday HBO does an expert job of turning Ms. Fisher’s 2 hour and 20 minute monologue into a documentary, with only a few, artfully chosen embellishments. Television Review: Make ?Em Laugh With Tales of Tears 2010-12-09T22:52:00Z

After the war, Mr. Fo became a stage designer and was swept up by the piccolo teatri, or small theaters, movement, which emphasized improvised monologues on social issues presented at affordable prices. Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Italian Playwright, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Many are portraits of his magic heroes, several of which are projected onto the round table at the end of “Inner Circle” during a monologue about those who have influenced him. ‘He Must Have Superpowers’: Asi Wind and His Sublime Card Tricks 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

This mildly prickles his assigned roommate, the slightly insecure Ned, who alone among the characters is given a self-explanatory monologue. Review: A Restaged ‘Small Mouth Sounds’ Still Sparkles 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Railing off inner monologue lyrics about Scandinavian leather, "Mint Julep testosterone," the Rosetta Stone and pesticides, his words act mostly as vehicles to sing along with. Review: Phoenix returns with another strong album 2013-04-22T18:43:09Z

It could be argued that he goes rather too far in the opposite direction – Harry's internal monologue, for example, is a litany of casual racism, female objectification and violence. Christos Tsiolkas: 'There's love in this book' 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

The monologue about the arrest of an Egyptian satirist offended the Egyptian government and sparked an unusual diplomatic incident. US Embassy in Cairo deletes tweet on Jon Stewart 2013-04-03T17:01:09Z

During the monologue, he takes the audience through the ideas and images that informed his production of the Dmitri Shostakovich opera "The Nose" at New York's Metropolitan Opera House last year. Artist William Kentridge on stage in South Africa 2011-09-17T12:29:12Z

Actually, there’s one thing Conan could do to freshen his act: ditch the monologue. Get Ready New York: Conan O?Brien is Back 2011-11-01T14:15:11Z

Director Richard LaGravenese’s screen adaptation pushes this idea to the next level — he places both characters in every number, unlike in the stage version, which is primarily monologue numbers. “The Last Five Years” makes the case for why artists shouldn’t marry young 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

In your opening monologue for “Saturday Night Live,” you made light of your work as a longstanding character actor. Sam Rockwell on His Secret Past as a Really Bad Break Dancer 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

Those two words erupt in defiant spasms during the course of this monologue, performed by a speaker whose mouth alone is visible to the audience. Three Beckett Plays About Time at BAM 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Of the original narration, the performance of the Stravinsky included only the monologue near the end in praise of a humble life. Music Review: Juilliard Students Perform in ChamberFest 2013-01-19T01:39:49Z

Not just because his rapid-fire monologues can be dense and elusive. Can Daniel Kitson Redefine the Relationship Between Comic and Audience? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

There were cackling monologues from Mr. Becker, who dismissed current pop as “part of a fashion trend”; he also took on more guitar solos with a spiky, bluesy directness. Music Review: Steely Dan at the Beacon Theater - Review 2011-09-21T23:01:55Z

This year’s Academy Awards were uniquely important in light of the #OscarsSoWhite criticism—which Chris Rock wasted no time addressing in the ceremony’s opening monologue. Sacha Baron Cohen explains his racist Oscars bit: Chris Rock “gave me the thumbs up, so I went for it” 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

There is no chatter, no laughter, no play or clash of personalities that take place outside the monologues they perform for one another other. ‘The World Is Full of Secrets’ Review: Teen Tales of Terror 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Lauren Weedman, right, tells it like she sees it once again, in the latest installment of her unsparing, hilarious and unsettling monologue, ripped from the pages of her own quirky life. Performers single-handedly take the stage in Seattle Solo Performance Festival 2011-04-07T19:31:04Z

The episodes, roughly five minutes each, start with a monologue and finish with two sketches. ‘Nature’s Weirdest,’ Extreme Parenting and Other Odd TV 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Since my monologue started,” said Patton Oswalt, the host, “’The Lego Movie’ has made more money than all the nominees combined.” The Carpetbagger: At the Indie Spirits, Oscar Warm-Ups and Also-Ran Quips 2014-03-02T14:47:13Z

Mr. Leguizamo’s latest monologue, which begins performances March 17, is inspired by his frenzied search for a Latino hero for his son’s American history class project. Public Theater Season to Include Work by David Byrne and Richard Nelson 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

In another highlight from his monologue, Rock talked about a time he attended a political fundraiser in Los Angeles featuring President Obama — where most of the attendees were white, Hollywood liberals. Chris Rock delivered the medicine to a so-white Oscars, but was it strong enough? 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

Parts are as plain and strong as Hemingway, with some internal monologues that are downright Joycean. Molly Shannon’s Memoir Is Filled With Mischief and Pathos 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

How different will the show look without an M.C. and monologue? What Do the Oscars Gain by Losing a Host? 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Verdi goes for deep sarcasm in his masterfully comic score — when the men make fools of themselves in bombastic monologues, the orchestration only intensifies — and there was nothing cutesy in Rustioni’s account of it. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

For example, one monologue begins with young Aggie B. seated at the family table, “writing furiously,” in her notebook. Girl uses her voice to encourage voting in ‘Loretta Little Looks Back’ 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

He then put that proposition to the test with a discomforting monologue that even his cable-TV alter ego would have had trouble getting away with. ‘Saturday Night Live’: Alec Baldwin and Larry David Contribute to an Awkward Episode 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel took their shows live on election night, sharing midterm results as they came in during their monologues. Late Night Goes Live on Election Night 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

He also used that monologue to advocate for gun control and said that political leaders including President Trump “should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country.” Jimmy Kimmel on Health Care, National Tragedies and Twitter Feuds 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

It’s all about whether you’re social or solitary — like the words “convene” and “monologue,” whose roots they share. Finding peace and faith in Assisi 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

“He may be staying at the monologue mark,” she said, referring to his place onstage, making his work seem like an extended monologue on some occasions. Jimmy Kimmel Moves to an 11:35 Showtime on ABC 2013-01-07T22:59:52Z

When walking through a yard sale, I turn my inner monologue on repeat:"You don't need that, you don't need that." The dining chair trend we just can’t get enough of 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z

Amy’s monologue is actually quite funny, but she delivers it with such controlled yet barely contained anger that it takes on a serious note. 'Veep' Recap: The Former Veep Has Veep Problems 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

The opening lines of this 60-minute monologue denounce Mr. King as an Uncle Tom whose remarks in his memorable “Can we all get along?” news conference amid the riots made him worthy of assassination. Theater Review: Exploring Rodney King’s Struggles in a Stage Monologue 2014-01-14T18:23:33Z

That opening monologue is a fitting start for Showtime’s two-hour documentary about the C.I.A.’s secret wars, which have wholly remade a spy agency once created to collect and analyze Cold War intelligence. Review: In ‘The Spymasters,’ C.I.A. Leaders Recount Tactics of the Post-9/11 Years 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

There is plenty of talk of sex in “Polylogues,” but love is the tender element that flows through these often self-scrutinizing monologues. Review: In ‘Polylogues,’ Dispatches From Non-Monogamy 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

His “Tonight” monologues about Mr. Trump have been quick and glancing — but Mr. Fallon has never really been a monologue guy. Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

Ms. Bassett delivers these monologues not in the ominous style of some otherworldly oracle but in the matter-of-fact, common-woman manner of her character. Review: In ‘Escaped Alone’ Fears Small (Cats) and Large (Apocalypse) 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

About to embark on an opening monologue that will insult, annoy, upset and embarrass. The Oscars awards ceremony 2013 - in pictures 2013-02-25T01:54:00Z

The narrative conceit here is similar to that of “The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church,” the recent fictional monologue in which Daniel Kitson dug through boxes of letters to tell a stranger’s life story. | 'Locker No. 4173b': One Person?s Detritus Is Someone Else?s Play 2011-05-10T21:40:15Z

Awkwardly interspersed with this story line is an extended monologue by Vivian, a black teenage girl ambling through the turmoil. Theater Review: ?My Occasion of Sin? by Monica Bauer at Urban Stages 2012-04-09T21:25:53Z

Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements and addressed the Harvey Weinstein scandal in an Oscars opening monologue that was unafraid to confront politics – or the envelope fiasco of last year’s ceremony. Jimmy Kimmel Oscars monologue slams Weinstein, skewers Trump and Pence 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

The entertainment industry is a cyclical environment, as Burnett says and Oh acknowledged in the part of the opening monologue that mattered. Sandra Oh saved the Golden Globes: The good, bad and ugly of the 2019 awards 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Telling a story in a sequence of monologues by different characters is a surprisingly old novelistic technique. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 2013-05-03T17:41:01Z

Sometimes the play is narrated through lyrical monologue and sometimes through choppier dialogue. | 'Crane Story' : ?Crane Story? at the Cherry Lane Theater - Review 2011-09-20T22:28:04Z

“Boys and Girls” is basically four monologues; it’ll be interesting to see these performers and this playwright work with more stage interaction. ‘Boys and Girls’ at 59E59 Theaters 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

What in this sometimes compelling, often tedious assortment of parables, poetry, dramatic monologues, cautionary tales and horror stories is true, and what is fantasy? ‘ZeroZeroZero,’ by Roberto Saviano 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Nor, for that matter, do his monologues describing how he committed various murders and what he did with the bodies hold much of a creep factor. Ted Bundy, "I Am the Night" and our secret obsession with psychos 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

And the early monologue performed by Ms. Carden, in which an American high schooler verges on an emotional meltdown because she’s been excluded from the in crowd, feels trivial in comparison to the meatier pieces. Theater Review: ‘Emotional Creature,’ From Signature Theater 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z

"I'll tell you why I'm here: I'm here 'cause I'm Black," he announced to the room full of nominees as he launched into his monologue, conversationally adding. "I'm here 'cause I’m Black": For the Golden Globes' TV return, Jerrod Carmichael tells on the HFPA 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

The 90-minute production features live music by Ms. Spector and her band as well as images and monologues by the performer. Spare Times for July 27-Aug. 2 2012-07-26T22:33:44Z

But first off is a celebration of quieter lives, in a revival by Gwenda Hughes of Alan Bennett's monologues that reveal the passions and heartaches of lives lived behind the net curtains. This week's new theatre 2013-01-26T06:00:15Z

Hewlett would take over the role of Richard and later tour the country performing Shakespearean monologues, making him the first Black American Shakespearean actor. A Black Theater Flourished in New York. 200 Years Ago. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

They danced to pop songs, and performed monologues and political sketches. Grieving families in Philippine drugs war turn to theater for healing, therapy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

“They exist as stand-ins for an internal monologue you have with yourself,” he said. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

In her opening monologue, she asks God to let “peace reign even in the storm.” In 'Head of Passes,' a mother comes to terms with a storm, a secret and God 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

What is the meaning of the words spoken by the elaborately garbed woman who keeps recombining the verbs “see, think, say, hear, remember, forget” in persuasive but bewildering monologues? Boston Ballet Takes On William Forsythe’s ‘Artifact’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

In his Wednesday night monologue, Stephen Colbert attributed that to “a variety of factors, including the war in Ukraine, high fuel prices. But the number one factor, according to experts, is Hunter Biden’s laptop.” Late Night Predicts a Tough Thanksgiving 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

Smith has been performing his show since 1997; he’s working on a low-budget film based on the monologue, which uses locations around Capitol Hill. Nuns, swordplay in theater offerings | Bumbershoot 2013 2013-08-29T05:26:24Z

Further, she criticized Chicago police for their alleged failure to investigate an online video showing one of the brothers “in whiteface doing a joke monologue with white makeup on,” Defamation suit by brothers in Smollett case can go forward 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

I don’t walk around the house and do monologues. Book Talk: Keillor says he still has 'distance to cover' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

But never mind, menace is at the door now — Rosie’s monologue is interrupted by an intrusive thud. ‘Overflow’ Review: The Bathroom Battleground 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

She came slightly closer to the mark in a version of “Ladies Who Lunch” but overreached, turning this angry drunken monologue from “Company” into an earsplitting harangue with little dramatic shading or subtext. Music Review: ‘The Prince and the Show Boy’ at 54 Below 2012-08-22T22:21:39Z

And Ms. Burstyn gets a crack at two fraught emotional monologues, although neither is particularly moving in the arid context of the play. | 'The Atmosphere of Memory': ?The Atmosphere of Memory? at Bank Street Theater - Review 2011-10-31T02:02:00Z

In conversation, he frequently interrupts himself to interject his internal monologue, as though he’s both performing a play and announcing the stage directions. Inside David Byrne’s Cheerful Dystopia 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

I've seen the movie three times, and it definitely delivers; Julianne Moore's climactic monologue about the difficulty of marriage made my wife totally bawl. Great Oscar debate: What is the real best picture? 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z

"It's a great day if you are an electrician and you work at CBS," he said in his opening monologue. ArtsBeat: Craig Ferguson's On but the Lights Are Out 2012-06-28T03:41:31Z

Baker’s character patronizingly schools Louie – or C.K., having written the monologue, schools us – in our culture’s standards of beauty in a scene that is loaded with pregnant pauses and bromides. How Louis C.K. became the Oprah of comedy 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

It possesses almost no irony, few verbose monologues, a bare minimum of sharp moves, and a style that is conspicuously drab. ‘The Leftovers’: A biblical event leaves a sorrowful mystery

From the multiple storytellers in his first novel, Moth Smoke, to the book-long monologue of , the skill has won the novelist acclaim. Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z

Wolf will open each night with a shark monologue. A shark talk show highlight's Discovery's week 2013-08-01T19:51:51Z

The previous night, he performed his monologue from his bathtub, sitting in clouds of bubbles while clad in a suit and tie. From Colbert to Shakespeare, the show must go on(line) 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

This is a defensible interpretation, but Gallagher, a Tony winner for "Spring Awakening," acts as if he were competing in a monologue contest. Even with Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne, 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' fails to connect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

“Smart People” unfolds as a series of short scenes and monologues often spliced together and staged simultaneously. Review: A Campus Caldron Too Hot to Touch in ‘Smart People’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

The performers had highlighted each decade of Center Theatre Group’s history through the memories, monologues and songs of those who lived it. Backstage with Broderick, Olmos, Gossett Jr. and more at Center Theatre Group's 50th anniversary 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Baldwin closes the book by imagining the interior monologue of the white American who has been raised on the false history of the Lost Cause. The South’s Fight for White Supremacy 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

“Another Story” opens with a monologue that traces Nigeria’s independence in 1960 back to a transaction between the British government and the Royal Niger Co., the mercantile company that would eventually be absorbed by Unilever. Perspective | Burna Boy is an ‘African Giant’ with a sound that defies geography 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Handler dedicated her monologue to the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn Roe v. ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Guest Host Chelsea Handler Chides the Supreme Court 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

Her memory was really put to the test recently memorizing 50 pages of dialogue, including two or three pages of monologue, for a play titled “Therapy” staged in Los Angeles. Elderly Acting Just Might Improve ... Line, Please! 2013-09-09T22:24:53Z

Letterman, I may watch only for the monologue. Jimmy Fallon, Number-One Musical Late-Night Host 2012-07-11T12:54:49Z

Ms. Haddish, who is the first black female comedian to host “Saturday Night Live,” talked in her monologue about how she’d grown up in foster care and considered “S.N.L.” to be her favorite show. For ‘Saturday Night Live,’ No Shortage of Targets, Including Louis C.K. and Roy Moore 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

When I was 13, I entered the convent’s monologue competition. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

Spending an hour watching him on stage is like eavesdropping on a bizarre inner monologue, with a dizzying, eclectic mess of odd characters, peculiar catchphrases and wonderfully infectious nonsense. This week's new live comedy 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z

In fact, while food is a recurring theme throughout the play, Diane has but a minor role in this sensitive but sometimes sluggish drama, disappearing after that monologue until she returns in the final moments. Review: ‘Aubergine,’ a Stew of Regret and Impending Loss 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

She has a beautiful monologue, without giving too much away, that speaks to that. "I watched 'Night Court' with my grandmother": Melissa Rauch on reviving the comforting '80s comedy 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

The four women of Nigeria’s Renegade Theatre perform monologues and scenes drawn from interviews with survivors; apparently as the play was being developed, it was the survivors who comforted the actors in the rehearsal room. Review | ‘Nobody wants this story told’: Nigeria’s Renegade Theatre makes U.S. debut with ‘Chibok Girls’ 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

But the monologues and skits are not just entertainment; they’re a historical record of the president’s daily misadventures. LOLs in Hell: The 10 best late-night Trump slams 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

The energy flickers only briefly during the longer monologues, one of which is an update on the protagonist of “In the Red and Brown Water” that feels a bit beside the point. 'Brothers Size' thrills with wit, vibrancy at Fountain Theatre 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

The album unveils like an elegy to the internal monologue, the constant noise building inside your brain. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

There was his monologue about discovering the sheet music to Judy Garland songs in the piano bench in his New York hotel and thinking, “All roads lead to Garland.” Music Review: Actor Shows His Burly Singer-Songwriter Side 2011-03-18T21:54:53Z

The week's best comic performance went to Steve Koonin, head of the Turner networks, who launched an impromptu monologue when a power surge knocked out the video at the TBS and TNT upfront. Comedy and fairy tales upcoming in television 2011-05-22T00:28:07Z

Vaseline smiles and champagne toasts abound, but inner monologues involve a lot of “please, oh please, not her again.” The Carpetbagger: All Eyes Turn to Li Bingbing 2012-02-25T16:00:10Z

The Heart Wants What It Wants” begins with a tearful monologue and addresses her relationship with Mr. Bieber all but explicitly. Selena Gomez Tilts the Disney Halo With ‘Revival’ 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

He meets people, in encounters that are sometimes planned and sometimes random, records conversations with their permission, then fashions characters and monologues from the audio. Review: Dan Hoyle’s ‘Border People’ Blurs Lines 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Once again, he was sitting, chatting with the crowd less than delivering a set, and seemed to be seeking something in the moment, a real experience, albeit one that could help him build a monologue. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

The president’s tweets drive headlines, but they also show up in late night monologues and in social media feedback loops. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

The book collects for the first time many Keillor stories, essays and his signature Prairie monologues, along with new works, including "Cheerfulness," an essay dedicated to his mother. Book Talk: Keillor says he still has 'distance to cover' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

In that early monologue, Carlyle tells us it was the Goodman Theater, where the show is being presented, that invited him to perform his life story. Beyond the Trump Show? Two Political Plays in Chicago Give It a Try 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Daniel, the kings and Balthasar’s queen have chanted monologues with the specificity and emotional richness of later operatic arias. Music Review: ‘The Play of Daniel’ at the Cloisters 2013-01-13T21:22:12Z

In an era when Broadway producers are cutting musicians, this show makes the bold move of placing more than 30 onstage, who project powerful versions of Mozart and Vivaldi in between monologues. Theater Review: ?The Infernal Comedy,? Starring John Malkovich - Review 2011-11-19T00:23:05Z

“We can’t let bad behavior slide anymore. The world is watching us. We need to set an example,” said host Jimmy Kimmel, one of Trump’s celebrity foils, during his opening monologue. Oscars 2018: ‘The Shape of Water’ wins best picture at awards show laced with social and political statements 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Rock, commenting on the fact that, for a second year in a row, there were no non-white acting nominees, devoted the entirety of his opening monologue to the issue. Ang Lee slams Oscars over Chris Rock's 'racist' joke about east Asians 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

“So for these characters and singers it’s like different clouds of thoughts, inner monologues about very mundane and simple things.” Operatic day at the beach evokes climate crisis 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

The play, a series of interlocking monologues, recounts the story of how a class of intellectual elites is eventually obliterated in an authoritarian society with little tolerance for free thought. Wallace Shawn's 'The Designated Mourner' gets new relevance in the Trump era 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

In a potent illustration that, in Atlantic City, money surpasses all other law, the Grand Cyclops is promptly delivered into the custody of Chalky White, who unleashes the longest monologue in "Boardwalk Empire" thus far. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Unhappy surprises 2010-10-11T05:01:00Z

The initial draft of “Other” was 176 pages long and included a number of Emily Dickinson poems, a live band and “maybe like 15 more monologues for Jordan.” With ‘Significant Other,’ Joshua Harmon Happily Writes About the Unhappy 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

The intertwined monologues don’t enhance or refract each other as much as you might wish, but they’re both compelling. ‘The Good and the True’ Recounts the Holocaust 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

Though I was seated less than four yards from her, and though she delivered several monologues as Cinderella into a microphone, I found them all largely inaudible. Dance Review: This Time the Trouble Isn?t Wicked Stepsisters 2010-09-05T22:20:00Z

He slip and slides right past his hello and into the monologue with a "How-is-everybody-doing-tonight-that-is-great-to-hear-let's-get-to-the-news." How late night adjusted – and became weirder and more creative – after a pandemic year 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

It has taken nearly a dozen years for the play, which began in 2005 with a monologue about Hurricane Katrina, to find its shape. How Do You Make a Play About Water? Drop by Drop 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Harcourt-Reilly is a preposterous device, the kind of thing found in a second-rate detective novel, where conflicts don’t evolve and resolve so much as they are explained away in tediously long monologues. Theater Review | 'The Cocktail Party': Shaken and Stirred at a T. S. Eliot Comedy 2010-03-19T22:09:00Z

He has created a memorably unhinged narrator, and she manages to capture, perfectly and faithfully, the bitter, hallucinatory and increasingly desperate tone of his monologue. Books of The Times: On a Fool?s Mission in a Dying Colonial World 2011-06-29T22:32:48Z

Eventually, Brad, the facilitator, steers the meeting towards a conversation as opposed to a monologue. 'I'm Carmen. Nice to meet you again': why I faced my rapist in prison 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z

“Sound City” opens with a brief opening monologue introducing the movie’s subject mater: a now-defunct California recording studio where dozens of the last four decades’ most memorable albums were made. Sundance brings together Nirvana alums 2013-01-25T01:57:08Z

In true 19th-century fashion, “Danton’s Death” is a clash between “great men,” heroes and antiheroes, who frequently launch into lyrical monologues about blood and death. Review: A Far-From-Revolutionary ‘Danton’s Death’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

Such is the setup for Sarah Gordon’s rollicking “Occupied,” the one full-on comedy in “Under the Albert Clock,” an excellent program of five short audio monologues from the Lyric Theater in Belfast. Review: One Belfast Landmark Inspires Five Irish Monologues 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

But underneath, in the inner monologues, they’re like poets or philosophers speaking. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Novels and Multitasking 2013-05-21T19:42:37Z

And she dedicated an entire monologue on Monday's show to calling Ivanka Trump out. "Where is Ivanka?" Meghan McCain asks on "The View" amid child separation crisis at the border 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

“Like a Rolling Stone” was scaled back from a triumphal rant into a more reflective conversational monologue. Music Review: Barb Jungr Interprets Dylan at Metropolitan Room - Review 2011-10-19T23:01:02Z

Again appearing in just one scene, Christopher's monologue is an acting masterclass. Christopher Walken: five best moments 2013-04-05T14:57:47Z

He also spent his opening monologue discussing the latest news about Sessions recusing himself from any further investigation surrounding Trump’s campaign. Late-night roundup: Trump's team 'like one of those Russian nesting dolls' 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

“They have the distinction of being the only awards show that’s completely inconsequential,” Seth Rogen, the host, joked in his opening monologue. The Carpetbagger: Michelle Williams Amid Her Independent Tribe 2012-02-26T16:16:50Z

But there are other ways to maintain a healthy balance when it comes to our internal food monologue. Some Ozempic users say it silences ‘food noise’. But there are also drug-free ways to do that 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

What results are dissertation-like monologues where the reader is schooled on the intricacies of white guilt as it relates to oppressive cultures. ‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’: A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

Based on a true story, Protest Song is a "funny and savage monologue" which explores the reality of the Occupy movement. Ifans to star in one-man Occupy play 2013-09-05T12:04:09Z

It may be telling that the play’s most moving moment comes in a monologue. Theater Review | 'The Subject Was Roses': A Family Talks a Lot but Says Too Little 2010-02-27T00:53:00Z

Expect poems, songs without tunes and character monologues. Edinburgh festival 2013: our critics' picks 2013-07-15T05:59:01Z

David, who is given to unfortunate outbursts of clunky, poetic monologues, violates the unwritten family rule of pretending that everything is O.K. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

This isn’t a play, or even a monologue. Theater Review: In ‘Green Porno,’ Isabella Rossellini Discusses Animal Mates 2014-01-20T18:10:06Z

Mr. Price also throws in the side business of unmonitored cellphone calls in prison, a monologue on “getting rid of nightmares” in jury selection and the proper attire for defendants in criminal court. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Cat or the Yarn? 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z

Interweaving monologues about these ordinary lives filled with pathos, desperation and a stoic sense that everything will be just fine, Mr. Kitson shapes a strangely hopeful story about what we learn from loss. Theater Review: Daniel Kitson’s ‘Analog.Ue,’ at St. Ann’s Warehouse 2013-12-05T03:00:01Z

Then the monologue, I just did standup every night for a while and really honed it and got it good. Aziz Ansari tries jokes, songs at MTV Movie Awards 2010-06-06T01:25:00Z

“Famous People” is one monologue, dipped in a vat of vocal fry and ego death, though its narrator, the biggest pop star in the world, thinks that he is writing a god-level memoir. What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

In one spectacular monologue, Mister Señor Love Daddy recites his list of dozens of classical black musicians whose records he plays, beginning with Boogie Down Productions and ending with Mary Lou Williams. The Enduring Urgency of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” at Thirty 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

But first, in an opening monologue, he updated the audience on the last several years of his life and received tributes from a few surprise guests. Eddie Murphy Returns to ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

This was not an #Aretha tribute but a monologue on how another iconic Black woman is being reduced to how she helped a white woman. Madonna slammed for paying tribute to Aretha Franklin with long story about herself 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

“Footnote” toys with a sense of narrative distance, as Gelb’s monologues alternate between Hladik speaking in the first person and narrating the story about himself in the third person. Review: Bringing Borges to Life in ‘Footnote for the End of Time’ 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

As Chappelle walked onto the stage for his opening monologue, he pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and said he was going to “read a brief statement” that he had prepared. Chappelle returns to SNL with no apologies — and many jokes about Kanye 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

We were going to cut up some of my endless monologue for Neil, or at least intercut it with things, but he just rocked that one take so well. ArtsBeat: Once More, With Feeling: Joss Whedon Revisits 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' 2011-04-18T12:30:06Z

Despite his disturbing and delusional monologue, Naz's crack legal team do not inform the police, do not subpeona his testimony despite his seeing the victim on the night of. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Cat or the Yarn? 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z

Center Stage then hired actors, who learned the monologues in a day and recited them for Hartley’s cameras in a New York studio. For Center Stage artistic director, a big debut online with ‘My America’

She remembers a local drama competition where she performed a monologue about a girl whose father had died in the Hillsborough disaster. Jodie Comer: 'Mum and Dad took my Bafta on a pub crawl' 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z

And put together a monologue that I felt would help tell that story. Melissa Leo’s masterclass in method acting: “There’s not one way” 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Jason Robards' climactic monologue remains the finest, most anguished Eugene O'Neill ever put on film, or tape. Lumet, his films embodied grace under fire 2011-04-10T19:29:00Z

He is now an untamed id and, if the pattern holds, his Golden Globes monologue this weekend will consist of nothing but trans jokes and burping. Ricky Gervais isn't the Golden Globes host we want – but the one we deserve 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

The script, based on her experience with pregnancy and motherhood, became 1989’s surprise hit “Look Who’s Talking,” about an infant’s inner monologue. You can direct a movie while pregnant. But Hollywood’s not going to make it easy. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

Really, what Carmichael delivered was less a monologue than a talk, a brief wrestle with the ideas of success and complicity. The Golden Globes Were Too Big to Fail 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

She toured worldwide in a one-woman show, “The Loves of Shakespeare’s Women,” a pastiche of monologues, sonnets and recollections that was seen in Manhattan at the Blue Heron Arts Center in 2004. Susannah York, British Actress, Dies at 72 2011-01-17T04:58:05Z

Mulder’s opening monologue in the first minute also serves as a handy recap of the show’s premise. The X-Files: 12 episodes to get you ready for Mulder and Scully's new series 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Walsh has used reel-to-reel tape recorders in other plays, but here they take centre stage and are used to explode the restrictions of the monologue form with their cacophony of voices. Misterman - review 2011-07-14T16:15:31Z

In her opening monologue, host Perry joked that the red cloak and white bonnet from the Handmaid's Tale was trendy in 2017. A Roundup of Every Political Moment at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

Balsam, fresh from his backward plunge down the “Psycho” stairs, won an Oscar for, in essence, one riveting monologue. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z

The new piece, by Hunter and King, is more discursive than revelatory — it’s a pair of monologues that might benefit from a deeper investigation of who Moody’s Jermal and Elliott’s Connor are. Review | These 3 new D.C. shows show why online theater is more interesting than ever 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

This is a role, after all, that he’s been honing for several years, in the grandly tattered tradition of the performance-art monologue. Dance Review: Jack Ferver’s ‘Mon Ma Mes,’ at Le Skyroom 2012-10-10T21:10:44Z

Ms. Murphy’s notable Irish forebears in employing the monologue format include Brian Friel and Conor McPherson, but her story does not acquire the spiritual or metaphysical dimensions that their finest works do. 2010-01-08T03:46:00Z

The monologues that pepper the text can be more disruptive than engaging, despite the excellent acting. Review: ‘Aubergine,’ a Stew of Regret and Impending Loss 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

As the monologue finished, the first notes of the song “Diva” sounded. Ronda Rousey on “S.N.L.” 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

And Lawther threads the famed “What a piece of work is man!” monologue with poetic resonance, moving from wonder to despair through slow articulation and emphatic rhythm. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

So we are left with the lovers’ monologues. Sex Goddess, Celebrity and the Best Hope for Her Country 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

I had to learn, though, not to derail his chapter-like monologues, which paradoxically loop and swirl through vast swaths of time and space with the linear determination of a locomotive. For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

What would the internal monologue of a Long Island podiatrist embroiled in community intrigue sound like if the good doctor had some of the neuroses and self-perception of “Seinfeld”? The best comedy books of 2014, including ones by Poehler and Mandvi 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

This was all the more distracting because Bryn Terfel sang this long monologue with a riveting mix of volatile intensity and anguished remorse. Critic?s Notebook: To Seal a Director?s Reputation, Put a ?Ring? on It 2011-07-04T21:00:06Z

In a tedious monologue, Mr. Acosta, perched grandly above a white partition, says: “I die to be newer. I die to let life live. I die knowing that it will be good.” Dance Review: At New York Live Arts, Works by Tess Dworman and Niv Acosta 2014-01-31T19:38:38Z

Not all of the monologues have the same potency, and the cogency of the work's overall argument would be enhanced by including a few more voices from the conservative end of the spectrum. Anna Deavere Smith takes on 'school-to-prison pipeline' in new show 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

Mike Daisey’s monologue “Bad Faith” will be presented there on Dec. 8 and 9. Now hear this! Playwrights are making theater for the ears. Yes, that’s a thing. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Das said the monologue, which had been performed at a show in Washington, was a way of showing his love for India and calling for social unity, but some accused him of defaming the nation. They’re Comedy Stars at Home. At Edinburgh Fringe, They’re Nobodies. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

His show even played the full five-minute monologue from Thursday night’s episode of “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” in which Mr. Stewart addressed America’s “gaping racial wound that will not heal.” Radio D.J.s Offer Comfort and Community After Charleston Church Killings 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Jimmy Kimmel, reviving the role of the solo Oscar host, got off some good lines in his monologue — the movies are still distinct from television because “a TV show can’t lose $100 million.” Review: The Increasingly Ordinary Oscars 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

But that monologue is also one of many moments that ignore a basic principle of drama: show, don’t tell. Music Review: ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary,’ by John Adams 2012-06-01T21:51:19Z

After noticing that I had a rather critical bitter internal monologue about my exterior world, one almost unacknowledged by my conscious mind, I began forcing myself to log each occurrence on my phone. My life in iPhone apps 2012-07-04T23:30:00Z

Host Seth Meyers opened the show with a monologue of one-liners that seemed directed more at the knowing crowd of celebrities and TV industry insiders in the theater than the wider audience beyond the teleprompter. Emmys 2014: Breaking Bad, Modern Family and Veep among big winners 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

I based my final drama piece, an eight-minute monologue that I had to do, on that character and the choice, so it’s funny that you mention that. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Yvonne Strahovski on the Harrowing Finale and Serena’s Murky Future 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

In a daringly slow, mesmerizing monologue, Guinevere strangles herself with her own long hair. Review: To a Rare King Arthur Opera, Bard Says ‘Welcome Back’ 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

Jenkins has a symphonic devotion to the wordless visual monologue, delivered through the miracle of the human face. Can we Trust the Beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

There are pages and pages of exposition, and yards of awkward exchanges and strained monologues in which characters summarize their knowledge of events or set out hypotheses about what might have happened. Books of The Times: ‘A Delicate Truth,’ by John le Carré 2013-04-30T18:00:41Z

The January 16 event took place three days after a former publicist filed a lawsuit accusing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of corruption, and Gervais wasted little time belittling the group during his monologue. Gervais says NBC wants him to host Globes again 2011-02-02T03:42:49Z

But it’s more a stand-up/monologue type thing, which I don’t really quite do on the show. Larry Wilmore goes to Washington: On roasting Beltway egos, Obama’s final year, and why Donald Trump is so dangerous 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

But patience rewards what might first appear to be self-indulgent monologues — even when he seems like a gasbag, he's proved it's worth hearing him out. 'Hitch-22': the unvarnished, unapologetic Christopher Hitchens tells all 2010-06-22T00:12:00Z

So these guys are on there doing the monologues. Eric Bogosian breaks down "Uncut Gems" and Adam Sandler's "amazing" performance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

And yet it is his climactic monologue — an uproar of grief, loneliness and heartbreak late in the opera — that is the work’s emotional core. In ‘Don Carlo’ Productions, Singers Tease Out a King’s Humanity 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Playwright Aleshea Harris’s new work — a synthesis of dialogue, monologue and participatory celebration — performs its final rituals. 8 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the monologues have become bigger than the night around them, creating a tension between the room and the home audience. Michelle Wolf Did Her Job. It’s the Correspondents’ Dinner That Is the Problem. 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act” seemed like the last thing the culture needed: Yet another sober talk show centering on highly researched progressive monologues punctuated with quips. Best Comedy of 2018 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

It was kind of like being onstage in a lot of regards, because you are doing this monologue in front of 50 extras. Regina King on Her Emmy Win and This Week’s Big ‘Leftovers’ Scene 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

She was 26 and won one of only 14 funded places; her audition was a monologue from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Viola Davis: 'I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years' 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

Paul Binotto achieves a more downbeat tone in a monologue from “The Killer,” a play that is rarely produced. Theater Review: ?Ionescopade? at the York Theater at St. Peter?s 2012-02-11T00:18:38Z

He has written essays, a memoir, novels, plays, screenplays, stand-up monologues, songs, sketch comedy and short fiction. They Are Also 2 Wild and Crazy Guys 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

So I seem to be attracted to monologues. Examining the Regrettably Modern Marriage of Leo Tolstoy and Sophia Tolstaya 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Brooks was far from being the only poet concerned with adapting the dramatic monologue to new ends. Poster poems: Dramatic monologue 2010-04-30T07:00:00Z

A series of scenes and monologues extracted from the Beckett play “Endgame,” it is a work of utterly assured starkness — confident and patient. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Her monologue is more elliptical and more interior than that of the first speaker. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

Morgan, a busker and spoken-word poet based in London who performs “Poems on Gender” as a recited monologue, said in an interview that he did not expect Frigid to tolerate absolutely everything. A Festival Is ‘Uncensored’ No More After Pulling a Work About Gender 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

Mac Wellman adapted this monologue from one of his own short stories. Theater Review: ‘Muazzez,’ a Monologue Based on a Mac Wellman Story 2014-01-13T22:17:09Z

For the rest of Fallon's monologue, he talked about "real news." Jimmy Fallon leans into Trump feud: Melania, “I don’t think your anti-bullying campaign is wo... 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

The movie’s determination to be offbeat is established in opening and closing voice-over monologues describing the elaborate courtship rituals of bowerbirds. | 'Hello Lonesome': Among Lonelyhearts, a Meeting of Minds 2011-05-26T21:01:44Z

When Mr. Meyers opened his Golden Globes monologue by greeting the “ladies and remaining gentlemen,” I thought of all the women who don’t “remain” in Hollywood, either, pushed out through abuse or just discarded. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

Helgeland probably put quotes from Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry into Robin's climactic monologue before concluding, with great reluctance, that they just wouldn't fly. "Robin Hood's" smoldering adult romance 2010-05-14T00:20:00Z

Stephen Colbert got some competition that he hadn’t bargained for when he found himself being during his opening monologue on The Late Show. Watch a 'Heckler' Interrupt Stephen Colbert's Monologue 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

One of the album’s most powerful songs is “Suicide Is Murder,” a monologue the narrator has about her own suicide attempt. New this week: ‘Finch,’ ABBA and ‘The Harder They Fall’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

An epic 10-minute story about a charged exchange with a homeless man he meets outside his upscale Manhattan hotel had the poetic weight of an August Wilson monologue. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z

Paul's two-hander plays like a monologue at times, relying too heavily on narration, on telling and not showing. The Secret of Sherlock Holmes 2010-07-23T21:00:00Z

Disregarding the odds of success, I directed a loving monologue to what I hoped existed. IVF: 'I had the dread feeling that I was part of some greater experiment' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

In melancholy cases, the spoken exchanges are mere interruptions of some livelier inner monologue. The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore. Week two: dialogue 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

“He appeared with this red plastic briefcase, and he talked — a lot — in this beautiful monologue,” Banderas recalled. Why Pedro Almodóvar’s Newest Film Frightened His Friends 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

As far as she’s concerned, each is a set of ears of equal value, receptacles for her contentedly oblivious monologues. Review: ‘Social Security,’ the Heroic Poetry of Solitude 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

He's reminding me of Bane in Christopher Nolan's last Batman film; he just shows up every so often out of nowhere to monologue people. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

He then sits to deliver a heartfelt monologue about global strife that segues into Candles in the Sun, his take on socially conscious soul. Miguel – review 2013-01-14T13:01:01Z

Thinking back to that first monologue where you talked about him and the circumstances of his birth, was that difficult for you to perform? Jimmy Kimmel on Health Care, National Tragedies and Twitter Feuds 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

His opening monologue was routine, with a few political jokes not quite hitting the mark. Jimmy Kimmel hosts an efficient Emmycast 2012-09-24T08:46:04Z

It purports to be an account of what it is like to be prime minister and it succeeds, sometimes through agonised interior monologues, in conveying the pressures, fears and excitements. Peter Wilby: 'Anybody who studies Blair is forced to the conclusion that what is really at the core of him is Christianity' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

The biggest saving grace of ABC’s upfronts is the monologue from Jimmy Kimmel, the one guy you can count on this week to puncture all the branding and pitching. Upfronts Watch: ABC: Once More, With Feelings 2012-05-16T12:32:28Z

Mr. Lee directs every episode, as evidenced by the direct-to-camera monologues and dolly shots. Review: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

Comedian Chris Rock will host the awards for a second time, and his opening monologue is among the most highly anticipated in recent years. Everything You Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Both news organizations also undertook deep analyses of his recent briefings, showing how Trump dominates the discussion, instead of the medical experts, presidential monologues chock full of bragging and misinformation and precious little empathy. Perspective | Trump has played the media like a puppet. We’re getting better — but history will not judge us kindly. 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

We need a scene that better conveys the man’s essence; not a grand “I am the one who knocks”-style monologue, perhaps, but more than just his fear and angst. Review | Whatever happened to Jesse Pinkman? Thanks to ‘El Camino,’ now we know. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

The heart of the film is a monologue by Dr. Bartolo, which Mr. Rosi shot just weeks before the film was shown in Berlin. Documentary on Migrants Wins Praise at Berlin Film Festival 1459-02-05T05:00:00Z

Her inner monologue is more riveting than some of the novel’s dialogue. Bill Clinton and James Patterson Have Written a Thriller. It’s Good. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Every so often, soliloquies happen: out-of-time monologues in which the girls give voice to concealed narcissism and abysmal doubts. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos. Perspective | Restaged in front of the AFL-CIO’s national headquarters, ‘Working’ the musical labors to be a vehicle for activism 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

The monologue is delivered by Changez — a young Pakistani university lecturer grievously, possibly violently disenchanted with the United States — to an unnamed American who may be some kind of United States operative. Movie Review: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist,’ Directed by Mira Nair 2013-04-25T23:17:37Z

This monologue structure proves remarkably elastic, as Harun’s reminiscences and ruminations cut back and forth in time, looping over and around the events recounted in “The Stranger.” Review: Kamel Daoud Interrogates Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

We were all so busy memorizing our three-page monologues, that we couldn’t really obsess about it. All eyes on Kerry Washington, return of ‘Scandal’ 2013-08-07T20:15:54Z

It is hardly experimental in concept: It’s basically a monologue, performed by Stevens, with Leigh Quinn assisting in a variety of small roles. The (Virtual) Theatrical Fringe Moves Front and Center 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

Even more remarkably, without anything like a motive-revealing monologue, we sense we understand why she committed the crime of which she was accused. ‘Is This a Room’ Review: Why’d She Blow the Whistle? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

“One of his observations was,” Mr. Smith went on, describing Mr. Stewart’s monologue, “ ‘We can see Lady Liberty where we couldn’t before. They’ll Just Hate to See Jon Stewart Go (So They Say) 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

It was a monologue about the many forms that power takes and the variety of people who wield it. Balenciaga put engineers, architects and moms on its runway — to make a statement about power in the workplace 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

And lastly, on Thursday, McKellen performed a monologue about his favourite female co-stars, for a room full of Academy members. Ian McKellen: 'X-Men was a gay man’s delight, because it was full of the most amazing divas' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

Struck by the vulnerability and honesty of the text, which Payne wrote in response to his own father’s death, Gyllenhaal made his desire to perform the monologue abundantly clear. Jake Gyllenhaal hopes hearing ‘Sea Wall/A Life’ is like ‘a phone call with a friend’ 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

There are swirls of brutal personal histories, hurried vignettes and blatantly untrustworthy monologues. Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

He speaks in an unexpectedly light, clear voice that is nonetheless shading off into the maundering monologue of an old man, exhausted by war and personal catastrophes. Lincoln – review 2013-01-24T15:30:01Z

It’s not badly written at all; there are tour de force bursts of monologue and magma blasts of white-collar rage. Review: Happyish Suffers from First-World Problems 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

While the opening monologue describes the actual Private Audience Room, Crowley took theatrical liberties. The Sets of The Audience 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

Ten years later, Garland adapted and directed two Dickens monologues for Callow in a delightful pairing, Dr Marigold and Mr Chops. Patrick Garland 2013-04-22T15:35:16Z

Read a review of the telecast and the full transcript of the opening monologue. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

Bayer finished her opening monologue by saying, “If hosting an awards show where you don’t understand what most of the awards are is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.” SXSW: 'Krisha' and 'Peace Officer' win top jury prizes 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

He also imbued the Lay Brother’s opening monologue with dramatic subtlety. American Symphony Orchestra Revives ‘Mona Lisa,’ Inspired by Leonardo’s Muse 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Bennett's monologues are as generously humorous as one remembers, but are also acute mini-tragedies. Talking Heads – review 2013-01-30T19:45:00Z

New episodes typically drop two or three times a week, and feature highlights from the satirical nightly show, including Meyers’s opening monologues, interviews and signature recurring segments like “A Closer Look.” 6 TV Tie-In Podcasts to Enhance Your Next Binge 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

He knew that cooking would frame the monologue. The Kitchen Is Her Stage. (It Could Actually Be Your Kitchen.) 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

In his first-act monologue, which takes place in his living room, he describes his history of being overlooked and under-produced in wrenching detail, mixing in stories about the death and decline of great playwrights. | 'My Last Play': Oh, Come in. Glad to See You. Would You Like a Book? 2010-12-17T21:58:35Z

Noah Hawley, who created the series and wrote this episode, naturally loses the concision of Marge’s monologue and the brief, exquisite scene of her talking three-cent stamps with her husband in bed. ‘Fargo’ Season 2 Finale: No More Schnitzel 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

A typical YouTube editing tactic, in which dozens of takes are stitched together through hyperactive jump cuts, imbues sex-ed monologues with an almost manic energy. The Sex-Ed Queens of YouTube Don’t Need a Ph.D. 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

The result for Arena is “The 51st State,” a compilation of 10 monologues about the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Lafayette Square and the District’s reinvigorated campaign for statehood. Perspective | To understand what’s going on in the streets of D.C., theaters are having stage artists make movies 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

To his wary companion, Logan launches into what now sounds like a deathbed monologue. Material Event: Unpacking That Pivotal ‘Succession’ Episode 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

All too often, a host disappears from the Oscars ceremony after their monologue is done. Review: Chris Rock Anchors the Most Weirdly Successful Oscar Broadcast in Years 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

As early as the 1930s, Hope was deploying what would become the modern formula for stand-up comedy and late-night monologues. Four ways Bob Hope conquered the entertainment world 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

This approach worked beautifully on Randy Newman’s dramatic monologue “Shining,” an unhappily married woman’s devastating reflection on her humdrum life after a carefree youth. Baby Jane Dexter in ‘Rules of the Road (Part 3)’ 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

His opening monologue is a swooping torrent of fancy and digression that lasts half an hour - an astonishing, exhausting piece of acting. Rylance shines in Broadway-bound comedy 'La Bete' 2010-07-08T13:16:00Z

One can see bits of them in those marvellous TV monologues, Talking Heads. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z

In her writing process, which she has described as a kind of channeling of various characters’ monologues, she added, “taking identity too seriously is really detrimental to my music.” Aldous Harding’s Gloriously Peculiar World of Songs 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

“Tiny Plays for Ireland and America” included several monologues, but they were short. Enda Walsh steps outside the Irish playwriting box 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

The song itself is an internal monologue of self-loathing and self-pity, filled with the sorts of painful, raw observations accrued from absorbing a lifetime of listening to what others say about you. Not anyone’s “crazy bitch”: Smashing the “Fatal Attraction” clichés of the “female breakdown” 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Although she is known for playing wryly ironic characters on shows like “Parks & Recreation” and “The White Lotus,” Plaza said in her first-ever “S.N.L.” monologue that she was sincerely excited to be there as host. ‘S.N.L.’ Mocks George Santos Over and Over Again 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

This unexpected encounter sets Rosemary off on a rattling monologue of reminiscence that careers across several decades. Theater Review: ‘Somewhere Fun,’ by Jenny Schwartz, at Vineyard Theater 2013-06-05T02:00:01Z

“My mother, who turned 97 in August, sits at home and watches TV all day because all her friends are gone,” said Glenn Kubota, who will appear in Iizuka’s monologue. 5 Monologues, Each a Showcase for Asian American Actors Over 60 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Well into a monologue heavy on Trump trouncing Colbert mused aloud whether anyone would be able to tell just how many people watched the Emmys. "The Handmaid's Tale," "Veep" take top prizes at the 2017 Emmys 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

You put down the rubber gloves and wrote a monologue! The Show’s Delayed, but They’re Still Keeping ‘Company’ 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

The dialogue, delivered too often in theatrical speeches and flowery monologues, is stilted and forced. ‘Vita & Virginia’ Review: A Real-Life Affair Made Lifeless 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

And in case you haven't seen it, here's this year's terrific opening monologue. Guess who got invited back to host the Golden Globes 2011-02-01T16:18:00Z

In the forced solitude of quarantine, writers published personal essays; actors filmed monologues; ballet dancers posted their barre exercises on Instagram. For Classical Music, Spring Was the Season of Solos 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

He had been performing the 18-minute monologue at Carnegie Hall every Thanksgiving for 49 years when he had another stroke days before the 50th anniversary show in 2019. They Could Be Anything They Want (Together) 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

The rest of the track list is spackled with weird monologues and play-acted scenes performed in funny voices, sometimes punctuated with belches and onomatopoeic flatulence. Kurt Cobain’s demos and the ethics of posthumous pop music 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Nor did the critique end with the monologue. Review: With Chris Rock, the Oscars Find a Lucky Pairing of Host and Subject 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

"At the end of that monologue, I had a few choice insults for the president in return. I don’t regret that," he added, the audience breaking out in applause. 'I don't regret that': Colbert responds to backlash sparked by crude joke 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The show, as is probably becoming evident, is difficult to describe — not quite a lecture, not quite a traditional monologue. Review: ‘Phalaris’s Bull,’ or How a Man Comes to Terms With Life 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Starting with Caspar’s opening monologue about “ethics,” the Coens make a running joke out the honor-among-thieves theme: to Casper, fixing fights is sound business, but double crossing is absolutely unseemly. Miller's Crossing at 30: the Coen brothers' unknowable gangster drama 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

If the title “The Good Wife” weren’t taken, Tracy Thorne could have used it for this sneaky new monologue, in which she plays a well-heeled white woman whose soothing voice is perfect for placating. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Andriessen's cantata for soprano and orchestra, Dances, is an esoteric monologue about the emotional travails of an ancient Egyptian princess, sung here with succulent tone by Rebecca Lea. Ensemble 10/10/Rundell – review 2013-02-28T14:59:43Z

In one head-scratching section, we get the ugly story of her upbringing told through a marionette show; then she repeats the story to Gwendolyn as a monologue in the next scene. Review: ‘Ratched’ Flies Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest and Into the Mire 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

After the 10-minute opening monologue, I was expecting Oliver to toss to commercial by scribbling on his script, like Stewart, who developed the habit when he quit smoking. John Oliver hosts The Daily Show without Jon Stewart – triumphantly 2013-06-11T17:26:08Z

It’s one thing to get your monologue tight, another to get a group of guests to be both funny and seriously engaged, all while maintaining the show’s energy and comic rhythm. Larry Wilmore's First Nightly Show: The Underdog As Top Dog 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

On this track from the 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps, we hear a young man's internal monologue as a hostile gunboat approaches and he decides whether to run or stay and defend himself. Neil Young: a beginner's guide 2012-10-01T16:12:28Z

And he delivers his sardonic monologue, a deadpan treat in an age of overenthusiastic and wildly gesticulating television presenting. The Mary Berry Story; Jonathan Meades: The Joy of Essex – TV review 2013-01-30T07:01:08Z

In the manner of many one-man plays, “Typical” is a continuous interior monologue; the Alder character narrates his day as if keeping a minute-by-minute journal in lightly rhymed, high-spirited verse. Making Black Lives, Not Just Black Deaths, Matter Onstage 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z

Sheila’s interior monologue, the show’s most prominent stylistic device, is a constant slam not only of herself but also of the shallowness, stupidity and ugliness of nearly everyone around her. ‘Physical’ Review: Feeling the Sick Burn 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

In 2011, for instance, he performed a monologue in Portland, Ore., that lasted 24 hours and wove together stories across the time zones. ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York 2013-08-15T02:00:01Z

But to the question he posed in his opening monologue — "Is Hollywood racist?" Suzan-Lori Parks moves a stage beyond race to get to our 'mythic or epic experience' in her plays 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what it must be like for newcomers to try to parse this convoluted episode and, more important, to want to root for Mulder, who in his monologue sounds especially off his rocker. ‘The X-Files’ Season 10 Premiere: A Crazier Mulder Than Usual 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Ms. Birrittella was asked to make an eerily elderly twang at one point, and to rise to grandeur near the end, in a long final monologue with music by Emma O’Halloran. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

In Act 2, for instance, a large metallic globe spins over Wotan's head while he recapitulates the plot in a crucial monologue. Singers vs. director in La Scala 'Walkuere' 2010-12-12T11:01:00Z

Even so, he recognized enough pieces of himself in that monologue that he went home and listened to the novel, by Mark Haddon, that Mr. Stephens adapted into the play. The World Really Is a Stage, Scripts and All, to an Actor With Autism 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

It's hard not to seem over-expository when imparting information in a monologue. Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z

Washington journalists are a notoriously tough crowd; witness the stony silence that met Stephen Colbert after his blistering 2006 monologue about George W. Bush. Comedian Going to White House Correspondents’ Dinner. What About Trump? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

What lingers most from this show are the monologues and testimonies, based on real-life autobiographical material, that speak volumes about the unique downside to law enforcement. 'Newyorkland' digs deep into the world of cops 2011-11-18T17:45:04Z

As Robert muses in his opening monologue, “To ‘know someone well’ — I mean, that’s a phrase from another time.” Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

It’s a thrilling scene she shares with Theroux in which Patti gives a stirring monologue, a sort of eulogy for the pre-Departure world, before splicing open her neck with a shard of glass. Ann Dowd on The Handmaid's Tale: it's a form of activism 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The book is written like a play, with three characters describing their lives in short, vivid speeches called monologues. Girl uses her voice to encourage voting in ‘Loretta Little Looks Back’ 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

The mystery author has collected the voices of The Six, Daisy, their manager, music critics and others in a kind of monologue mix tape. A Rock Band Novel — and a Snapshot of the Bell-Bottomed 1970s 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

Mr. Viripaev could have told this tale the conventional way — with four actors playing the four characters — but instead he has the actors speak in what are essentially monologues, relating someone else’s story. ‘Illusions,’ a Tale of Two Couples Who Are Lifelong Friends 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Then comes the celebrated final monologue, for which the film slips into voiceover for the first time. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z

And the White House Correspondents’ Association said in a statement, “Unfortunately, the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that evening.” Michelle Wolf Doesn’t Want to Be Your Folk Hero 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Gradually, the strangers’ monologues reveal their cosmic connection to one another and all of humanity. Why Lily Tomlin said yes to 'Intelligent Life' without her 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Taylor-Johnson required the women to memorize a four-page monologue from the Ingmar Bergman film “Persona,” while the men had to perform various passages from the movie “True Romance.” ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ the Movie, as a Fairy Tale 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Beneath the surface gloss, the mood is spiked and bitter, and as the monologue unfolds the man looks more and more like someone flailing at sea. The Age of Monologues 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

And Ms. Monk’s final monologue, an evocation of old age, of feisty life slowly slipping away, is indelibly brilliant. Dance Review: Multitasker Reverses the Aging Process 2011-06-10T23:56:26Z

“Gravity” garnered lots of stage time as a monologue punch line, but only left with one trophy. The Carpetbagger: Stay Tuned, Oscar Watchers 2014-01-15T23:05:10Z

That monologue about forgetfulness concludes with a frustrated exclamation: “I think I’ll write poetry instead.” | 'Leaving': A New Play by Vaclav Havel Has Its American Premiere 2010-06-08T22:24:00Z

Despite some dead spots, the monologue had the feel of an intimate talk show from TV’s past. The Night TV Went It Alone 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Instead — because Keith wants the job — he stifles the comment, uttering it to himself in one of a series of interior monologues that take up most of the 90-minute run time. Review: In ‘American Moor,’ an Insider’s Guide to ‘Othello’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Their monologues are told from the perspective of the dead, which is what presumably inspired this setting. | 'The Spoon River Project': Good Place for Ghost Stories, Complete With Tombs 2011-06-23T20:10:42Z

Between episodes of professional breakdown, he’s given to rueful inner monologues on the theme of futility. In This Norwegian Novel, an Old-School Waiter Tries to Keep Up the Old Ways 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

One gleefully misanthropic monologue was built around his memories of working for a classical music publisher and gleefully subverting the wishes of callers seeking musical esoterica. Review: Joseph Keckler Shares Operatic Overtones and Tales at Pangea 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

It's such a waste of Jimi Bani, who shows what he can really do with a stunning monologue deep into the second half. The Dragon – review 2013-07-04T00:46:43Z

Jimmy Fallon: In his opening monologue, the host made a few jabs at the incoming president. Celebrities Who Called Out Donald Trump at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

That dinner monologue pulled off the impossible: transcending its own esoteric references and becoming something greater than the some of its pop-parts. "30 Rock" vs "Community": The pop culture wars 2011-03-25T12:25:00Z

In his monologue, Letterman eschewed attempts at humor, choosing instead to meet the confusion and mourning blanketing America with an appropriate solemn acknowledgment. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

After running through those topics in his opening monologue, Stephen Colbert, the show’s host, finally got to the president, noting almost with resignation that the “biggest TV star of the last year” couldn’t be ignored. Review: The Emmys Figured Out How to Handle Trump 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

In the stand-up monologue Louis C.K. uses to close the episode, he reflects on the moment. Just let them kiss already: Why are TV shows so weird about male relationships? 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Some of the most memorable chapters are interior monologues from women who, every day, must negotiate defiance and deferral to their men and their in-laws. The migrant’s story 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Later in his monologue, Colbert addressed the news that Ivanka Trump was shutting down her fashion brand. Stephen Colbert: Donald Trump “is a racist, horny old burger goblin who literally steals childr... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

That the play, and its adaptation, both feature lengthy and sometimes didactic politically minded monologues about gay rights is kind of revelatory. Ryan Murphy grows up with the stunning, heartbreaking “Normal Heart” 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

In a Monday monologue from “Late Night,” Meyers addressed Trump’s disparaging post-debate comment aimed at Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and the subsequent claims that he hadn’t intended the “wherever” to be a stand-in for “menstruation.” Seth Meyers demolishes the Donald: “Trump is the gift that keeps on giving… women the creeps” 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

The character has only two riveting monologues, the first in Act II, when Leon, unable to bear any more from these bullying punks, dares to denounce them. John Adams’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

I wrote monologues for each of them – so they all speak to the audience, but never to one another. Dementia drama 2011-02-22T06:59:01Z

One of Melody’s monologues, about putting on her mother’s makeup as a child, is moving and funny, suggesting that Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins has talent. Theater Review | 'Neighbors': At Public Theater, Racial Commentary in Caricature 2010-03-09T22:11:00Z

Just as a listener is rewarded with sublime orchestral music after surviving one of Wagner’s more interminable monologues, Feldman’s score shifts gears just about when you reach your breaking point. Music Review: A Marathon Performance (Aches, Too) 2014-04-29T21:11:41Z

In the dream, he is delivering a monologue onstage — darkened room, white backlights — when he notices something amiss. Ron Cephas Jones Has Something to Prove Again 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

That lack of exhibitionism also characterized the way Ms. Reeves treated many of her songs as internal monologues. Music Review: Dianne Reeves at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-02-26T21:36:23Z

“But I felt it was really important to have a real theater artist. It’s immensely challenging, this piece — the depth that the character has to go, and also to maintain our interest through monologues.” Tonya Pinkins: A story of gun violence and a mother's loss brings this Tony winner back to the stage 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday night Jon Stewart delivered a spirited monologue about Fox News and the right’s attempt to discredit “anything that they believe harms their side.” “Even watching it is killing me”: Jon Stewart looks back at 16 years of Fox News insanity 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

The theme of each of the show’s monologues is that parents do not realize how detrimental their decisions, even if financially prudent, can be to their children’s happiness. Ukrainian Children Bring a Play From a Bomb Shelter to Brooklyn 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

The show’s answer, usually, was to deliver story lines that were inventively absurd and even funnier than anything lampooned on “Saturday Night Live” or in late-night monologues. Review | In satisfying ‘Veep’ finale, Selina gets what she wanted — and the final indignity she deserved 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

Only in the show’s concluding monologue does he seem to melt utterly into the person he is playing. Review: Reflections That Sear in a Reborn ‘Fires in the Mirror’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

The yoga back bend every time he has a monologue. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

But the message of the monologue was clear: from childhood to stardom to middle age and beyond, women are all getting hosed by Hollywood. Amy Schumer’s brilliant “SNL”: Devastating gun ad, Kevin McCarthy parody highlights near-perfect show 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

Tucker capped off the monologue with an out-of-left-field plot twist, however. Review | Tanya Tucker is back and better — and more endearingly bizarre — than ever 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

For an assignment at University of California at San Diego, where she is now a third-year MFA student, Barnes turned her monologue into a two-hander. Inspired by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a new play ponders race, gender and inclusion 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

She compiled Fonseca’s responses into a script, which takes the form of a series of monologues, mostly starting like a letter: “Dear J.” A Play That Confronts the Horror of Solitary Confinement 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Conversations grow uniformly windy; for each charming gust of Chicago cross-talk, we get an exhaustingly exhaustive monologue on handkerchiefs, or tax planning. What if, Instead of the Internet, We Had Xenobots? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

Someday, though, she’d like to see it performed as a monologue on the stage. Review | Eve Ensler waited decades for an apology from her abusive father. She finally wrote one herself. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

Bela Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle,” a short opera about a murderous nobleman, and Francis Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine,” a monologue set to music by the filmmaker Jean Cocteau, are appearing together here. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

The role not only involves more than 25 musical production numbers but also 16 monologues, or “regressions,” that look at the brilliant singer’s troubled life. Dee Dee Bridgewater on a ‘Demanding Role’ 2013-10-07T15:41:22Z

His character, the mustachioed network executive Arthur Jensen, gave a memorable monologue, which earned Mr. Beatty an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Ned Beatty, Actor Known for ‘Network’ and ‘Deliverance,’ Dies at 83 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z

It is full of extended monologues, indignant soliloquies, meandering apologies, harrowing confessions, and lacerating put-downs. Was “Horace and Pete” Even Television? 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Getting up on the Emmys stage is somewhat “better” than performing the opening monologue on his talk show, he said. Here’s Who Jimmy Kimmel Thinks Will Beat Him at the Emmys 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

That said, serial knitter Meiko gets to unravel with a final monologue about the fractured state of the world, which Aquino delivers with broken bewilderment. Review | Mosaic Theater’s ‘Eureka Day’ slyly takes aim at self-righteous liberalism 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

She decided to write and direct her own play instead of performing the required monologue. Actor Vicky Krieps: ‘I spent a whole day staring into greenery to avoid Daniel Day-Lewis’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Baldwin came out as himself for his monologue, which did not address politics. Review: ‘S.N.L.’ Targets Trump Again, With a Hint of Exhaustion 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

These gimmicks, however, do not mask the thin, superficial writing, which relies on blandly sentimental monologues and an assortment of patriotic war-flick clichés. ‘Foxhole’ Review: A History of Violence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Key to his monologue was a constant belittling of mainstream media outlets, even as his power grew greater than many of them. Rush Limbaugh, radio king and architect of right wing, dies 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Driver still keeps one foot in his old world through Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit organization that performs monologues and music for military personnel and their families. No Combat Duty but Plenty of Curtain Calls 2011-02-21T23:22:11Z

This monologue offers a surprisingly cogent summing up of the state of Denmark we are about to enter. Review: Michael Urie Puts the Madcap in Hamlet’s Madness 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

There's a monologue, and then they get up and they leave. Disney-esque and demented: Ti West on how his slasher flick "Pearl" compares to "Rocky Horror" 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

This oddball monologue moves from somber to superficial as quickly as it does from high to lowbrow. Critic’s Notebook: Julie Klausner’s Podcast, ‘How Was Your Week?’ 2012-12-31T23:26:34Z

While not innately theatrical — first-person narratives lend themselves to monologues, but not much else — these personal accounts of abusive situations tap into the cultural mood and offer neat emotional arcs. In Paris, First-Person Trauma Jumps from Page to Stage 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

GHENT, Belgium — There is nothing in contemporary theater quite like an Angélica Liddell monologue. For This Spanish Provocateur, Each Performance Is About Survival 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

The goal: to trim seven-and-a-half minutes from a monologue Mr. Colbert would be performing live in less than an hour. Stephen Colbert Reboots ‘The Late Show,’ Fixing It on the Fly 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Each monologue is recorded and then looped back on top of the next in increasing layers so that the final extemporization is delivered over the interweaving strands of thought of the nine previous ones. Critic’s Notebook: So Percussion’s ‘Where (we) Live’ Has Echoes of John Cage 2012-12-18T23:05:51Z

But for Orlandersmith — or for the version of herself she plays in these searching, brutally honest monologues — he’s got it completely backward. 'Forever,' a harrowing memoir with no Hollywood ending 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

The actors — old pros both — didn’t try to oversell their monologues, content to let the words do most of the work. Theater Review: ‘Address Unknown,’ a Drama in Letters, at Gould Hall 2014-04-25T20:39:24Z

“You’re curious about building a house,” she says, the first line of a monologue — at once fantastical and plainly delivered — that will morph into a conversation with the audience. Review: A Choreographer Makes a Holistic Mess 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Her interlocutors speak in long, arcing monologues that swoop from the minute banality of personal experience to touch on the great themes of human life and society and back again. “I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

But despite Derek’s unavailability, he felt entitled to Meredith’s devotion – which is why Meredith’s “you don’t get to call me ...” monologue is so very welcome. Shonda Rhimes: another stirring speech from TV's master craftswoman 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

And in the middle of the piece there is a wrenching monologue in which Mr. Beaver details a struggle with alcoholism. Review: Warming Up to the Frozen North in ‘Alaxsxa / Alaska’ 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Like Camus's The Fall, it was written in the form of a monologue, from one man in a café to another. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid – review 2013-03-28T08:00:02Z

More than 100 nominees watched his monologue — and would soon broadcast themselves — from far-flung locations ranging from Berlin to Fayetteville, Ga. Emmys Toast ‘Watchmen’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ as Stars Stay Home 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

The monologues are rich, fresh and compelling — Roman is precise and yet she oozes subtext — even as they could do to loosen a top button or two from time to time. 'Madagascar': Puzzling through a young man's disappearance 2011-01-26T23:20:38Z

Mardi Gras Grand Bal Masque Bootleg Theater celebrates its 10th anniversary with monologues, comedy, magic and more; Al Madrigal hosts. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 26-March 5: 'Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny' and more 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

To fill the gap, we get alternating snippets of monologues that must be jury-rigged into drama by the audience’s persistence of vision, which the playwright assists by linking them thematically. Review: In ‘Chester Bailey,’ a Case of Physician, Shrink Thyself 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

Without the orchestra's interaction, his monologues about drink or self-esteem missed a key ingredient. Pacific Opera Project's Forest Lawn 'Falstaff' has an offbeat charm 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Producers used the time usually devoted to an opening monologue to pay tribute to several shows that went off the air this year. 2019 Emmy Awards: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Fleabag’ Win Top Prizes 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

It begins with a moment of bracing disorientation: a monologue delivered almost entirely in Korean. In a Summer Theater Weekend, Odd Couples and Immigrants on the Make 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert immediately fact checked the president in his monologue Wednesday, informing his audience that Amazon does indeed pay their taxes, although there was no such thing as “internet taxes.” Stephen Colbert imagines a world in which Barack Obama tweeted like Donald Trump 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

His interior monologue is in French because he thinks Spanish is too pompous in voice-overs, though the idea that anything would be too pompous for Victor is hard to believe. Review: In ‘The Film Critic,’ a Snob Is Tripped Up by His Heartstrings 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The shutdown of live theater has meant a boom in short, sharp Zoom monologues. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

One of the more intriguing characters is Sandeep Chowdhury, a National Security apparatchik whose interior monologues reflect his anxiety about a government that fails to see how its image of itself belies reality. Stories of War and Its Aftermath, From Ancient Greece to America in ‘2034’ 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

As Bee ended her opening monologue she explained that she wanted to put Trump at ease on the chance that he was watching “because Tucker Carlson had run out of racism.” Samantha Bee's brutal Trump taunts: Why her Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner is necessary 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

On Thursday, he is set to perform a monologue in Los Angeles about his favourite female co-stars. Hollywood's big weekend at the Governors awards – what we learned 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Bae, flattened into a liberal feminist villain, bursts into many scenes as an interruption of her girlfriend’s thoughts and monologues. ‘Zoetrope’ Review: And You Thought Your Apartment Was Small? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Most years, the hosts vanish for long stretches after the monologue, and the performance feels like stand-up interruptus. Nobody Hosted the Oscars. And They Did a Fine Job of It. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

The monologue of a dead 19-year-old remembering his short life, this masterly spiralling rant works by means of repetition and recapitulation. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

And every year, since Wilson’s death in 2005, thousands of students from 12 different cities vie for the chance to perform a monologue from one of his plays in a competition’s final round on Broadway. ‘Giving Voice’ Review: August Wilson Is Uplifting a New Generation 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

I did the Beneatha monologue about how she wanted to be a doctor. ‘Raisin’ dramatist Lorraine Hansberry’s time is now 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

And even a physically thrilling episode like this one is finally memorable for its monologues and dialogues. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: Hulk Smash! 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

Within the boat’s confines, fictionalized conversations and monologues show the characters humorously squabbling and wondering if their cinematic efforts will amount to anything. Wrestling With His Past. And an Animatronic Shark. 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s monologue on Saturday Night Live this week was interrupted by heckler calling Trump a “racist.” Watch Larry David Call Donald Trump Racist on SNL 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

I know it’s a divisive performance, but I was very much taken with her, how cruel she could be and how tender: That last monologue broke my heart, just as it should. Women on Broadway: A Year of Living Dangerously 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kimmel’s monologue was fine, but between this and the done-to-absolute-death “feud” with Matt Damon, he wound up in the red for the night. The Best and Worst of Oscars 2018 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Last seen on Broadway four years ago in his monologue “The New One,” about becoming a parent, he’s taking aim this time at his own fear of mortality. What to See on Broadway in October 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Fallon took plenty of criticism for the Thursday interview, and Ms. Bee’s monologue was perhaps the bluntest denunciation of it so far. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

A few years ago, the duchess of Cambridge’s soigné appearance right after childbirth — hinting at stringent expectations for her looks and behavior — inspired Barnes to write a monologue for a fictional duchess. Inspired by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a new play ponders race, gender and inclusion 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

When, post-Ailey, I returned to the relative oasis of the Chinatown Y, it was with some of the hauteur of the Broadway veteran who has been asked to perform Chekhov monologues at a Cracker Barrel. Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z

Many stars will wear black on the red carpet in solidarity, and the host, Seth Meyers, said he will attempt to find a balance between humor and gravity in his monologue. What’s on TV Sunday: The Golden Globes and ‘The Chi’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, the mezzo-soprano who will deliver the monologue and sing the role, said in an interview that this opening speech was an opportunity for her character to defend herself. A Director Brings Cerebral, Sexy Style to Opera Classics 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

In an opening monologue, B. J. J., “a black playwright,” recounts a conversation with his therapist, about his lack of joy in theatre. Reading Racist Literature 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

What he did talk about, during a surprisingly old-fashioned opening monologue, was Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations, the Greek financial crisis and the dullness of soccer — standard topics for the kind of comic-commentary show “Why?” Review: Hannibal Buress Debuts His New Comedy Central Show 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Each person had just two minutes to perform a monologue. Latino auditions give voice to a more diverse stage community 2014-04-15T02:42:53Z

Lines that could be from a transcript of a tetchy interpersonal skirmish will be followed by a pensive fragment plucked from some regretful or aggrieved interior monologue. Dry Cleaning: It’s Spoken Rock ’n’ Roll, but We Like It 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

Then think Psycho: monologue three is delivered by a shy bachelor turned sociopath, who's sold his soul to Satan in exchange for a mellifluous voice. Terminus ? review 2011-04-05T17:31:17Z

Set apart in time and place, father and son each carry a microphone and address the audience in alternating confessional monologues. Review: In ‘Where the Mountain Meets the Sea,’ Missed Connections 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

His songs took on a conversational tone, where his brief monologues made it sound like he was talking one-one-one to each listener, as he dispensed advice and bended-knee confessions. Concert review: Bobby Womack at Brilliant Corners festival 2012-09-24T04:52:00Z

"Tonight was a bigly night for our celebrity president," Kimmel said in his opening monologue. Jimmy Kimmel guesses who Donald Trump really wanted to nominate for the Supreme Court 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Ms. Conroy delivers Nettie’s monologue retracing the early days of her youth and the dimming of hopes that followed with an entrancing tenderness and sadness. Theater Review | 'The Subject Was Roses': A Family Talks a Lot but Says Too Little 2010-02-27T00:53:00Z

"On Oscar night, when Hollywood seeks to honor its best, Seth MacFarlane's monologue reduced our finest female actresses to caricatures and stereotypes, degrading women as a whole and the filmmaking industry itself," the letter stated. Calif. female lawmakers condemn Oscar host 2013-02-27T15:33:08Z

This week’s episode of “Yellowjackets” is a tale of two monologues. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Hunger Games 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Microphone in hand, he scored a theatrical coup by turning one of Sarastro’s leaden monologues into a winking corporate address followed by a yea-nay vote around a conference table. Review: Pulling Back the Curtain on ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

By the time we reach "Poor Unfortunate Souls" in the remake, the audience has also been privy to two monologues from Ursula, explaining her motivations and her plans for Ariel. Poor unfortunate souls: False feminism and criticism of Disney’s "Little Mermaid" 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host and wife Molly McNearney welcomed daughter Jane on July 10, and he introduced his baby girl to audiences on Monday by devoting his opening monologue to her. Jimmy Kimmel shares pics of baby girl, says he takes '10,000' a day 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Even though each fill-in brought a distinct style, what stands out is the consistency of their desk monologues. What if ‘The Daily Show’ Used Guest Hosts Permanently? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

That monologue, if you recall, compares the alleged nobility, honesty, kindness and decency of men with the “exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags” of the opposite sex. Music Review: Betty Buckley at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-10-06T19:55:50Z

Maya never stops to make a monologue about the glass ceiling she’s facing in the CIA because that deviates from her job. Jessica Chastain: The Oscar-Nominated Star Talks About Playing the “Girl” Who Got bin Laden 2013-01-11T13:00:20Z

I was in therapy and I was complaining about somebody not following the rules, and my therapist basically started laughing at me and said, you must write a monologue about this, because it’s hilarious stuff.” ArtsBeat: Life Ain't Easy for a Girl Named Sue: A Personal Memoir from Jane Lynch of 'Glee' 2011-02-01T14:15:31Z

Interwoven monologues, as we know from the work of Conor McPherson, are an Irish forte. Review 2010-04-20T00:48:00Z

He kept up an ebullient monologue about Mexico and its beaches, chanting a long list of fruits grown on that coast, including five different bananas. Beach holiday tragedy 2011-08-05T22:01:58Z

They just told me—this is very interesting—that now that I’m here, this is actually the best monologue in SNL history. 5 Politicians Who Met Their 'Saturday Night Live' Doppelgänger 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

His first monologue denounced an “empire in decline” while his second addressed how “we begin the wonderful task of building a new world.” Review | In the heart of an ‘empire in decline,’ Blacks’ Myths try to spark another big bang 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

And the people you slag off in the monologues, when you meet them, they’re actually quite lovely. ‘I love drag. It's dangerous’: Graham Norton and Alan Carr on desire, camp and ‘cancel culture’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

Over at the Arches on Tuesday and Wednesday, Alan Bissett writes and performs his monologue, The Red Hourglass, described as an "erotic allegory". What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-11-09T16:10:44Z

In a sort of third-person monologue of impressions, vignettes, and diaristic reflections, he comes off as neither heroic nor craven, though he exhibits both traits on occasion. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

Every so often he bursts into song, easing the noose of his unrelenting and smugly clever monologues, invariably declaimed in plummy, self-satisfied tones. | 'The Living Wake': Life, Death and Other Subjects 2010-05-13T23:32:00Z

So the writer segues into a somber monologue inspired by Hurricane Katrina. Review: ‘(Not) Water’ Offers Too Much to Drink In 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

“We do not care about your political affiliation!”— to the standard monologue about two-drink minimums people hear as they walk in the door. After Attacks, Comedians Wonder: Can People Still Take a Joke? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

The program’s rough patch continues with the next play, Jaclyn Backhaus’s “Black Market Caviar,” a gorgeously layered monologue foiled by Waters’s staging. ‘Out of Time’ Review: Once Sidelined, Now Taking Center Stage 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

If I'm New Here is a frayed monologue by a legend looking back on his life, then We're New Here is a dialogue across generations. Leader of the pack: Jamie xx 2011-02-26T00:03:00Z

“People will call it a monologue in a room, but I hate to think of it that way,” he said. Enda Walsh steps outside the Irish playwriting box 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

At times, plot mechanics overwhelm the comedy, and characters are forced into exposition-filled monologues. Why New TV Comedies Are Choosing Plot Over Jokes 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

More sincerely, Rock concluded his monologue with a quotation from James Baldwin: “‘Not everything that is faced can be changed,’” he said, “‘but nothing can be changed until it is faced.’” Jim Carrey Plays Joe Biden in ‘S.N.L.’ Season Premiere 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

Hill, who was hosting “S.N.L.” for his fifth time, marked the occasion in his opening monologue by having Tina Fey induct him into the show’s mythical Five Timers Club. ‘S.N.L.’ Jokes About the Midterms, and Pete Davidson Pokes Fun at Himself 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

Its peculiar rhythms, in which certain characters conduct nearly uninterrupted monologues of over 10 minutes, seem entirely deliberate, as does the sometimes plain affect of the performers. ‘The Last’ Review: A Revelation Leaves a Family Shattered 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Composer Redler’s triumph was to strike a near-ideal balance, in setting Dye’s text, between tuneful immediacy and preserving the naturalistic speech idiom of the interviewees’ monologues. Seattle Opera’s ‘The Falling and the Rising’ powerfully tells soldiers’ stories 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

It helped that Thom’s despairing monologue was delivered by an angular, snarly James Urbaniak, whose utterances felt as dangerous as a double-edged razor blade in the hands of child. Review: Michael C. Hall Probes the Despair of ‘Thom Pain’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Clad in a plunging Hellessy gown, Washington took the stage and the energy was palpable when she dove into her crusading monologue.  Watch Kerry Washington's moving GLAAD Awards speech 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

Permitted only fragments of the forces that shaped Eddie’s weird behavior and misguided ambition — like the disapproving mother who features prominently in his rambling monologues — we struggle to care about his fate. Movie Review: ?Bad Fever,? Directed by Dustin Guy Defa 2012-02-03T01:37:26Z

Sans a monologue, musical performances and cavernous venue, it turns out there’s plenty of time for winners to say pretty much whatever they want! The Best and Worst Moments of the 2021 Oscars 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

Those here spend long stretches in faux-daring monologues that are fitfully engaging but always sound written rather than spoken. Theater Review: ‘White Hot,’ by Tommy Smith, at the Flea Theater 2013-05-20T21:11:21Z

When his monologue wound down, Ms. Magic rose and began a Norah Jones-style ballad, picking up phrases from Mr. Eisenstein’s talk. Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

A short story delivered verbatim as a monologue, it is told by a man quite at home with his solitude. Battered but Unbowed: How Beckett Speaks to a New Era 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Delivering this chaotic and amusing 65-minute monologue, Mr. Maguire is an entertaining if confusing guide, his words cascading forth with few pauses for the rest of us to catch up. Theater Review: ‘Wild Man in Rome,’ a Solo Show by Matthew Maguire 2012-11-19T22:52:54Z

Dinelaris mingles the corrosive with the treacly in his meandering drama, which often seems like a blitz of unrelated scenes and monologues. Rogue Machine's surprisingly sentimental drama from the co-writer of 'Birdman' 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Last year, it took the show 18 minutes just to get through Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue. Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ Is Best Picture; Rami Malek and Olivia Colman Win 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

“Tabloid,” like his previous films, consists largely of long, discursive conversations — in effect monologues directed at an unseen, mostly unheard interlocutor. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z

“It’s going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking, or, as Charlie Sheen calls it, ‘Breakfast,’ ” Mr. Gervais chirped in his opening monologue. Early Golden Globe for Christian Bale in ?Fighter? 2011-01-17T02:25:41Z

“I won’t even be a little modest about that. I’ve been a fan of the Oscars telecast since I was a kid — I used to memorize Billy Crystal’s musical monologues.” Lin-Manuel Miranda, Timberlake, Sting get Oscar music nods 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

Humor provides a way into heavier material, expressed not just through her finely calibrated monologues but also through her vivid dancing. What if a Dance Piece Was Actually Funny? Or Super Sad? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

In the long-censored final piece, “Among Friends,” what begins as a woman’s nostalgic monologue about old friends ends in stories of infidelity, jealousy, abandonment and an act of violence toward a child. Books by David Nicholls and Edward St. Aubyn 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

His ache for your laughter crept back up to the surface where it was during his earlier stand-up days, and his routine arguably made for one of the funniest monologues ever. The Best Saturday Night Live Monologues 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

“There’s a bit more time to breathe, to let things marinate. It’s also a great time to write or do monologues.” ‘The World Goes Away’ and Other Lessons From Online Acting Class 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

They turned the interviews into monologues that were read in tandem by the residents, including single mothers and self-professed gang members, and actors from the show. The ‘Wire’ Cast Gathers 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

The project’s ambition broadened over time, some plays breaking the monologue form to include more than one actor from the same household. Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Here are the episodes’s top 6 sketches and monologues, lampooning figures at the center of the nation’s biggest headlines: “SNL” finale spares no one: The 6 best celebrity parodies and impressions 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

“A lot of people said it looks like Christmas in hell,” said Jimmy Fallon in a monologue last year. Melania Trump’s White House Christmas decorations are a monochromatic wonderland 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

At the end of Monday’s episode, we learned in the Balloonman’s inevitable final monologue that “the people running this city feed off the weak and the law protects them.” 'Gotham' Recap: Take It Away, Balloonman 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Late-night hosts did their monologues from home, but the format and rhythms of the material stayed the same, and their jokes hung in empty air, sentences with no punctuation. How a TV Critic Turned to Podcasts During a Pandemic 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

But his tight opening monologue also efficiently set the controversy in a broader frame. Review: With Chris Rock, the Oscars Find a Lucky Pairing of Host and Subject 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

The audience truly hangs on the pauses in this Hamlet’s monologues, and even if you know the speeches, you wait in suspense for what he’ll say next. Hamlet and the Surveillance State of Denmark 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

Delisle presents André’s eventual escape less as a daring exploit than as a panicked, fumbling victory over his interior monologue — the psychological prison that months of darkness, immobility and uncertainty had imposed on him. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

The title refers to the exit deal Mr. O’Brien struck with NBC, which, he noted in his monologue, keeps him from appearing on television, radio or the Internet. Conan O?Brien Is a Hit on the Road 2010-04-13T22:19:00Z

As his monologue continues, it shifts into Candace’s lightly dismissive paraphrase, though Ma’s eschewal of quotation marks blurs the line between the two. Ling Ma’s “Severance” Captures the Bleak, Fatalistic Mood of 2018 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

This week: Supply a brief monologue or dialogue about a Creator’s specifications or planning for some living being, as in the examples above. Style Invitational Week 1230: What in creation? Give us some divine plans. 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

I read that opening monologue: “I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.” ‘Harry Potter’ Director’s 5 Influences: Kate Bush, Tennessee Williams and More 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

One inhabitant absent-mindedly bakes macaroons while delivering a monologue about videotaping naked men. | 'The Tenant': ?The Tenant? by Woodshed Collective - Review 2011-08-28T21:54:33Z

Chuck Todd said it another way, letting loose in a “Meet the Press Daily” monologue on NBC about covering the Trump administration: “It’s like we’re living inside a parody.” Perspective | Will truth win out? Rob Porter’s departure holds a key to effective journalism in the Trump era. 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

“And then she launched into a two-hour monologue about how he influenced her life. That he was, and so many people said this, almost like a third parent or a baby sitter.” Matthew Rhys and the All-Feeling Male 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

“The monologue format was ideally suited in many ways to this kind of remote filming. You get that intensity and that focus that a monologue demands,” he says. Blue staters make their case in satirical ‘Coastal Elites’ 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

He began his performance alone, singing “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” in a slow, unregulated cadence, as an opening monologue. Review: Ed Reed Pours Out His Feelings at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

"First up, I want to talk about last week's Wimbledon final, where Serena Williams lost to Angelique Kerber," Wolf said in her monologue. Who is the greatest athlete of all time? Michelle Wolf has the answer 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Instead, Kenneth Collins’s staging juxtaposed direct address monologues from ramrod-still actors with elegant video that showed horrific violence in graphic detail. New Plays Like ?The Little One? Put Scary Onstage 2010-06-26T02:39:00Z

“Hello, mother,” she intones loudly in the first words of her opening monologue. Karen Finley Relives the AIDS Epidemic in ‘Written in Sand’ 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

In his opening monologue, Corden mocked presidential candidate Ben Carson for saying he was “suspending” his campaign while he was going on a book tour for two weeks. “Is it because his views are archaic and he’s made offensive comments about slavery and Hitler?” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

"Eve has allowed me to just be myself and give my humor to the monologue." Eve Ensler on a new play and beating cancer 2012-11-21T14:27:08Z

When that happens, especially when Dennis and Warren deliver big “life with dad” monologues, “Youth” loses some of its magic. ‘This Is Our Youth’ Stars Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. McCraney recalls an assignment in college where students were asked to write a monologue about their happiest childhood experience. From Bittersweet Childhoods to ‘Moonlight’ 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Föttinger said he did not want to be in a situation where monologues were the only stage performances allowed. Will Socially Distanced Rehearsals Leave Space for Good Theater? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

Without Ford, who will serve up the fancy monologues now? 10 Questions Westworld still needs to answer 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

If you were less kind, you might also say The King, the Widow and Rick was slow, po-faced, stuffed with ripe monologues and faintly irritating more or less all of the time. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode five recap – The King, the Widow and Rick 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

The funniest and, weirdly, most heartening thing about Rock’s monologue, by far, was the reaction of his live audience. Jokes and Shame, from Chris Rock to Donald Trump 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

His interior monologue protests, but still there’s a bleak flavor of collaboration in his choices. Review | Philip Kerr’s posthumous gift: A classic crime novel that delivers in high style 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

He spent much of his opening monologue praising the host who was the first to bring comedy to the 12:30 time slot in late-night TV. Conan O'Brien and other late-night hosts pay tribute to David Letterman 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

In his monologue, Leno offered a quick attempt to dispatch the elephant in the room by making light of the hoopla. 2010-01-08T13:09:00Z

During her opening monologue, she quipped: “I don’t want the winners to worry about your speeches going too long because MTV is the one network that refuses to play music.” “My stunt double was a guy”: Amy Schumer roasts herself and Judd Apatow in hilarious “MTV Movie Awards” monologue 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

But it’s effective in this drama, lending the characters’ monologues both poignancy and also a light layer of satire. | 'My Generation': 10 Years After the Prom: Friends as Landmarks 2010-09-22T21:57:00Z

Instead, the hosts are delivering their nightly monologues into iPhones from home and conducting their interviews by video conference. Late-Night TV Is Back: No Studios, No Audiences, No Problems (Mostly) 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

They interrupted their performance for heartfelt personal monologues spoken directly into the camera. Sarah Silverman Hosts SNL: Best, Worst and Weirdest Moments 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

To look in the audience now, when you come out to do a monologue, and there are people wearing shirts with your name on it. An anniversary for Jimmy Fallon, plus ice cream 2011-03-03T01:57:18Z

Classic monologues — think “Hamlet” — illuminate the process of thinking. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

This is Samuel Beckett's Not I – a breakneck-stream of-consciousness monologue, routinely described as one of the biggest challenges for an actor. Beckett's Not I returns – faster than ever 2013-04-12T16:20:29Z

In her opening monologue, Ms. Stewart, the show’s host, recalled a period in 2012 when Mr. Trump posted several tweets about the relationship she had with her “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson. ‘S.N.L.’ Goes After Trump Again, With Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

In many of these monologues, the characters give their own approach to the thing that has happened, and their position changes within the monologue. ‘A Stone in the Mosaic’: A Director Enters the House of Wagner 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

It's so painful to watch Stewart smug his way through his monologues with huge pauses for no reason. Russell Brand to tour mosques and synagogues with new comedy show 2013-06-11T15:52:08Z

“After sitting on it for months, it was like, ‘Too bad, buddy, you really messed up,’ ” Mr. Gregory told himself, not the first in the series of a tormented inner monologues. Andrew Gregory and Casey McIntyre: A YouTube Comedy Star and the Woman Who Keeps Him Laughing 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z

Late-night monologues were at best funny diversions, at worst toothless jabs pandering to the easiest stereotypes. Jon Stewart, Seamlessly Mixing Analysis, Politics and Humor 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

It is important at all times that one speaks one's monologues in all directions. Gillian Anderson in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is not so alien 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Reiser says in one of the brief monologues that precede each episode that he has everything anyone could want in life, except a second act. Television Review: An Idle Star With Time for Trouble 2011-04-13T22:47:22Z

The nightmarish scene culminates in a furious monologue performed while staggering down the street by Ahmed, quoting from his song, “Where You From” — a passionate testimony of cross-cultural identity. In a blistering Oscar short film, Riz Ahmed finds catharsis 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

The can of peanut brittle came back around when Trump gave a closing monologue about the health care bill. Why “The President Show” may be here for the long haul 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

This is too bad for a couple of reasons, the first being that Mr. Gall knows his way around a monologue and has supplied several sharply written ones. Review: ‘Wide Awake Hearts’ and the ABC’s of Infidelity 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Joan, like Ivy, is about to leave home and, like Ivy, she speaks almost in monologue in the face of the evasive silences of her husband, Eric, as she recalls a holiday in Venice. Ivy and Joan – review 2013-01-16T13:06:22Z

Mike Birbiglia’s latest sold-out show, “The New One,” is an 80-minute autobiographical monologue that tackles his indecision about becoming a father. Scared to Be a Parent? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Letterman’s monologues have incredible intimacy to them, and over the decades, “The Late Show” has been a window into his world. David Letterman says goodnight with sincere thanks, fond memories and a few final great jokes 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

There’s an autobiographical component to Mr. Acconci’s plainly but potently worded monologues: When he’s breaking up with a girlfriend, names are named. Review: Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Archbold also delivers a particularly fine monologue, about returning to see the institution in Latvia where she spent her early years before being adopted. Review: Friends Reunite for a Funeral, and Brutal Honesty, in ‘The Healing’ 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The voice-over narratives are less impressive; the didacticism of the monologues exacerbate the self-consciously meditative style of the performances. ‘Liminality’ Is Theater of the Mind That Explores the In-Between 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Another genre film, Ti West’s “Pearl,” also uses a marathon monologue to terrific but very different effect. When the Camera Can’t Turn Away, These Women Force Us to Listen 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

After that, there are more nonjokes, more plot summaries, more self-driving furniture and a monologue delivered by a bear that probably made more sense in rehearsal. Review: ‘Field Guide’ Brings Standup to a Dostoyevsky Downer 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

After taking the stage to enthusiastic applause, Mr. Colbert opened with a stand-up monologue in which he observed, “If I knew you were going to do that, I’d have come out months ago.” Stephen Colbert Remains Stephen Colbert in ‘Late Show’ Taping (Spoilers) 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Last year, Mr. Hart performed an opening monologue at the VMAs, MTV's annual pageant of music, celebrities and inexplicable wardrobe choices, and he appeared in segments throughout the show, though that show was officially host-less. ArtsBeat: Kevin Hart to Host MTV Video Music Awards 2012-08-08T17:28:07Z

It wasn’t an easy monologue; it was uncomfortable, thorny, and one of the most shocking segments the typically inoffensive Oscars have ever produced. Chris Rock’s Oscars monologue stuns: “When your grandmother’s swinging from a tree it’s really hard to care about best documentary foreign short” 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

At Forum Theatre, this 90-minute play — practically a monologue — is being performed with an almost healing human touch by Holly Twyford. Alzheimer’s gets a warm face in ‘Blackberry Winter’ by Forum Theatre 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

She stops a massive bar fight with a swish of her hair and an impassioned monologue. Comfort Viewing: Three Reasons I Love the Movie ‘Tangled’ 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

And I said, “Well, you’ve chosen the right guy. Because not only can I carry her body onstage; I can do the entire monologue with her in my arms.” André De Shields Isn’t Done With ‘King Lear’ (or ‘Hadestown’) 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Gwendolyn Brooks's poem "A Sunset of the City" gives us a woman speaker as the subject of a dramatic monologue that specifically addresses the whole question of the male gaze. Poster poems: Dramatic monologue 2010-04-30T07:00:00Z

He left behind a videotaped monologue on YouTube complaining of his loneliness and history of rejection. A French Novelist Imagined Sexual Dystopia. Now It’s Arrived. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Hats off to the person who wrote that monologue, whether it was Gutfeld or a writer on his show's staff. Why Fox News is obsessed with Johnny Depp, its Manliness Under Siege mascot 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

‘Quantum Joy’ Victor Morales’s cheerful and unfocused solo show explores the unreliable nature of reality via monologue, video games and digital effects that only sometimes work. Theater Listings for Dec. 11-17 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

The readings, at the City University of New York Graduate Center, consist of six 10- to 15-minute monologues or “performance essays” by black male playwrights exploring topics related to race or police violence. New Black Fest to Present Short Works Responding to Michael Brown Shooting 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

The Marschallin’s great monologue at the end of Act I, reflecting on aging and the inexorable march of time, for once did not feel like a stand-alone number, sung in portentous italics. Krassimira Stoyanova in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at Salzburg 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

“Birdcage Walk” is not a novel in the form of a diary, a memoir, a letter or an internal monologue; Lizzie’s voice comes out of the air. A Novel of the French Revolution, Enacted in British Parlors 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Since most of the theater world, including Broadway and the West End, shut down in March, the stage has become largely virtual, a space filled with bookcase backdrops and many a monologue. ‘I Even Missed the Smell’: What It’s Like to Be Back at the Theater 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

The duchess then sat through four performances of music and Bard monologues. Camilla and Charles don’t get the WillKat treatment, but it’s still royal 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Whether by editing or actuality there the monologue ends, its final words possibly providing, at long last, the grail of all detective drama — the confession. In 'The Jinx,' Durst reminds us of the narrative power of crime dramas 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

“This is my ninth time, my ninth time hosting the Oscars,” he quipped in an opening monologue that seemed bent on leaving no one out. ?The Artist? Wins Best Film at the Academy Awards 2012-02-27T05:27:18Z

In a smart, if sometimes shaggy, monologue that ponders an ideologically riven nation, Mr. Quinn is not firmly allied to one side or another. Review: Colin Quinn Won’t Be Pigeonholed in ‘Red State Blue State’ 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

It was in Stephan Wolfert’s autobiographical military monologue “Cry Havoc!” for the theater company Bedlam, when he re-enacted a suicidal impulse, miming the sawed-off shotgun he jammed up against his jaw. The Pen and the Trigger Finger: Examining Gun Violence Onstage 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The literary voice of the monologue sounds very close to that of Perry himself, which he used copiously while playing the male lead role in his own second feature, “The Color Wheel.” The Best Cinema Goes Beyond Mere Storytelling 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

His show will feature monologue, panel discussions and parodies. Fox News gives satirist Greg Gutfeld a weeknight talk show 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

In a flashback to a pre-hike session with a therapist, Witherspoon’s Strayed spews vitriol at the therapist that, in the book, is contained to internal monologue. Reese Witherspoon Isn't Nice and Wholesome in "Wild," and That’s What Makes it Great 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

Staring at the camera with sensitive adorable moon eyes, Martin shares his loneliness and insecurities with the viewer in rambling deadpan monologues. “Downward Dog”: A surprisingly agile take on the TV romantic comedy 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

Colbert did his first show remotely on March 16, 2020, with a monologue taped from his bathtub at home. Stephen Colbert says he’s going back before live audiences 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

Each chapter is a monologue delivered by one of them. Unhappy families 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

The hardest thing about adapting it was that the book is basically one man’s interior monologue, with an audience. Ritesh Batra, director of ‘The Sense of an Ending,’ on graduating to the big league 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

She started to think about how she could craft a fuller version of Iphigenia, perhaps by unloosing more of her internal monologue, and even by refusing to present her as a single, straightforward character. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

This 1993 specimen of the classic avant-garde — if that isn’t a paradox — consists of an intense, disturbing and mostly impenetrable 45-minute monologue delivered at breakneck speed by a character bent on suicide. In a Double Bill, the Avant-Garde Meets a Very Good Girl 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Colbert went after the president’s news conference more directly in his opening monologue. Jimmy Fallon (as Trump) Meets the Press 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

The redolent monologues, biblical resonance and poetic fire of August Wilson. Review: 'The Brothers Size' at Seattle Rep, wrestles with the passions, the perils of brotherhood 2011-02-10T21:57:04Z

His opening monologue was a proper stand-up set that showcased his talent for dry, sardonic humor. Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller Drop By ‘S.N.L.’ to Help Skewer Michael Cohen 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

She also addressed the allegations during her Season 18 opening monologue. Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for coronavirus, pauses "Ellen Show" production 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Instead of just adjusting some small phrase, she’d just write another monologue. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Jimmy Kimmel immediately began his monologue in tears as he lamented the tragedy in Las Vegas, his hometown. Late Night Hosts Call For Gun Control After Las Vegas Attack 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

So when he and his colleagues tried to explain their approach, they would ask, “Do you know that monologue that opens ‘Seinfeld?’ ” which had been a big hit on cable television in Brazil. Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z

His opening monologue, which also poked fun at the Freedom tower, the commercialization of Christmas and gun control, is above. Watch Chris Rock Joke About Boston Marathon and Gun Control on 'SNL' 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

It’s the least offensive line in an outrageously offensive monologue, and worth many a reviewing. The Emmys 2016: The Season’s Most Memorable TV Moments 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The Sense of an Ending gives us the interior monologue of an unreliable narrator. Julian Barnes: 'I told the film-makers to throw my book against a wall' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

And during times of tragedy, late night talk show hosts regularly deliver solemn monologues. Sarah Silverman Wants to Pop Your Bubble 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Even in rehearsal she commandeered an invisible spotlight during these monologues, speaking intimately and yet in a way that filled the hall. Need a Broad? Call Turner 2011-04-03T02:14:35Z

Each episode begins with a monologue by Trump from a mockup of the press briefing room. A Trump Impersonator Worthy of Being Called “A Disgrace to the World” 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

Back from two weeks' vacation and making his first TV appearance since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website, the "Late Show" host played it all for laughs during Monday's monologue. Letterman back at work after website death threat 2011-08-23T17:00:12Z

A plot twist involving Nora’s mother leads to an overwritten, didactic monologue. Review: A Bad Romance with Operatic Overtones in ‘Dido of Idaho’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ansari’s monologue was mostly serious, calling on Mr. Trump to take on the “new, lowercase K.K.K. movement” in America, while also referring to him as the “Chris Brown of politics.” ‘Saturday Night Live’: The Most Memorable Moments This Season 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

“The Pen” is the stop-you-in-your-tracks reason to go to “Inner Voices,” a program of three new musical monologues presented by Premieres at TBG Theater. Review: A Portrait of Living With Mental Illness in ‘The Pen’ 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Whereas Eastwood's televised rant in Florida was built on an inchoate manifesto of dissatisfaction and featured an unedited monologue with an empty chair, things are different with his new character, Gus. Trouble with the Curve – first look review 2012-09-25T16:09:22Z

“I’m reborn,” he gloats at Lee, before ripping off a self-motivational monologue worthy of any great boxing movie. 'Broadchurch' Recap: Properly Angry 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

While Kimmel largely avoided the Trump-heavy tone of his monologue of last year, he did aim a few barbs at the current administration. Jimmy Kimmel Oscars monologue slams Weinstein, skewers Trump and Pence 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

Why not devise scenes that are more than neatly prepared monologues? Review: In ‘Crowns, Kinks and Curls,’ Getting to the Roots of Black Hair 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

All this is regurgitated in a monologue addressed to a silent, faceless woman encountered in a bar, with whom he later enjoys a few minutes of loveless sexual oblivion. The Land at the End of the World by Ant?nio Lobo Antunes ? review 2011-07-21T10:45:01Z

American Christians, especially conservatives, have long celebrated Linus’ monologue, and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in general, as a lone, exemplary mainstream affirmation of Christmas’ true religious meaning in an otherwise secularized and commercialized society. The real history of the “war on Christmas” 2013-12-24T12:45:00Z

The show — part performance-art monologue, part rock recital — captivated a young producer named Jeffrey Seller, who became a champion of Larson’s work and later persuaded his fellow producers to bring “Rent” to Broadway. ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’: A Musical Based on a Musical About Writing a Musical. We Explain. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

She recalled performing a particularly weighty monologue while a student at Yale that was greeted with indifference by faculty members, whom she often found unsupportive. Albert Innaurato, Playwright Who Lit Up Broadway in ’70s, Dies at 70 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

But at this point, "Emerald City" feels like a collection of character sketches and monologues in search of a purpose. Women on the edge, in 2 plays with local settings, on Seattle stages 2012-03-15T21:02:05Z

His monologues in the first and final acts are the musical and dramatic highlights of the evening. Striking new look for 'Parsifal' at Met in NYC 2013-02-17T18:46:05Z

Trading Miami’s sweaty pastels for coniferous forests and flannel, this new show quiets Dexter’s overwrought internal monologue and keeps the original’s gruesome comedy to a minimum. Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

In that sense its content is well matched by its familiar dramaturgical and technological form: Mary merely monologues at the camera on her computer, with little variety of tone or composition. Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

One time somebody insisted we shouldn’t have a monologue that was a half an hour long. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

In a long monologue, he sings of his conflicting desires and of the gnawing curse placed on the ring. Review: The Met’s ‘Walküre’ Has a Cast Worth Bragging About 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

More perplexing was a chatty interior monologue from the perspective of Greta Garbo walking through Manhattan that renders the enigmatic actress a one-dimensional dullard. A Literary Catalog of Things Lost to History 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

From a certain angle, there’s almost no difference between a piece of fiction and a dramatic monologue, or even a stand-up comedy routine. What’s in a Pen Name? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

You laugh when the emcee peppers her monologue with words like “stush” for “stuck-up” and when someone onstage apes a tourist, because that’s not you. Jamaica Kincaid’s Antigua 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

“It’s America; we commercialize everything,” said Chris Rock in his opening monologue for “Saturday Night Live.” Eclectic and on Point, Prince Hijacks 8 Minutes on 'S.N.L.' 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

A sharp and riotous sendup of ‌Eurocentric beauty standards, “If Pretty Hurts” is punctuated with fourth-wall-breaking monologues and draws on Sampson’s personal experience to interrogate the body-image pressures faced by Black women. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

Without altering a word or note, the high schoolers had turned the number, which in Byrne’s original version comes off as an anxious monologue about being inundated by otherness, into a joyful choral invitation. Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Meyers was not starting his late-night monologue, but introducing the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, and that comment pretty much framed the evening. Immigrants Triumph at the Oscars of American Fashion 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

When, in a thick Scottish accent, he delivers an obscenity-filled comic monologue about the tendency to mistake lack of linguistic fluency for stupidity, his meaning couldn’t be clearer. Theater Review: ‘A Respectable Widow,’ About an Unusual Friendship 2014-04-13T21:06:55Z

Each of the pursued gets a brief monologue to explain what prompted the attempt to enter the United States illegally, but it’s a perfunctory pause; the movie isn’t interested in fully developed characters, just carnage. Review: Stranded Migrants Are Easy Marks for a Madman in ‘Desierto’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Frank has the first and last monologues of “Faith Healer.” ‘Faith Healer’ Review: Michael Sheen Stirs the Embers in the Ashes 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

Franco, who hosted the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live," used his opening monologue to address the Sony hack that led to leaked films, personal information about thousands of employees and other confidential documents. James Franco, Seth Rogen joke about Sony hack on 'Saturday Night Live' 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

Bee has even more freedom in her weekly TBS show–no pressure to gin up an opening monologue every night, or even to interview guests. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Modern crime novelists in particular tend to grant their villains rich if disfigured inner lives that are typically revealed in disquieting monologues. A psychiatrist and a sociopath face off in Lisa Scottoline’s latest thriller 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Social media has given the rapper a megaphone to amplify the fine print of his inner monologue — a megaphone that too often seems louder than his music. At top of charts, Wale feels underrated — not that there’s anything wrong with that 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Fallon delivered a fairly classic “Tonight” monologue with predictable jokes about the Olympics. The TV Watch: Jimmy Fallon Debuts New ‘Tonight’ Show in New York 2014-02-18T06:42:54Z

Later in his opening monologue, the late night host called for anyone considering leaving the country to reconsider. Stephen Colbert Is Struggling to Accept Trump as President: 'This Sucks' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Those scripts, plus an evening of monologues that she self-produced, led to her first writers’ room gig, on “The Ortegas,” a sitcom canceled before its debut. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

But story lines that moved back and forth across half a century and scores of internal monologues, among other things, made the task a difficult one. ‘The Leftovers,’ About a Small Town’s Loss, Comes to HBO 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

"Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" is an autobiographical monologue performed by Tyson in which he reflects upon his tough childhood in Brooklyn, the absence of his father and his self-described "reckless and destructive" behavior. Former boxing champ Mike Tyson to take one-man show on the road 2012-11-28T19:13:09Z

He almost blew his audition for the theater department, though, when he forgot parts of his monologue. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Molly McNearney, the co-head writer and a producer of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” said that creating a short, homemade monologue with its host was far more challenging than it might appear. Late-Night TV Is Back: No Studios, No Audiences, No Problems (Mostly) 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

He mentioned one late-season monologue Viserys gives before his family that “touched a bit of old Hopkins,” as in Sir Anthony, one of his acting heroes. In ‘House of the Dragon,’ Paddy Considine Claims the Crown 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

“And,” an autobiographical solo — a collage of monologues — also dealt with transience, in particular, life’s parade of changes: marriage and divorce, building homes and leaving them. ‘Work’ and the Feel of Private Practice Made Public 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

The titles of Mr. Daisey’s monologues, like “The Fool Who Walks Through Walls” and “Saturn Is a Father Devouring His Children,” connect to the tarot, too. ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York 2013-08-15T02:00:01Z

Canadian stand-up Tony Law is known for his surreal, rambling comedy monologues. Glastonbury: 11 acts to watch 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

The show will include a monologue Mr. Landsman and Ms. Catlett have written, based on meetings with high school students, that one of the students will perform at the end. ‘City Council Meeting,’ Locally Tailored, From Here 2013-05-08T21:40:41Z

These four monologues, spoken by the three unreliable narrators, curl around each other like incense at an exorcism. Faith Healer ? review 2011-02-04T21:30:01Z

After the show was shut down by Covid, the actors performed, recorded and posted online a series of new Ridley monologues, ranging from just above two minutes to just under an hour. Theater to Stream: ‘Uncle Vanya’ and an Ayad Akhtar Revival 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Donald T. Sanders, the director, interleaves Hans’s monologues and the puppet interludes with music, mostly from Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten, neither an Andersen contemporary. Review: In ‘Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real and Imagined,’ No Happily Ever After 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

David Letterman finds the Bristol Palin-Levi Johnston engagement announcement irresistible as monologue fodder. Letterman tosses off mild Bristol Palin jokes 2010-07-15T06:46:00Z

“Engagements” diverges from naturalism in a series of interior monologues that some of the characters deliver into a hand-held microphone. Review: In ‘Engagements,’ Meet Me in the Gazebo for Spite and Hauteur 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

But the monologue form being what it is, Ms. Corman’s performance is more convincing with the negatives than with the positives. Review: Staging a True Family Nightmare in ‘Accidentally Brave’ 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Harrower has provided both Una and Ray with gorgeous, unsettling memory monologues about being lost in a claustrophobic village to which they escaped. Review: ‘Blackbird’: The Past Returns, Taunting 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

But the most illuminating moment of the visit may have been supplied by Stephen Colbert in the monologue that opened the Grammy show. 2010-02-12T21:05:00Z

Moreover, a scene in which Darcy visits her ex-husband allows Hunter to perform a poignant monologue that will move viewers. “I think that it’s easier to seek revenge than come to terms with someone inside.”: Holly Hunter stars in “Strange Weather” 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

Each revy group usually does one performance a year and a single performance will include 15 to 20 numbers of about four minutes each — sketches, songs, monologues. When Europe’s Theaters Reopen, Will Fans Return? 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

The story is told through interlocking interior monologues, almost like a series of Alan Bennett pieces. Random: from the stage to Channel 4 2011-08-23T10:21:00Z

But it was plain that Mr. Colbert had planned his monologue for a different outcome. A Rudderless Night, as News Networks Struggle With a Surprise Victory 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Gray was known for his autobiographical monologue pieces, finding a level of success in his performances few were able to replicate. Exclusive: Watch Bill Hader’s genius Spalding Gray parody for “Documentary Now!” 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

It was this toggling between exterior speech and interior monologue that won the play the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for drama and a lampoon in the Marx Brothers’ “Animal Crackers.” A Eugene O’Neill Marathon: 1 Actor, 1 Script, 5 Hours 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

He based his style on digressions and riffs—the monologue as jam session.” Sunday Reading: The Art of the Profile 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

Though the piece unfolded as a series of monologues, there was also an implicit dialogue between Smith and her subjects. Review: Reflections That Sear in a Reborn ‘Fires in the Mirror’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. El Guindi also gives Doug a long monologue about an encounter with an Arab woman while he was on assignment that adds another disconcerting and not entirely coherent layer to his character. Review: ‘Threesome,’ at 59E59 Theaters, Examines Sexual Inequality 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

So the humble nonprofit started posting homespun videos of company members performing Irish-themed songs, poems and monologues on social media. You’re New Here, Aren’t You? Digital Theater’s Unexpected Upside 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

“Ghostwritten” featured stream-of-consciousness monologues by an array of characters in far-flung locations whose stories intersect or converge. David Mitchell’s ‘The Bone Clocks’ Explores a Girl’s Journey 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

These characters don’t speak to one another; instead, in rotating monologues, they soliloquize, each making the same point repeatedly: Ellie reflects on the endlessness of the forever wars, Momo dreams of money, Mutt philosophizes. A New Novel Stars the Dupes, Villains and Victims of America’s Forever War 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

So Lyubasha, driven to desperation by jealousy, performs part of her first-act monologue in front of the cameras in an empty studio. Opera Review: A Modern Media Spin on Ivan the Terrible 2014-03-06T11:43:55Z

“Muazzez” is one of those stories, by turns playful and desolate, and now translated nearly verbatim into a monologue directed by Mr. Wellman at the Chocolate Factory Theater. Theater Review: ‘Muazzez,’ a Monologue Based on a Mac Wellman Story 2014-01-13T22:17:09Z

Floyd, who recently turned 30, says during one of the myriad interior monologues he delivers while driving back and forth on weekends to an unidentified city, two hours from his current home. Review: ‘Reset,’ an Elliptical Tale of Breaking With the Past 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rockwell danced his “Saturday Night Live” monologue with top hat and cane and did a split in a fitted suit on “The Tonight Show.” Sam Rockwell, Screendom’s Slinkiest Rogue 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Nye’s video is a fantastic little monologue, one in which he notes that for all the “intellectual capital” we possess in the United States, the denial of evolution is holding us mightily back. Bill Nye: Creationism is not science 2012-09-25T16:16:00Z

In this agreeable if not particularly substantial monologue, the Under the Radar festival edges toward more populist terrain than it usually occupies. Theater Review: John Hodgman Steps Out of ‘The Daily Show’ 2014-01-15T00:01:14Z

I remember in high school staying up late to hear her “Tonight Show” monologues and laughing at her shtick about Heidi Abromowitz with my older sister, who I rarely got along with back then. Joan Rivers, a singular comic with a writer's conflicted heart 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

At the press conference, Thurman said she enjoyed letting off the "fury of woman scorned" in a monologue von Trier wrote for her in the movie. LaBeouf makes a scene at Berlin film festival 2014-02-09T22:58:28Z

This desperation is also what drives Su Lan, we see in the three linked monologues that circle back to tell her story after her death 17½ years later. Review | Meng Jin’s ‘Little Gods’ is an ambitious, formally complex debut 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

But Roumain pulls his orchestra back to a mellow steady-state undercurrent for the monologues, emphasizing the clarity of the text above all. Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

Filling that framework, Tines elided spirituals, Bach arias and pieces by 20th-century Black composers into an hourlong monologue. Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Mad is an especially unfortunate font of homespun wisdom, and when she finally delivers a shattering monologue, the effect is lost through its self-conscious staging. Review: In ‘The Keeping Room,’ 3 Women Under Siege in the Civil War 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

She wrote monologues based on these eavesdroppings, got actors to voice them, and – with the help of a sound designer – cut them into little snippets. When two tribes meet: collaborations between artists and scientists 2011-08-21T20:30:01Z

Lapine expands the moment into a monologue beginning with the words “First a dribble of sweat,” but Sondheim thinks: “Dribble — I can’t do dribble.” Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

As Pat sets about his errands, we hear his internal monologue and the chattering of the characters he meets. Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Mr. Isherwood vividly conveyed the stream-of-consciousness monologue, with its biblical lines in Greek; excerpts from kabbalah; German profanities; guttural, gasping noises; and philosophical observations. Elliott Sharp’s ‘Port Bou,’ an Opera About Walter Benjamin 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

I made a wish that whatever he said would be a question and not an open-ended monologue. Two Readings with Robert Stone 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

But Monday night she was brilliant, with an eight-minute monologue that saw her mostly mad as hell, barely cracking a smile. Samantha Bee’s righteous rage: “Full Frontal” stands out in late-night responses to Orlando shooting 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

This comes down to a perspectival choice: Jacobs moves fluidly among characters, briefly alighting in one person’s inner monologue before moving to the next. In ‘The Pink Hotel,’ Delusional Newlyweds Head Toward a Grand Reckoning 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

This digital interaction is just a small part of "Ingenious Nature," which essentially consists of heady, original rap songs framed by poetic monologues. Review: DJ Baba Brinkman mixes Darwin and dating 2012-12-06T01:30:13Z

In her opening monologue, Ms. Chastain expressed regret that she could not participate in the Women’s March this weekend. After a Wild Week for Trump, ‘S.N.L.’ Asks, ‘What Even Matters Anymore?’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

And rather than have us wait, judgmental minds at the ready, for Mr. Urie to show up in Scene II, Mr. Kahn throws him at us, in full monologue, before the play proper begins. Review: Michael Urie Puts the Madcap in Hamlet’s Madness 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

I just was not as expressive about it outwardly as my character was, but my inner monologue was staying up at night wondering what the f**k am I doing? "Every Day in Kaimuki" filmmakers on questioning contentment: "Are you happy or is this just easy?" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

The first monologue hits air pockets of wan laughter — maybe the audience was unsure what to expect, maybe it was jarred by the contrast between the grim subject matter and the punch lines. Review: How Do You Solve ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Tuning into this alien internal monologue reveals her grand thesis about America: The problem with our quest for happiness is that, apparently, it’s making us miserable. Why Are Americans So Anxious? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

This vivid but rambling 80-minute monologue can resemble a sheaf of random pages torn from the diary of a Dostoevsky character — a good thing in small doses, but it can wear on you. Review: Budraitis solo show at On the Boards poses many questions but answers very few 2011-02-05T00:02:04Z

The monologues are crafted invisibly, and each voice is direct and distinct. Talking points 2013-01-23T12:17:25Z

Occasionally, in between monologues, a buzzer sounds; that she is wearing a hoodie and he is often pacing only add to the boxing-match mood. This May Be the Most Polarizing Comedy Special of the Year 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

“Things have started to feel a little episodic,” Kirk bemoans in a strong monologue that’s often quite pretty. “Star Trek Beyond”: Humor and adventure abound in this course-correcting sequel 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Every character stops the show for a monologue. Review: In ‘Ye Bear & Ye Cubb,’ Colonial America Takes the Stage 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

Mr. Greenspan, who performed two of his monologues there in December, complimented the “creative intelligence” behind “its programming, its audience outreach and its community outreach.” Bushwick Starr, a Humble Space With Bold Works 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

He seldom raised his voice — which was surprisingly patrician — and rarely cut short his autodidactic monologues. Review | An unvarnished look at the troubled life of novelist Robert Stone 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

I listen to the play a bit, go over the first scene, occasionally I walk around backstage thinking about Hickey’s inner monologue as he walks all the way from Queens to the West Village. Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf on Acting in O’Neill 2012-06-14T16:57:18Z

Mr. Daisey said that neither the gifts nor the monologues, nor the dinner for theatergoers who attend all 29 nights, were gimmicks aimed at drawing attention to the show. ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York 2013-08-15T02:00:01Z

"We don't do much dialogue – most of Armando's drama is monologue, directly addressed to the public." Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z

Having its world premiere at the Irish Repertory Theater’s downstairs studio, this is less a play than a gurgling monologue with occasional interruptions. | 'My Scandalous Life': Putting Oscar Wilde on the Back Seat 2011-02-14T22:58:39Z

Whether or not he’s going to start with a monologue, he’s working on that right now. CBS Sets Premiere for 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

James proves especially adept at criminal power dynamics, expressed in poetic monologues laced with breathtaking obscenities. The ten best books of 2014

And some were nonpoetic video monologues from still other soldiers, talking about how they coped in war and after. Music Review: ‘Holding It Down,’ Poems of War Veterans, at Harlem Stage 2012-09-20T22:03:28Z

Applying himself to political riffs and monologues — "I don't know if it was selling out, but I liked adapting to whatever" — Mulaney wrote often and broadly, in an old-fashioned sense. Comedian John Mulaney is the throwback kid 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the existing tapes, along with a complete library of shows from 1973 on, were kept in storage — and this is not a joke from a Carson monologue — in a salt mine in Kansas. Johnny Carson?s Online Presence Gets a Boost 2010-08-11T04:12:00Z

The play begins with yearning monologues from each character, gets sharply funny when they all show up in Macy’s, and waxes lyrical as the women gather under starlight at the end. Review | Elaine May’s porn star play leads a pack of escapist comedies 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

The scene where he is talking to the military brass was my first day on set and that monologue was a thick block of text. TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe on using a "weird gaslighting technique" in new film "Ultrasound" 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

This cycle of monologues is a demanding narrative strategy that requires creating not only distinct ethnic voices but voices from a world more than 200 years before our own. ‘Free Men’ review: A dark mystery, a gruesome crime, a relentless chase 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

She picks at an arugula salad and flips through tabloids in search of fodder for that day’s monologue. I?m Chelsea Handler. And You?re Not. 2010-04-09T20:20:00Z

Originally a weekly, the blog now appears once a month with a theme: we might ask for poems about history, or suggest our readers try a dramatic monologue. Come rhyme with me: the best of the books blog poets 2010-10-06T20:31:00Z

“He was interested in the thing that makes something happen, the motivation behind things,” says Donal Leace, whose theater history class was a freewheeling forum for students to try out monologues and scenes. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Mantel closes with a beautiful, chilling stream-of-consciousness monologue that shows Cromwell liberated at last from his lifelong striving. Review | ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

If there’s any admirable heft to the monologue, it’s in the lack of judgment that the British storyteller, a young married man named Alex, applies to the tragedy. Review | Jake Gyllenhaal is a stage animal for sure. But he needs more feral turf in ‘Sea Wall/A Life.’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

“I said, ‘So we have to find people who can play rock drums, are in their 60s, and can handle complex monologues while handling Three Stooges physical comedy?’” ‘Great Comet’ director follows Tony nomination with D.C. premiere 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

The segment of Saturday’s show that promised a bit of stronger emotional drama was Mr. Keillor’s final monologue, his concluding “News from Lake Wobegon.” Garrison Keillor Turns Out the Lights on Lake Wobegon 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z

But for the length of the monologue, she is able to occupy a space without intrusion or demands, and unburden herself, almost in a moment of impromptu therapy. When the Camera Can’t Turn Away, These Women Force Us to Listen 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

Even if it meant cutting off his monologue. David Letterman’s right-hand man Paul Shaffer gets candid: “What am I going to do with myself every day?” 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

For a generation known for broadcasting internal monologue across the Internet, some of its members seem eager for spaces to express not just the good stuff that litters everyone’s Facebook newsfeed, but also the painful. An Online Generation Redefines Mourning 2014-03-21T21:07:21Z

Here’s a dating tip, fellas: Announcing that you’re a decent and sensitive guy and then launching into a monologue about your pain and loneliness sends kind of a weird signal. The soul-sucking emptiness of “Pixels”: Donkey Kong is the least of humanity’s worries in Adam Sandler’s latest desperate quest 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

His wounded monologue at the start of Act III had the emotional range one usually expects more from the beleaguered Ford, here sung by the confident baritone Luca Salsi. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Few other shows can pair loopy quirks and wrenching monologues, and the show’s ability to find resonant, powerful moments immediately after cartoonish asides remains its No. 1 super power. Watched All of the ‘Gilmore Girls’ Revival? Let’s Talk About It 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

It remains the opera’s glaring fault, a confusing assemblage of found text that keeps characters from truly interacting as dialogues become little more than simultaneous monologues. Review: John Adams’s Newest Opera Returns to the Gold Mines 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

His “Talking Heads” series of monologues brilliantly balance compulsive chattiness with the looming sense of what is not being spoken. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: A Pig That Would Make a Playwright Proud 2011-07-29T05:00:35Z

Thomas’s monologue is a combination of sacred and fleshly imagery, with lofty biblical cadences wrestling with the nagging patterns of daily speech on petty subjects. | 'Misterman' : Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? by Enda Walsh - Review 2011-12-05T03:01:06Z

But his latest, “The Old Man & the Pool,” a monologue about confronting his own mortality, might be among his most candid. Mike Birbiglia Can’t Get ‘Hadestown’ Out of His Head 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

More often, as his between-song monologues ramble in the same serpentine fashion as his songs, you're reminded that you are in the presence of an utterly unique figure. Van Dyke Parks 2010-06-21T21:01:00Z

In that moment in the monologue, life or death takes a backseat to a critical question about a Barbie Dream House. Critic?s Notebook: Advancing a New Form of Comedy: Storytelling 2012-04-04T22:52:28Z

“The average time spent in front of a painting is six seconds, but these monologues are 2 ½ minutes and they encourage people to discover more afterwards,” she said. In ‘Talking Statues,’ Sing London Gives Artwork a Voice 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

As Amor, Ahmad Kamal convincingly ranges from low-key and sympathetic to raging and paranoid as the script toggles from chats to searing monologues. Feeling guilty when the bomb goes off in ‘I Call My Brothers’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

Expect huffy indignation, smug monologues about the death of civility in America, and hallways. Who should direct the Donald Trump biopic? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

He characterises his inner monologue, berating himself for this or that social gaffe. Daniel Simonsen – review 2013-01-30T18:52:00Z

Playwright Marsha Norman interrupted the tuneful proceedings with a humorous monologue about Weidman’s 10 “Lawrence of Arabia warrior years” as president of the Dramatists Guild. A two-time Tony Award winner headlines Signature Theatre’s annual gala 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Maddow’s monologue suggests that she is unmoved by the many attacks on her for promoting a Russia conspiracy that, at least according to the attorney general, seems to have run aground. Rachel Maddow, the left’s powerhouse on cable, won’t let the Mueller probe go. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

First staged last year at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, “Queens Row” is made up of three monologues. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

While taping an episode of CBS network's "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday, the comedian addressed the threat during his opening monologue. David Letterman jokes about militant death threat 2011-08-23T03:04:05Z

Those short plays are all about voice—indeed, “Box” is a monologue starring a woman we never see—and also the logical extension of an experimentalist who, throughout his life, worked within fairly conventional structures. Postscript: Edward Albee, 1928-2016 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

Sorrow Swag” ends with a blaring reference to Samuel Beckett’s dramatic monologue “Not I,” a spotlight illuminating Mr. Getnick’s mouth and gold-encased teeth as he wails into the darkness. Review: American Realness Illuminates Racial Identities With 3 Dance Works 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

The “Update” guys are working on the monologue, which is, to be honest, where I earn my paycheck. The Ball's in His Court: Seth Meyers of 'Saturday Night Live' Preps for the ESPYs 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z

Tarshis was only 19, but she had already written monologues for Godfrey Cambridge, one of a handful of nationally prominent black comedians in the mid- and late-1960s, she said in an interview with The Post. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations

Hudes’s latest is an adaptation of her 2021 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia with a Puerto Rican mother and a Jewish father and will feature a blend of monologue, live music and movement. More Than 60 Plays and Musicals to Take In This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

During the rest of the monologue, Kimmel hit several eloquent and necessary notes: He talked of victims and anguish, of brave first responders and how society lets itself become inured to mass shootings. Perspective | Without saying anything new, Jimmy Kimmel is saying everything right 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

More often in this special, the joke takes precedence over character, and the monologues have the feel of a collection of punch lines doled out like cards at a table. When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

These are deeply personal monologues, spoken with nervousness and more than a few tears. 'That Poor Dream,' an Update of 'Great Expectations' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

We’re in familiar territory for the author: a North London setting, amiable comedy and nebbishy internal monologues about the awkwardness of social interactions. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Cho pens monologues, tableau images and realistic exchanges that don’t heat up as a single harmonious dish. Review | Three plays from the Women’s Voices buffet 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

Oscars host Chris Rock opened the show on Sunday night with an opening monologue that tackled the controversy about the lack of black acting nominees head-on. Chris Rock at the 2016 Oscars: 'You're damn right Hollywood's racist' 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

The monologues that follow, however, are an awkward fit. | 'In the Solitude of Cotton Fields': ?In the Solitude of Cotton Fields,? by Radoslaw Rychcik 2012-01-10T19:33:22Z

He performs a brief opening monologue, a "MacGruber"-like sketch dubbed "Macarooner," a few "Weekend Update" jokes and a musical guest appearance as "Monster Gaga." Me want 'SNL'! Cookie Monster auditions on YouTube 2010-11-23T23:14:00Z

Later, the body of Leon sings a final monologue, like a benediction, in music that surrounds ethereal vocal lines with shimmering strings and pungent harmonies spiked dissonance. John Adams’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Ruby Wax writes and stars in Losing It, a comic monologue about mental health at the Udderbelly, co-starring Judith Owen. Idil Sukan behind the scenes at the Pleasance ? in pictures 2011-08-26T11:53:00Z

No one is ever, ever allowed to rear up on their hind legs to deliver a heartbreaking monologue about the evils of slavery or racism. Saci Lloyd's top 10 political books 2013-03-15T16:24:50Z

Tomei did her best to make light of the rumor, even poking fun at it in her monologue while hosting “Saturday Night Live” in 1994. ‘My Cousin Vinny’ at 30: An Unlikely Oscar Winner 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

On timed tickets, three people are allowed into each room to listen to a recorded monologue. Words Make a Room: The Plays of Enda Walsh 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Regardless of how scintillating a late-night host's monologue may have been the night before, unless they've courted controversy, their jokes are unlikely to show up in many social media feeds. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

Gather ye tissues; this ensemble drama has picked up where “Parenthood” left off in the lachrymose monologues department. 7 Fall Shows You Should Be Watching — And How to Catch Up 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

From primaries to debates to town halls, hosts weighed in on the infighting and the outgoing candidates both in their monologues and with the contenders themselves. Late Night in 2020: The Show Must Go Home 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

“Period Piece” will consist of 36 monologues by 36 different playwrights performed over three different performances in April. Dozens of playwrights, actors join ‘Period Piece’ monologues 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

As I sat up with him, feeding him from a spoon because it hurts his back to bend over a bowl, I remembered Jimmy Kimmel's monologue following news of Biden's injury. Bless Joe Biden for bringing pets (and compassion!) back to the White House 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z

When his fellow Republicans put Jordan in for a third round, he skipped the questions altogether and just delivered a monologue on the injustice of the entire proceeding. Perspective | For dignity’s sake, Jim Jordan, put on a jacket 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

Greeting his audience during the show's opening monologue, Colbert joked that "It may be hot outside, but in here it's Christmas; because yesterday we got the present we wanted." Stephen Colbert compares Mar-a-Lago raid to Christmas 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Within this monologue, one gleans the rationalization that exists for turning to the Dark Side. The Force, explained and what its patterns could mean for "Rise of Skywalker" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

ON screen just as on the stage the monologue lets us zero in on one character’s psychology and worldview. A Single Voice, a Single Face, a Single Story 2011-08-06T20:13:02Z

The Gibney dancers — at least Tuesday’s opening night cast, which alternates with another — deliver these monologues flatly. Review: Gibney Dances Ohad Naharin, Minus the Inner Drive 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

The concept was pretty basic, and hasn’t changed much in 20 years: a monologue from Maher and then a panel discussion tackling the hot topics of the day. Bill Maher is smug, outspoken and just might get a congressman voted out of office

Erykah Badu imagines a future more “The Jeffersons” than “The Jetsons” in her opening monologue as host of this ceremony, taped in Las Vegas this month, celebrating black music and entertainment. What’s on TV Sunday: 2016 Soul Train Awards and ‘Divorce’ 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

He'd recite monologues in front of a mirror, at home and on the set of "Lone Survivor," trying out different rhythms, like a rap song — a point he demonstrates by freestyling several pages, unsolicited. Mark Wahlberg is a chance-taker; one of his biggest is 'The Gambler' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

In mocking his water-stain monologues and improbably ornate turns of phrase, did we diminish him to the point that every gang in town felt comfortable taking advantage of him? 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Recap: In Search of a Better World 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

In that same monologue, he also calls her "one of the smartest and most promising human beings I've ever known." In breaking up with Kim Wexler, "Better Call Saul" maps a noble end to a stellar portrait of a lady 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

If “Linda Vista” has been recalibrated since Chicago — the women’s parts have thickened, Wheeler’s monologues have thinned — it still participates, enthusiastically, in this tradition. Think He’s a Jerk? Then He’s Doing His Job 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Certainly that is the heart of much comedy, very much including what talk show hosts say in their nightly monologues. Craig Ferguson, you will be missed 2014-04-30T23:01:44Z

Oliver's opening monologue was delivered with an almost unnatural comfort, given that the desk he was filling has been occupied by Stewart since 1999. John Oliver hosts The Daily Show without Jon Stewart – triumphantly 2013-06-11T17:26:08Z

Intriguing, fluid and frequently funny interior monologues are what Thomas does best. A School Where the Student Body Is Obsessed With Student Bodies 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Related: The final Daily Show with Jon Stewart - as it happened The second highlight came, quite rightly, from Stewart himself, in his final monologue. Jon Stewart's final Daily Show was a humble affair – like the man himself 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

There was, memorably, no vanity in Davis’ Rose in “Fences,” a performance that reached its aching crescendo in her shattering, snot-dripping “18 years of my life” monologue. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Now I’m not here to tell you exactly why Philip doesn’t turn around, and I really can’t say exactly what the tight grimace he keeps on his face throughout Vaklonov’s monologue means. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Philip, the Platinum Spy 2014-03-27T03:00:55Z

Hart leaves behind hours of recorded video logs filled with twisty, seemingly half-improvised monologues, which give the impression that his tongue can’t keep up with his brain. ‘Zero Contact’ Review: A Token of the Times 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Far too much of the book is larded with this sort of faux-scientific blather about biological determinism and species decline, much of it delivered in the form of Susan’s internal monologue. Lydia Millet’s “Magnificence” offers anything but 2012-12-25T14:00:00Z

In an extended monologue, Jean recalls that her greatest pleasure was dancing all night with her husband. Review: ‘Glassland,’ the Brittle Territory of Love and Addiction 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

She attended Amity High School, where she won first place in a Shakespeare competition with a monologue from “The Taming of the Shrew,” not sure comedy was her winning strategy. Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

The whimsy can become a overpowering, though the neurotic monologues have the sense of being written with fingernails bitten to the quick: "I am a little worn out, raddled, squashed, downtrodden, shot full of holes." The Walk and Other Stories by Robert Walser – review 2013-06-28T17:19:00Z

There was no dialogue, only monologue interspersed by cheers, laughter and applause. Oprah's warm, funny, self-aggrandizing goodbye 2011-05-25T23:07:00Z

The writer developed a distinctive theatrical argot — an earthy, allusive, profuse expression that flows in banter, pensive monologues, storytelling sessions. Seattle Rep builds 25th-anniversary run of Wilson's 'Fences' with Tim Bond 2010-03-24T23:18:00Z

“I’m sorry I’m so small,” I said, letting her in on my fearful inner monologue. Shooing Carolers Away for a Love That Stays 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

She had an absolutely shattering monologue that I can see and hear in my mind to this day. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

He then breezed through a self-assured monologue that left the A-listers seated before him cheering in support. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Is Big Winner at the Oscars 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

No more so than in his opening monologue. ‘Game to do it all’: From TV to WWE, Trump the showman set the stage for Trump the candidate 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

His show is a combination of ranting monologues and sketches and musical guests. Gay New York: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Like the quail they chew on in between monologues and digressions, Wally and André are an acquired taste. ‘My Dinner With André’ at 40: Still Serving Hot Takes 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

“Snap out of it, psycho,” Ani growls in the first of many harsh monologues that run the length of the film. ‘Luckiest Girl Alive’ Review: Lean In, to Outrage 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Then it turned into talk about producing objects and ideas of little importance, and a more confessional monologue about one performer's relationship with her parents. A piece of performance art set in darkness made me see the light 2012-06-14T16:16:32Z

Closer still, the Las Vegas shooting occasioned Kimmel’s boyhood memories, included in Monday night’s monologue, of two deadly hotel fires in the 1980s that killed dozens. Perspective | Without saying anything new, Jimmy Kimmel is saying everything right 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Each confesses his or her woes in a “Chorus Line”-style monologue, all mercifully brief. Dance Review: At the Irish Rep, Popular Music, Traditional Dance - Review 2011-09-13T21:39:58Z

Like the narrator of “The Catcher in the Rye,” Noh talks directly to the reader in an ebullient monologue that can shift from trivia to soulful confession in consecutive sentences. Boys in Love 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

You can imagine the moving monologues, stirring orchestral score, the climactic courtroom scene, but Nichols is not that sort of film-maker. Jeff Nichols on Loving: 'You can't grow up in the American south and not confront race issues' 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

He went on like that, in classic Letterman monologue form, deftly maneuvering between dry quips and earnest praise of Pearl Jam. 8 Memorable Moments From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Human bones and a skull are held by performers during monologues. Romania’s Jewish State Theater explores work on Holocaust 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

The characters are less blank largely because of Zahler’s writing, his eccentric metaphors and monologues. ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Review: The Evil That Men Do (Repeatedly) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Colbert also declined to perform his customary opening stand-up monologue, and began his show sitting at his desk, where he delivered a long speech that quickly morphed from seriousness to his customary wry humor. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Other Late-Night Hosts Respond to the Paris Attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

When they speak — in the fragmented, circular monologues that pass for conversation among them — they jerk, twitch and undulate in movements that are seldom in sync with what they’re saying. Theater Review: Toshiki Okada?s Under the Radar Entry at Japan Society - Review 2012-01-07T00:33:21Z

This episode was small step up from last week’s season opener, thanks mostly to Burr’s monologue and White’s performances, although the show once again failed to produce any memorable sketches. Saturday Night Live: Jim Carrey, Mike Pence and a very pesky fly 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

As it did in person, this collage of monologues and choruses obliquely yet indelibly asks: For whom is this land so sweet? 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

It blends arts, culture and entertainment through long interviews, live music interludes and an energetic daily monologue by the highly caffeinated Mr. Ghomeshi. Jian Ghomeshi Brings His Show, ‘Q,’ to New York 2012-07-20T17:10:39Z

Part video art installation and part musical monologue, this “Bluebeard” fits snugly into the adventurous new Prototype festival of projects on the borders of theater, opera and music performance. Music Review: ‘Bluebeard,’ by 33 1/3 Collective, at 3LD Art & Technology Center 2013-01-12T00:55:45Z

Letting others get the laughs was something of a role reversal for Griffith, whose career took off after he recorded the comedic monologue "What It Was, Was Football." Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 2012-07-03T16:37:09Z

Instead of witty banter and wonky politics this drama offers meaningful monologues and lots of sex and romance. | 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z

But in their monologues, melodies take flight: long, lyrical lines — lushly delivered by Bullock with rending emotion — that are amplified, complicated and contradicted by orchestral undercurrents. Review: In ‘Upload,’ Do Blockchains Dream of Electric Lizards? 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

Within that first year, Ferguson was weaning himself from the joke-driven monologue, a ritual of late-night talk shows that occupies a great amount of time and effort on the part of the show’s writers. A last ‘Late Late Show’ from fearlessly funny Craig Ferguson 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

A high point of the movie is his explosive delivery of a monologue from “Death of a Salesman” during the competition. Review: In ‘Miss Stevens,’ a Chaperone Greets Temptation 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

And yet you delivered a humorous, poignant monologue reflecting your equal parts hope and fear for the future. Dave Chappelle on Trump, Cosby and His Netflix Deal 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

This is less noticeable when, in the more substantial monologues, characters describe, with pathos and unintentional poetry, what they saw or what they felt. Review: Embodying Justice in ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

“We wound up using that sequence with the monologue as a voice-over, and I think it’s very effective.” Bryan Cranston takes his L.B.J. to TV in ‘All the Way’ 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

But it’s hard to imagine the monologue making any lasting change. Chris Rock’s Oscar night is coming: Let’s hope he tells the Academy exactly what he thinks 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

The part also meant memorizing endless monologues that needed to be delivered with Hoover’s own breakneck cadence. film: Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood?s ?J. Edgar? 2011-11-02T12:13:02Z

Letting others get the laughs was something of a role reversal for Griffith, whose career took off after he recorded the comedic monologue “What It Was, Was Football.” Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 2012-07-03T16:45:00Z

It’s a subject he explored poignantly in his autobiographical monologue “Hymn,” in which his onstage alter ego spoke of his early exposure to classical music, which made him feel “I had been set free.” Review: Song Trumps Senility in the Angry ‘Allelujah!’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Do we need to sit through any more toothless monologues, dull sketches and the long parade of categories? Enduring the Emmys: Have award shows as we know them outlived their purpose? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

Set in the Ripper-plagued Yorkshire of the 1970s, David Peace’s original novels are strewn with feverish internal monologues. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Traditionally, there’s more of an edge to after-hours talk shows, be it Leno’s monologue or David Letterman’s prickly persona. James Corden and the new niceness of late night 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

That very first monologue is totally manic and absurd and unfocused in a way that I think many of us were when the pandemic started. Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

This annual gathering of journalists, politicians and celebrities has become a marquee event for the performer who delivers its closing monologue. Cecily Strong’s Trial by Fire at the White House Correspondents Dinner 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ridley cannily uses the monologue form to sustain — and confuse — the gap between his characters’ perceptions and the hard world they inhabit. Review: In ‘Tonight/Jungle’ by Philip Ridley, Darkness Rules 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

“It’s terrible, the monologues, all that they speak about, this violence against women, this abuse, and things haven’t changed,” she said recently in Mexico City. Spanish ‘Vagina Monologues’ finds a new audience 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Make that two 95-minute events: Arena commissioned monologues from 25 writers — apparently too many for a single sitting — so some of the pieces are performed on alternate nights. Army of playwrights and D.C. celebs amass for Arena’s ‘Our War’

“For Colored Girls,” a series of monologues about the experiences of Black women set to dance and song, first arrived on Broadway in 1976, and was a hit, running for 22 months. ‘For Colored Girls’ to Close on Broadway, Reflecting Tough Season 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

This is also a highly streamlined script, in which we never get that scene where some second-string character delivers a monologue explaining the story. "Salt": Angelina Jolie's dazzling action spectacle 2010-07-22T11:01:00Z

In interviews since his expulsion, Von Trier explained the insensitivity he displayed during his rambling monologue about Jews and Nazis was a consequence of being Danish. Blood, fuel power Gosling debut at Cannes festival 2011-05-20T13:30:47Z

The actors’ voices sounded muffled, with duller consonants, and several performers were forced to regularly nudge their masks — sliding down their chins with every monologue — back into place. In France, Live Theater Calls for Masked Actors and Creative Solutions 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Dern received particular acclaim for her delivery of a monologue in which she tells Johansson’s character that mothers are always held to a higher standard than fathers, in divorce proceedings and society as a whole. Laura Dern wins best supporting actress Oscar for 'Marriage Story' 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

She imagined an ongoing monologue in Mollie’s head. ‘Clueless’ Was Amy Heckerling’s Masterpiece. Is She Done With It? As If. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

The storyteller and stand-up Mike Birbiglia sits down for another comic monologue. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Following the announcement that Gene Wilder died earlier this month of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, James Corden paid tribute to the actor during the opening monologue of The Late Late Show. Gene Wilder Rejected James Corden in the Nicest Way Possible 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

It lasts under an hour, has a minimal set, and is made up of two monologues, the first delivered by Ms. Mounsey and the second by Mo Fry Pasic. Despite Scary Buzz, Director at Under the Radar Says Don’t Worry 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

The Manhattan Theater Club production, mostly composed of daisy-chained monologues, is scheduled to open April 25 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater. ‘Like a Romance’: Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht’s Spring Fling Onstage 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

He devoted much of his monologues to reading long passages from the report by the government’s Warren Commission, which had been appointed to investigate the assassination. Mort Sahl, comedian who satirized politics, dies at 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

In part that owes to Ramos, who turns on a light in his character, taking passages that could play like audition monologues and rendering them lyrical and natural. Review: ‘In Treatment’ Thinks You Could Use a Session, America 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Her internal monologue is frantic, even incantatory: “Chanting,” she says, “I use it now to control the pain.” Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

There’s no getting round it: group host or no group host, who’s doing the opening monologue? Why a no-host Oscars could be a gang show of grisliness 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

Porter blends invented dialogue between Bacon and his nurse, Sister Mercedes, with a stream-of-consciousness monologue from the painter himself, littered with references to figures from his life. A Writer’s Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

"To be fair, NBC is working on a solution, they say, in which all parties" will be treated unfairly, he quipped in the monologue. 2010-01-09T16:46:00Z

It’s a memory play told in monologue, an account of a melancholy period in the title character’s life, many years in the past. Her Name Is Lucy Barton. Their Job Is Ushering Her to the Stage. 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

Sue Jean Kim delivers a tearful phone monologue with the funny-sad intensity of a recent college grad who believes the loss of a menial job is a personal apocalypse. Theater Review: ?Assistance,? by Leslye Headland, Revolves Around Absent Boss 2012-02-29T00:09:35Z

Here's a clip of his opening montage and monologue/song from that ceremony. Crystal at the Oscars -- a look back 2011-11-11T18:00:06Z

But, despite the actress’s best efforts, her monologue came off as stiff and polemical, like edutainment in shaky-cam drag. Emily Nussbaum: “High Maintenance,” “My Mad Fat Diary” Reviews 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

One peculiarly touching document of her career is an account of Isolde’s “Transfiguration,” the final monologue of “Tristan,” with Herbert von Karajan leading the Vienna Philharmonic. The Shimmering Magnificence of Jessye Norman 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

I loved the book so much that when a friend wrote a monologue on a life in 20th-century theatre, I gave him a copy by way of congratulations. Which is the greatest Beryl Bainbridge book? 2010-07-02T11:24:00Z

After editing down the hours and hours of interviews, Mr. Dorsey brought recordings into the studio for his dancers to learn monologues, which they deliver during the show. For Pride Week at the Joyce Theater, a Painful Look Back 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

This brief, two-page opener perfectly sets the tone for the collection, as the story, which seems at first like it’s about nothing, becomes an intense, anxious internal monologue about the perils of trust. Review | ‘Bojack Horseman’ creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg expands his funny, melancholy empire 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lang asks a lot of his audience in “The Loser,” an unrelenting monologue. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

The lively language shifts easily enough from prose to monologue, and Byrne — with his wide, serious face, his bright, worried eyes, his voice like the growl of a polite bear — is compulsively watchable. ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Roams His Past 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

Al Hussein’s monologues and his depictions of daily life at the shelter reflects the uncertainty, the homesickness and the hope for a new future which overshadow refugees’ lives while waiting for their asylum applications. Berlinale film shows refugees' lives at historic airport 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Sometimes Ms. Irwin stresses these themes too blatantly — as in a series of unnecessary monologues — but more often she lets her characters express themselves in their own ways and words, often profane. ‘My Mañana Comes’ Depicts Busboys on the Upper East Side 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

After a slow, four-minute monologue for solo cello, the concerto takes flight in luminous strings and a yearning, gently rising theme played by Gabetta with extraordinary tenderness. CD reviews: Music that conjures emotionally charged spaces. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

The show will be familiar to "Prairie Home" fans, with sketches including private eye Guy Noir, his usual company of actors and his signature monologue, the "News From Lake Wobegon." Keillor and 'Prairie Home' players plan one more show 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

“Caught,” by Christopher Chen, begins with a 15-minute monologue by a Chinese artist, a dissident who’s thrown in jail for a conceptual piece. The week ahead: mead-brewing classes, Chuck Close’s giant faces and, of course, SIFF! 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Rethinking them from the beginning, he turns them into personal dramatic monologues. Music Review: Former One-Hit Wonder Shows His Staying Power 2011-04-20T21:15:08Z

The playwright in Schwalbe comes to the fore in his extensive re-creation, with Maxey, of their long-ago dialogues, which are sometimes just monologues with prompts. An Unlikely College Bromance That Has Lasted a Lifetime 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

An opening monologue stresses that this is fantasy, asking us to imagine another Earth and that “on this planet, Earth light years away from our planet Earth, there is a woman named Hillary.” Beyond the Trump Show? Two Political Plays in Chicago Give It a Try 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

"I’m so happy to be with you – you not-crazy people," Colbert said as he began his monologue on "The Late Show" Tuesday night. Stephen Colbert: Donald Trump “is a racist, horny old burger goblin who literally steals childr... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

What followed was a nearly uninterrupted monologue propelled by the president’s baseless claims. What happened to Maria Bartiromo? 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

The 1992 film version featured a bravura monologue of sinister masculinity from Alec Baldwin, who won an Emmy this year for his menacing Trump impersonation. 'Glengarry Glen Ross' revival examines the dark side of cutting deals 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

The president’s conference “was a robust one hour and 17 minutes long,” said Mr. Colbert in the “Late Show” monologue that night. Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

O’Neal delivers his final monologue, particularly, with a powerful depth of feeling. Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, 45 years later: 'Love Letters' loaded with nostalgia 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

His opening monologue was bleeped twice, as well. Who’s Hosting the Oscars in 2020? No One 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

From there the lanky performer was off and running with a very up-to-date monologue about her current anxieties — "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." Review: Lily Tomlin plays off a packed house of happy fans at the 5th Avenue 2011-01-31T00:31:02Z

Promoted as journalism, the monologue was revealed as a mix of documentary and invention. A Mix of Fact and Imagination, ‘As Seen on Radio’ 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

Faced with unbearable news, Suzman performs the show's finest monologue, a condemnation of fear, a "poison" doing its "dark work". Dream of the Dog 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z

The screens sometimes regurgitate live images, capturing the performers from various angles as they lash each other and themselves with philosophical monologues, veiled threats and vulgar insults. | 'Stopped Bridge of Dreams': John Jesurun?s ?Stopped Bridge of Dreams? at La MaMa 2012-01-31T01:00:37Z

An entire lifetime, in all its rushing and monotonous variety, is telescoped into a breathless 15 minutes in Samuel Beckett’s primal cry of a monologue, delivered by a disembodied mouth. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

In “Satellites,” the song that followed Bilal’s alien monologue, he observes human failures from a galactic distance — not an unusual vantage for him, you imagine. Review: Bilal Brings Far-Out Viewpoint to This Life and His Show 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

The characters primarily speak in monologues, a device in which they rapidly alternate seemingly unconnected lines takes some adjustment. ‘The Last Days of Cleopatra,’ a Dark Comedy by Laoisa Sexton 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

On his September 7 show, host Savage delivered a several-minute monologue disparaging the president for working with Democrat leadership. Bigoted radio host Michael Savage has lost faith in Trump 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Simpson, dropping the Big Bird act, delivers a touching monologue about his agonized guilt at not being a comfort to his dying father. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z

In his provocative new monologue "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," he becomes something else also — an impassioned messenger on a mission. Review: One-man show describes falling in and out of love with Steve Jobs' Apple gadgetry 2011-04-28T00:40:34Z

A very dark comedy about sexual liberation and emotional cataclysm, this Phoebe Waller-Bridge monologue, which birthed the Amazon series, arrives in New York. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Adams has a more puckish side too, one that came out in his between-song monologues, which cited, among other things, the hard-rocker Danzig and a pop-dance act, C + C Music Factory. Music Review: Ryan Adams at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-07T22:57:44Z

Then, minutes into the set, Key’s character interrupts with a monologue delivered as President Obama. When ‘Saturday Night Live’ takes your comedy partner, how do you feel? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Introduced by Robert DeNiro, who whipped up the audience with an expletive about the president that had to be bleeped, Springsteen offered a monologue from his show and sang “My Hometown.” Tony Awards 2018: ‘The Band’s Visit’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ rule the show 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

“This is so nice,” she said in April, during her opening monologue on the American cultural behemoth that is Saturday Night Live. Crush of the week: Taraji P Henson 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

And at its centerpiece is a monologue in which Anderson poignantly gives voice to the undercurrent of fear that accompanies every moment that marks a step forward for African Americans. Best TV moments of 2016: From Lady Lyanna to the Upside Down, here are 10 reasons we loved TV this year 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

But Dwight’s stoned monologue is at least a welcome mat for viewers who didn’t have to go to prison to feel alienated or confused by rapid changes in technology and social norms. In ‘Tulsa King,’ Sylvester Stallone Tries Something New: Being Himself 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

Chris Rock hosted last night’s “Saturday Night Live,” and he aimed his hilarious monologue at American consumerism and the gun lobby. Chris Rock rips into American materialism in hilarious “SNL” monologue 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

And there are times when you think, "Why are you telling me all this?" — as you might when a friend launches into an unsparing monologue about, say, a serious car accident. Review: 'Sick' is a scary plunge into a tale of misdiagnosis and recovery 2011-04-15T00:33:49Z

Nor was he radically changing the format of the talk show, a fact he also joked about: “I’m gonna shake stuff up and open this thing with a monologue!” Seth Meyers Launches His Late Night 2014-02-25T02:38:02Z

For me, the moving heart of “The Heidi Chronicles” remains the wonderful monologue in the second act. Review: ‘The Heidi Chronicles,’ With Elisabeth Moss, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

At first it’s a fugue for four charismatic actors unspooling long monologues. Marcus Gardley play testifies to Chicago murder rate, in poetry 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

She mentioned “Conversations,” a feature of monologues with attractive product shots. High Times Has Some Glossy New Competition 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

During Noah’s debut week, the interviews were consistently weak, even as the opening monologues and correspondent pieces noticeably improved. Trevor Noah’s bows to Aaron Sorkin’s massive ego: Another puffy interview from a “Daily Show” host with work to do 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

Jackson opens the record with a strange monologue: a call for unity, chanted in a steady monotone. Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814” Wanted Us to Dance Away Our Differences 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Memorizing Maggie’s long monologues in Act I, for instance, so unnerved Ms. Johansson that she asked friends for advice and snapped occasionally when they tried to be positive. Scarlett Johansson in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ 2012-12-19T19:23:30Z

"It goes back and forth in time and there are all sorts of internal monologues." Hollywood Film Awards: 'Gone Girl' brings Gillian Flynn new accolades 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z

Reading these monologues, we get very close to understanding what it feels like to experience this illness. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z

Sequestered in lockdown, she drew comfort from rides with her favorite instructor, Robin Arzón, whose galvanizing monologues became a powerful source of motivation. Sometimes I Hate My Husband’s Peloton 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Q: Those phone calls he makes are like little monologues. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Eckhart was delivering an especially earnest and cliché-ridden monologue, meant to be intense and ferocious, to his battle-weary men when one guy behind me started to crack up. "Battle: Los Angeles": Bizarre fantasy of imperial decline 2011-03-10T02:01:00Z

Presumably the same way he learned the opening monologue from “Raging Bull,” and his brother learned the song “Send In the Clowns,” which he sings a few bars of, to cheer up his fellow fetus. Review: ‘Smokefall,’ About Several Generations of an Eccentric Family 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Midway through “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” the new Netflix drama based on August Wilson’s acclaimed stage play, the title character drifts into a monologue. Jazz Onscreen, Depicted by Black Filmmakers at Last 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

When Thomas tries to dismiss her, Vanda slumps into a despairing monologue about the humiliating life of a struggling actress. | 'Venus in Fur': ?Venus in Fur,? by David Ives, With Nina Arianda - Review 2011-11-09T03:01:30Z

In a segment that played before his opening monologue, host Jimmy Kimmel frantically hitchhikes to the Emmys with some of television's most recognizable faces. This Year's Emmys Were Basically a Big Apology for the Election 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Internal monologues are the only clue to each person’s thinking. Trigger Warnings as a Provocateur Puts Suicide Onstage 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

Coming soon: a song from Sting and Rachel Tucker of the musical “The Last Ship,” and a monologue from James Earl Jones of the Broadway revival of the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You.” In Performance: Kate Soper and Erin Lesser 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

He spoke about devoting oneself to art at the expense of family, creating worlds through monologues and directing as performance. Examining the Regrettably Modern Marriage of Leo Tolstoy and Sophia Tolstaya 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

He dedicated almost half of his opening monologue to the backlash over antisemitic statements and material shared by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and by Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving. Chappelle returns to SNL with no apologies — and many jokes about Kanye 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

Charlotte, transformed into an octopus, confronts the deep-sea diver with a rancor-filled monologue about life as a cephalopod. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

Five performers in shades of white and cream perform the text, which is written as a fragmented monologue. From Rhino Fest, reviews of "4:48 Psychosis" and "Poverty" 2011-01-27T18:39:00Z

“I chose not to choose life,” says Renton at the end of his monologue. ‘Choose Facebook, revenge porn, zero hours': what does the Trainspotting speech mean today? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Subdued to the point of flatness, it drains the life out of Ms. George’s humor — a particular shame for the beautifully written monologues. Review: The God of Wine Stirs No Sexual Whirlwind in ‘Hurricane Diane’ 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

After that there’s about 40 pages of stage direction, and there are some monologues in the play. A play with practically no talking? In Bess Wohl's 'Small Mouth Sounds,' silence is sweet 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

In the opening monologue, Pat describes his animals, his house, his plans for the day. Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

He took the stage with a brisk monologue including one last joke at the disappointment he could never stop picking at: “It’s beginning to look like I’m not going to get the Tonight Show!” David Letterman Leaves Us, Laughing 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

These days, late-night talk shows and "SNL" carry the banner for variety, with their mix of monologues, sketches and musical numbers. Maya Rudolph looks to spice up NBC with a variety show 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Thanks I was wondering if it was just me that felt nasty after the monologue. ‘Saturday Night Live’: Alec Baldwin and Larry David Contribute to an Awkward Episode 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Relatives of the victims said the monologue "is an acceptance of his acts," while Danish lawmakers harshly condemned the idea but said they would not intervene, citing the freedom of speech. Play on Norway mass killer causes a stir 2012-01-19T12:31:05Z

The 90-minute production features live music by Ms. Spector and her band, as well as images and monologues by the performer; the door opens at 6 p.m. Spare Times for July 20-26 2012-07-19T21:26:10Z

Ford’s mastery of fiction extends to his gift for interior monologue and human speech. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

She and Mr. Wilson will reunite after “The Mother” concludes for “Mary Said What She Said,” a new monologue by Darryl Pinckney that will open in May in Paris. Isabelle Huppert Is Busy. But There’s Always Time for Theater. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

As for Rock himself, his hosting basically fell apart after the monologue, in exactly the manner all hosts’ do. Review: Chris Rock Anchors the Most Weirdly Successful Oscar Broadcast in Years 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

I’d estimate that at least three-quarters of the play consisted of, um, elaborate monologues from one or another character describing events the playwright was unable to dramatize or chose not to. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Stop Talking To Me 2010-10-21T17:37:00Z

Pete Davidson concluded a monologue by telling viewers, “It’s been an honor to grow up in front of you guys, so thanks.” ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sets Its Cast as Beck Bennett Departs 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

Each picked a 2- to 3-minute monologue from one of the 10 plays in Wilson's "Century Cycle," which chronicles the experience of black Americans in each decade of the 20th century. Pa. teen wins August Wilson Monologue Competition 2013-05-07T16:18:14Z

In “Fences,” she outdoes herself, with the help of August Wilson’s earth-shattering monologues, which give voice to a Pittsburgh garbageman’s wife as she battles with her husband’s betrayals. Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

He  worked in a trainer shop in the West End of London until the drum'n'bass over the shop's PA started messing with his audition monologues. Jim Sturgess: a thoroughly polished survivor 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z

Dana Carvey, the guest host on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” brought his famous “Church Lady” impression from “Saturday Night Live” to Monday’s monologue. Trevor Noah Mocks Joe Biden for That Fist Bump 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

His monologue is at once rambling and riveting, his words backed by music that blurs distinctions between jazz and contemporary classical styles. Review: Librettos and Ariosos Meet Video at Anthology Film Archives 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

In a lengthy opening monologue, Mr. Colbert uneasily confessed, “I’m not sure what to believe about anything anymore.” On Late Night, Comedians Grapple With Trump’s Victory 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

At one point in the monologue, Dovaleh slaps his face hard. Review | David Grossman’s new novel presents a stand-up comic in crisis 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

She delivered a prepared monologue decrying the corruption of political leaders, the food industry, inveterate racism and neglect of the poor. Review: Jazzmeia Horn, a Jazz Vocalist on the Rise, Steps Up to the Microphone at Dizzy’s 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

The monologue not only epitomizes Hayes’s insistence on taking his time, it also changes the song’s narrative by making the man’s departure a response to continued betrayal. How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Daisey’s listeners are his not always sympathetic confessors in “The Great Tragedies,” a wildly uneven, often messy, profoundly affecting quartet of monologues, whose premiere at Cal Shakes is Mr. Daisey’s debut there. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

There is a beautiful final twist to his monologue, so let’s just say that Mr. Irwin makes the most of his surroundings. Review: 5 Short Plays, Up-Close and Unsettled, Purposely 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Melding together works from the operatic and Motown canons, this suite is an inner monologue as much as a formal experiment. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

"Sleepwalk With Me": Comedian Mike Birbiglia brings his Off-Broadway one-man show to the screen, and the result is a likable combination of filmed monologue and neurotic relationship movie. May 23 at SIFF: 'Safety Not Guaranteed,' 'Sleepwalk With Me' 2012-05-22T22:03:04Z

“Shakespeare’s favourite subjects are monarchy, monogamy, and monotheism; not coincidentally, his most famous speeches and sonnets are monologues,” Taylor and a co-author, the performance scholar Terri Bourus, write in the volume’s opening essay. The Radical Argument of the New Oxford Shakespeare 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Her scene is followed by another moving monologue, in which Apollo, vibrantly sung by the tenor Eric Cutler, expresses his remorse. Schoenberg’s ‘Gurrelieder’ in Full Glory 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Too soon circular, cerebral monologues dominate, at the expense of viscerally engaging drama. ‘Albert Joseph ’ visualizes a society of mind control 2014-05-08T22:09:23Z

Now an earlier Stephens play, Sea Wall, a heartbreaking monologue which was commissioned by the Bush Theatre, is paired with a new play, T5, to create a double-bill called London. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-09-28T23:06:25Z

I fear that some atheists are doing what I used to do in my antireligious days: engaging in monologue instead of dialogue. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z

Ferguson did his part to shake up late-night traditions by changing the order of his show, sometimes doing the monologue in the middle of the broadcast. Craig Ferguson going out with a 'Bang' tonight 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

Ms. Benko has a harrowing monologue that seems to stop time. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

In a recent telephone conversation, Mr. Bob-Waksberg discussed the concept of forgiveness, this season’s monologue episode and how he envisions Hollywood’s future. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Talks About Hollywood and Forgiveness 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

But who would want to be stuck with this running monologue for eternity? In ‘Summer of Blood,’ a Vampirish Makeover 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

So they peppered the ceremony with favorites from Letterman’s late-night shows: a monologue, a Top 10 list, wry taped segments, even a Stupid Pet Trick. Was Letterman Really Such a Bad Oscar Host? He Still Thinks So 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

I was doing a monologue and they were shooting everything on video. Prison Break: A Q&A with Reality Star Aniello Arena 2013-03-15T13:00:55Z

Logan, a Tony winner for "Red," has woven his monologue well and the transitions are seamless. Review: Bette Midler gets to make fun of Hollywood 2013-04-25T01:07:08Z

Rader makes vain attempts to create a Tennessee Williams play about Tennessee Williams, but bookending his drama with overripe monologues isn’t enough to turn “God Looked Away” into “The Glass Menagerie.” 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Your default mode network is the source of your inner monologue, the instigator of mind-wandering and the voice that ruminates on your past. What does running do to your brain? 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The language Washburn employs in Mark’s monologues is lyrical and seems intended to convey the profound level on which she wants us to understand him. Review | It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The Larry David’s “S.N.L.” monologue, where he joked about hitting on women at a concentration camp has gotten a lot of outrage recently. Jon Stewart and Robert Smigel Craft a Comedy Benefit at a Polarized Moment 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

She continued, “With kids, you hear this inner monologue on how it’s going.” Dancing and Hoping to Win Fans for Life 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

At times, watching the monologues was like hearing someone deliver the toast at a sparsely attended office party. The Night TV Went It Alone 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Those collective yelps, cued by an autobiographical monologue by Ms. Muz, become the aural backdrop for Beauty’s first journey through the dangerous forest. Theater Review: Julie Atlas Muz and Mat Fraser Reinvent a Fabled Couple 2014-03-17T21:31:47Z

The scenes and monologues are often propelled by a percussionist onstage; the company’s drummer couldn’t get a visa, so at the last minute the locally based Dolapo Kodaolu stepped in. Review | ‘Nobody wants this story told’: Nigeria’s Renegade Theatre makes U.S. debut with ‘Chibok Girls’ 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

It also contains one of the Coens’ glorious monologues, a riff that extracts from the casual Western bunk of fireside chat, a nugget of authentic principle—a frontier foreshadowing of the philosophy of pragmatism: Review: The Coen Brothers “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” Is Six Giddy, Cruel Twists on the Western 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

If you know your Shakespeare you’ll have fun tracking the correspondence of names and plot points, and noticing the way the original monologues morph so effectively into sitcom-style asides. Review: In a Teenage Take on ‘Richard III,’ Now Is the Prom of Our Discontent 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Quickly, and disappointingly, the scripts thinned, looping back to the same arguments and the same tearful monologues, so much so that the episodes started to give me déjà vu. The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

His newest work abandons realism for dream visions and monologues. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

In some instances, such as with Jacqueline E. Lawton’s “These Days” — the monologue of an obituary writer played equally warmly by Jade Wheeler and Diana Yakubova — the account unfolds similarly in English and in Russian. Review | Binational playmaking takes exuberant, revealing form in the Russian-American ‘Flash Acts’ 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Instead of describing the dynamic he has with women, he shows us, juxtaposing his monologues with phone conversations between him and a girlfriend, played by Suki Waterhouse. This May Be the Most Polarizing Comedy Special of the Year 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

And at the end of my monologue, Caron has pulled into the driveway and rushed back into the house just to finish putting Cross to bed. I love being a Girl Dad 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z

“In the Blood” also has a touch of Brecht’s theater of alienation, with its use of projected titles and isolated monologues of self-justification. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

During his monologue last night, “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert weighed in on the debate over transgender bathroom use. “I do not want to share a bathroom with anyone”: Stephen Colbert just won the debate over North Carolina rest rooms 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

His Oscars monologue – complete with songs about all the actors he has seen naked – was so clunkingly received that he may qualify as one of the show’s worst hosts. A futuristic 'dramedy'? Stick to the cartoons, Seth MacFarlane 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

In an opening monologue that kicked off the final week of his show, Wilmore addressed the news by thanking Comedy Central and the show’s viewers, but he also offered a more tongue-in-cheek response. Larry Wilmore Says The Nightly Show's Cancellation Must Mean 'Racism Is Solved' 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

And sometimes, without warning, Vera drops her own narrative voice and shifts into the higher register of a character’s excited monologue. Review | ‘The Taste of Sugar’ offers a thrilling look at Puerto Rico’s history through the tale of one couple’s struggle to survive 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

His many years on the other side of the footlights, however, may account for those indulgent, drawn-out monologues. In Rogue Machine's harrowing 'Daytona,' revenge rings the doorbell 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

In a monologue near the end of “Seminar” Leonard plunges into what appears to be a brutal dressing-down of one of his students that turns into candid self-assessment, tinged with bitterness but without self-pity. Arts & Leisure: Alan Rickman in Theresa Rebeck?s Comedy ?Seminar? 2011-11-12T21:57:17Z

A practitioner of the standup monologue, he found himself booked on a sketch comedy show run by a bunch of neophytes. “SNL”’s insane first show: Behind-the-scenes secrets of Chase, Belushi and more, 40 years ago this weekend 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

“I asked Ann, ‘Would you ever consider writing a dramatic monologue for a performer?’” The Shed’s 1st Season Welcomes a Concert Series From Steve McQueen and Quincy Jones 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

When he was in his prime, Charles enjoyed a marginal amount of fame as a Brazzos, the sort of1990s-era TV detective given to overly detailed monologues that went the way of David Caruso's popularity. "Only Murders in the Building" bridges Boomer and Millennial sensibilities for a comedy that slays 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Somewhere between the aerobic slacker punches of the Ramones and the rambling internal monologues of the Streets sits Rat Boy, born Jordan Cardy. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

With a monologue her mother coached her on, Salt auditioned for a performing arts school and got in. "Eat Pray Love" marks writing debut for actress 2010-08-16T04:01:00Z

The bandleader often cheers the comedian’s nightly monologue from the piano, appears in segments and accompanies the musical guests. Meet Jon Batiste, new Grammy winner with plenty going on 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

We talked about how do we maintain the interest over a whole episode, when it’s just a monologue? ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Talks About Hollywood and Forgiveness 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

In the Oakland event, competing students can perform their own original poems, monologues and scenes in addition to well-known speeches by King and others. In ‘We Are the Dream,’ Oakland Students Channel Dr. King 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

For “The Who & the What” in Hamburg, the director Katrin Beier cut an entire scene and added a monologue written by Jacques Derrida. Ayad Akhtar Gets a European Welcome, With Conditions 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Victoria Wood had been a great success with comic songs, as had Joyce Grenfell and others with monologues as well. Comedy gold – Jo Brand's Barely Live 2013-07-12T14:09:37Z

The first section is a monologue by Aviva’s mother, who’s so chatty, funny and confidential that I felt like we were getting our nails done together. Monica Lewinsky, reimagined 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ferver began his monologue by explaining that he was injured; two weeks ago in a rehearsal, he tore his calf muscle. Review: Dancing Their Friends and Heroes (and My Little Pony) 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

She giggles her way through crisis and – with her poetic monologues that bookend the film in a Badlands homage – she manages somehow to rise above the bloodbath. Why I'd like to be … Patricia Arquette in True Romance 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

The movie was controversial when it came out—some publicly speculated that it would ignite violence—but, as in the character Radio Raheem’s monologue about his LOVE-HATE set of brass knuckles, love won. 'Do the Right Thing' at Twenty-five 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

It is most effective as an account of war’s severe psychological cost, something Mr. Anderson clearly understands, given monologues Harry and Johnny offer on their military experiences. ‘Almost Home,’ About Vietnam, Debuts at the Acorn Theater 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

For Hill, who came from a basketball background and had never acted before being cast as the star of “Swagger,” the test was reversed: Dunking came more naturally to him than dramatic monologues. How ‘Swagger’ Raised Its Game 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

The monologue anticipates the mood of the book — the candor, wit and weariness. ‘100 Boyfriends’ Tells Lewd and Lonely Stories of Desire and Heartbreak 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah noted this Tuesday night during his monologue, pointing to the recent signing ceremony involving Trump’s plan to privatize air traffic control. Trevor Noah: President Trump has only won “phony accomplishments” 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Corey debuted on Broadway in 1943 and thereafter became a staple of nightclubs such as the Copacabana in New York and the Silver Slipper in Washington, with a monologue that usually commenced with “However . . .” Irwin Corey, comic who styled himself the World’s Foremost Authority, dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

A succession of monologues in the first act told of disturbing childhoods with tragic ends, and of a paranoid regime. Underground actors seek last act for Belarus leader 2010-12-20T18:24:48Z

Daisey returns to Seattle with “A People’s History,” 18 stand-alone monologues about different sections of Howard Zinn’s iconic “A People’s History of the United States.” 10 plays to see this fall 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

But in his new novel, a monologue intercut with the judge’s memories, David Grossman, a fine Israeli writer, dares to turn the spotlight on a real, if ruinous, talent. Funny man 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

In most cases, the interest is that it’s not a monologue where someone stands onstage and sings into a mirror, but someone who is communicating to someone else. ‘A Stone in the Mosaic’: A Director Enters the House of Wagner 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Before starting into it, Mr. Bleckmann explained the premise: an internal monologue by someone adrift in a life vest, aware that sleep means drowning and dreaming means oblivion. Music Review: Tangled in a Dreamscape With Friends in Tow 2010-09-23T21:21:00Z

Bowman said she prepared a monologue and performed before one of the most famous comedians in the country in a small conference room tucked away inside the comedy club. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations

Taylor performed a monologue from the play "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Timberline student shines in August Wilson contest 2011-05-14T02:46:04Z

Seen only as a pair of disembodied lips, Mouth races through a monologue that covers the entire life — and it would seem, death — of the person whose thoughts it expresses. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Running Their Mouths 2014-01-22T18:00:14Z

Hanson creates a lengthy pastiche of abstracted video images, documentary dialogue and audiotape, music, poetry, choreographed movement, monologues, musings by Anton Chekhov and W.H. Art ponders violence in new Dayna Hanson piece 2013-12-07T22:19:07Z

And not just in inner monologues or dramatic situations, but in supposedly day-to-day dialogue. Tips, links and suggestions: Our review list and what you are reading 2012-10-10T16:06:12Z

Or, as he put it, “I’m going to shake stuff up and open this thing with a monologue!” The TV Watch: Seth Meyers Takes Over as Host, With Ease 2014-02-25T17:59:16Z

Ask him a question and his answers tend towards the digressive: long, profane monologues that change subject mid-sentence. Taylor Sheridan: 'The big joke on reservations is the white guy that shows up and says: "My grandma is Cherokee"' 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Every evening, Mr. Daisey is sitting himself down in front of a table on the stage of Joe’s Pub to perform a brand-new monologue. Theater Review: Mike Daisey Vents in ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ at Joe’s Pub 2013-09-12T05:06:25Z

Seth Meyers was just beginning a story in his opening monologue last night when a rude fan in the audience began booing him. Paul Rudd Interrupts 'Late Night' To Beg For... Paul Rudd? 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

"I was frightened to turn on the television going into the midterms," Stewart says in his opening monologue. Jon Stewart sifts through midterms chaos in a special episode 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

All I can say about their impending breakup — or at least serious issues — is that I hope we get the window-shaking Adam Driver monologue we deserve. 'Girls' Recap: Season 4 Begins, and Hannah Is in an Iowa State of Mind 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Ms. Foster's lengthy, somewhat rambling monologue confused viewers who thought she was retiring from acting. The Carpetbagger: Parsing What Jodie Foster Did (and Didn't Say) 2013-01-14T17:40:33Z

Played with soft, confiding intensity by Zuzanna Szadkowski, she speaks her series of monologues directly to the audience, and is a riveting storyteller. ‘Events’ Review: There’s Kool-Aid in the Water Cooler 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

"Wittgenstein's Mistress," his most acclaimed work, and other novels were interior monologues on the state of the world and the state of the author's mind. David Markson, postmodern master, dead at age 82 2010-06-07T16:34:00Z

He giggles at the memory of the show’s opening monologue. John Oliver: ‘I’m used to audiences not liking me’ 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z

"If you don't remember dialing this number at all, press 5," the operator coos at the conclusion of the first menu's monologue. "Kentucky Route Zero," a magical realism masterpiece, is proof art can thrive in trying times 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

Gone is the slow old letter—itself a monologue, a sort of considered performance of best self—and in its place is the e-mail, the text, the SMS, the tweet. The Age of Monologues 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

In addition to showing Deckard what it really means to be human, despite not being human himself, Batty's monologue also resonates because it reveals a very human insecurity about mortality. Rutger Hauer dead at 75 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Coming soon: a monologue from James Earl Jones of the Broadway revival of the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You.” In Performance: Danielle de Niese Sings 'Ave Maria' 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

It doesn’t help that Gina behaves in provocative ways that make sense only if you are a playwright trying to vary the texture of what otherwise amounts to a desperate monologue. Review: ‘Office Hour’ Is the Play That Goes Bang 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Nor does his trio, which appears on Thursday at Cornelia Street Cafe, exist to set the stage for stentorian monologues. Review: Brian Landrus Trio’s ‘The Deep Below’ Is All About the Bass End 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Leiby — who reports, incredulously, that she whispered the phrase “an abortion” to Planned Parenthood when she called to make an appointment for one — means her monologue to start people talking about theirs. Comic or Graphic, Shows About Abortion Surface a Stark Divide 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

Chappelle recalled, at the end of his monologue, the hope that he felt just days ago, as a black man welcomed to the White House. What Normalization Means 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

His opening monologue, in which Primo laments the prison term that kept him from witnessing the birth of his son, has a quiet intensity that no amount of acting tuition could improve. Review: ‘Five Star’ Casts a Cool Eye on Gang Culture 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hynes stokes the suspense with a steady hand; a hilarious, drunken monologue by Mr. Buggy gives us a brief reprieve before the play moves to its tragic climax. Theater Review: ‘DruidMurphy: Plays by Tom Murphy,’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-09T22:58:53Z

No. He wrote an incredibly sad and comic monologue that showed a woman at her wit’s end. A Cold and Hip “Glass Menagerie” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Viewers learn more about him in those 22 seconds than they do about Vince Vaughn’s troubled baddie in an entire season of bathetic monologues. 'Mr. Robot' Is the Antidote to Your 'True Detective' Blues 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

Between host Chris Rock’s scathing opening monologue and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs’ more measured remarks on the organization’s recent efforts, race felt very much front and center at the show. This Is Just How Hard the Oscars Worked to Combat #OscarsSoWhite 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Stewart’s monologue was, in several ways, a darker cousin to the remarks that President Obama had made during a press conference earlier in the day. Jon Stewart's Charleston Despair 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

This despite the fact that these two short pieces are not so much plays as musing monologues that conjure action through recollection. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Untold Stories – review 2013-03-17T00:05:53Z

While “Ghost Stories” takes off from a simple monologue in a spotlight, Mr. Nyman’s $500,000 production has its share of elaborate effects too. New Plays Like ?The Little One? Put Scary Onstage 2010-06-26T02:39:00Z

It is, in many ways, an old-fashioned play: naturalistic, tightly structured and filled with self-defining monologues of vernacular lyricism. Review: ‘Skeleton Crew,’ a Tale of Autoworkers in Hard-Hit Detroit 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

I had like six or seven drafts of some monologues in my head, and I would move sections around, trying to find what the key would be. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

But, at some point, your inner monologue will devolve into more familiar and banal observations: The Museum of the Dog is unleashed in Manhattan 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Being in her company has gotten so unpleasant that we have started canceling or shortening family calls or gatherings, because we don’t want to exclude her but also can’t last long listening to her monologues. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Brother’s girlfriend dominates every conversation 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

It’s a mammoth part with monologues that stretch on and on, and Ms. Drury wrote it with her in mind. Mastering the Monologue and the Mammoth Part 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

He seems like an aging, impotent, vaguely erudite hippie who sits around smoking bowls and boring people with his monologues about Timothy Leary and Tibetan meditation. Pick of the week: "Down Terrace" 2010-10-22T11:01:00Z

Take, for instance, the soundtrack: Jessica Lange’s voice, delivering a spoken-word monologue of the lyrics of “Happy Days Are Here Again.” New York Fashion Week Ends With Its Hottest Show Yet 2014-02-14T18:48:23Z

I’m assuming that everybody in this room is aware of the structure of these three books, but for those who aren’t: the books are essentially a string of monologues by the people who Faye encounters. “I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

Gray, who killed himself in 2004, called himself a poetic journalist, but his beat was highly specialized: his own life, a subject he riffed on in more than a dozen beautifully crafted monologues. Perspective | A critic taken with Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’ lists 10 other favorite solo shows 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Kimmel's monologue did not mention the words "president" or "Trump" once. The 2020 Emmys give us stars, just like us! At home, waiting for something good to happen 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

The play’s only major missteps occur when the actors break character and deliver monologues about their own experiences with social injustice. | 'home/sick': Hot, Sweaty, Claustrophobic? So Is the Cast 2011-07-20T22:22:02Z

On “The Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon forwent his monologue altogether, starting things off with an emotional performance by Miley Cyrus, who covered Dido’s “No Freedom.” Jimmy Kimmel Seizes on Las Vegas Shooting to Champion Gun Laws in Emotional Monologue 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

It begins with him, long-haired and serious-faced, delivering a monologue about pop music. Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z

Another, asked what he would say to to people criticizing Mr. Trump for delivering “a three-minute monologue in an insulting Chinese accent,” blows a raspberry into the microphone. Donald Trump Is a Conundrum for Political Comedy 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Both devices offer access to Issa’s anxious interior, but the mirror monologues, reflective in spirit, affirmed the sense of a person hustling to evolve. Issa Rae’s Breakthrough in “Insecure” Season 3, Episode 4 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

The verbatim writings and dialogue he’s stitched together ingeniously often make for material as funny as the late-night monologues they inspired. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

This dark monologue has more than a little truth in it, we soon learn. Review: ‘Cuddles,’ Not Your Typical Vampire Drama, Opens at 59E59 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

And in Louise Glück’s hauntingly inward collection “The Wild Iris,” a book of rapture, a white rose’s monologue touches on religious motifs of suffering, death, and resurrection. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

Instead the monologues are being served up from the cast's homes with limited crews to film them, and to Rudnick's credit, the stories aren't about life in the time of the 'rona. "Love in the Time of Corona" is not a drama worth catching 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z

When he turned 40, he began a monologue about a writer trying to construct something with the elaborate title – part George Bernard Shaw, part Mary Baker Eddy – he had already settled on. Tony Kushner’s civil war

All key elements click — the monologue, especially, as well as the many comedy bits that made the hop from 12:35 to 11:35 with Fallon. Jimmy Fallon's one-month report card for 'Tonight' show 2014-03-25T13:20:21Z

The problem of God’s whereabouts is in fact the underlying theme of “Sea Wall,” the opening monologue. Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge Face Death Onstage 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

In contrast, the lighter, more intricately staged “Birder” revels in quirky, meta-theatrical artifice, complete with flashbacks, overt symbolism and fourth-wall puncturing monologues. Twin tales of an imperfect parent: 'Birder' and 'John Is a father' onstage in North Hollywood 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Order was eventually restored after Ripa returned to “Live” with a candid live monologue about her feelings on the whole situation. Kelly Ripa has made a career of being herself. Where does she go from here? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

But there are too many lumpy homilies in “The Locals,” sections that read like monologues from lesser Arthur Miller plays. Boom, Bust and a Berkshires Interloper in ‘The Locals’ 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

It's a monologue, a woman on the telephone with her lover. "Bodies Bodies Bodies" director: "When the Wi-Fi goes out, the demons come in" 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

But the “Fleabag” that has set up camp in New York through April 14 is a 65-minute monologue first seen five years ago at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

As she reassures her crowd in the opening monologue, “I’m not gonna try to teach you anything, or discuss political policy with you.” Can Michelle Wolf's Netflix show shake up the late night comedy scene? 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

Backed by a three-piece band, he is a diminutive and intense showman who ranges through a set of powerful songs sounding like anxious inner monologues externalised. M Ward – review 2012-07-04T17:00:00Z

I found the baritone Mark Delavan’s brooding, powerful account of the Dutchman’s monologue from “Holländer” especially moving. Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

Smith offers a multiplicity of voices to fill gaps in the historical record, as in “Into the Moonless Night,” which presents dramatic monologues from four Ugandan teenagers kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Four Poets Write New Histories 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

This general amiability and remove from the cut and thrust of politics made his statement of opposition to assault weapon ownership, in his monologue, all the more meaningful. Late Night TV's Response to Orlando Shooting Shows New Sophistication 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

“Mourner” was written as a series of monologues, in which the title character exposes, by self-flagellating degrees, his own craven passivity and complicity in a corrupt world. Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

In the course of Harun’s dramatic monologue, he confesses that in spite of his professed animosity toward Camus and the French, he never participated in the Algerian revolution. An Algerian novelist takes on Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

I suppose this was easier for the appealing Ms. Syal, who gets to put on a bathing suit in the second act of the extended monologue “Shirley Valentine,” directed by Glen Walford. London Theater Journal: A Double Double Bill 2010-07-28T15:51:00Z

He keeps asking, “Why does Daddy have to go to prison?” He remembered it and laughed and realized we had nothing in the monologue on his family. Backstage at the Letterman finale: The inside story from a veteran “Late Show” writer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, Stezin does do justice to a monologue in which Facebender recounts how air guitar alleviated his loneliness and provided existential perspective and psychic release; it’s a speech that lends depth overall. Review | In ‘Airness,’ the axes are invisible but the play is loud 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

By the next year, the workshops were drawing eager audiences at various locations in Hollywood, where Mr. Austin and his friends performed improv skits, monologues and songs. Gary Austin, Who Founded the Groundlings Improv Troupe, Dies at 75 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Our Voices Our Stories Issues faced by women, urban youth and the disabled are explored in monologues, music and dance. L.A. theater openings, July 19-26: 'El Grande Circus de Coca-Cola' and more 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

A reliance on confessional monologue — in essence, the posture of the therapist’s couch — worked beautifully in the earlier novels, inscribing their concern with solipsism in the sealed universe of a single voice. Ben Lerner’s ‘The Topeka School’ Revisits the Debates of the ’90s 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

These books are written in a way that it's like my inner monologue about politics as a Black woman. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

The supine object of her dramatic monologue becomes her sang-e sabur, the patience stone of Persian lore to which "you confess everything in your heart, everything you don't dare tell anyone". The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z

Though at times too intent on explaining itself, “Incarnations” also explored more ambiguous terrain, notably in a monologue by the postmodern dance pioneer Yvonne Rainer. Reviews: Colliding Particles, a Grim Duet and Channeling Martha Graham 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Directed by Hal Hartley, the film compiles 21 of the best monologues commissioned by Center Stage for its 2012 “My America” project. For Center Stage artistic director, a big debut online with ‘My America’

He has written a dramatic monologue as well, and hopes it will soon be performed in Dublin. A life in books: Colm T?ib?n 2010-10-25T07:00:00Z

If I want to see Colbert's monologue, I have to DVR it, and watch it the next day. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

The only detail she missed about Colbert’s monologue was that he was sitting down. Late Night TV's Response to Orlando Shooting Shows New Sophistication 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

While the narrative could benefit from more shaping, the five principal characters’ monologues create a compelling chronicle of the hurricane’s aftermath — the rising waters, the tardy rescue efforts and the chaotic evacuation. Fringe Festival in Review 2010-08-18T21:22:00Z

In a nod to her controversial White House Correspondents Dinner monologue where she pulled no punches on the state of journalism, the comedian returned to the topic Sunday during her Netflix show "The Break." Michelle Wolf calls out CNN as “complicit”: “You’re all getting paid and we’re all gett... 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

One of the show’s funniest monologues was his recitation of a lengthy, fictional music review, replete with academic jargon and bogus literary allusions that sounded authentic until it morphed into pretentious absurdist nonsense. Review: Aaron Weinstein, Wunderkind as Highbrow Dandy 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

The songs became self-contained monologues or miniscenes involving exchanges between two characters. Review: ‘The Tempest Songbook’ Closes Gotham Chamber Opera’s Season 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

This fascination with intelligent evil is most apparent in a new main character, who has no analogue in the original: a sharkish sociopath, a genius of the long con and the longer monologue. Emily Nussbaum: The Minnesota Noir of “Fargo” 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

When she hosted Saturday Night Live in 2015, she began her monologue by telling the audience: “This proves, after 20 years in the business, that white people finally know who I am!” Taraji P Henson: 'Hollywood didn't grasp my talent' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

In his opening monologue, Rock seemed nervous, delivering lines that skewered the diversity debate in a high-pitched range that was even higher than his signature lofty patter. Oscars host Chris Rock overcomes nerves to tackle diversity row – and makes it funny 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

On the eve of the New York City Marathon, Saturday Night Live host Chris Rock opened his monologue with jokes about last year’s Boston Marathon bombings. Chris Rock’s “SNL” monologue put 9/11 jokes back on the table 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Contrary to rumour, Hauer did not improvise that monologue, though he did cut most of the written version while adding a few lines of his own, including that final one. Rutger Hauer obituary 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

"He just stopped by to sign the lease," Letterman said of his successor in his opening monologue. Stephen Colbert pays visit to new 'Late Show' home 2014-04-23T05:07:43Z

In substituting the studio conservatory for an audience, they have ceased being folk artists, and the change is what makes their new album a monologue. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

That monologue is a continuation of how the show examines the cyclical effects of trauma, especially within families: The idea that hurt people will hurt people. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Talks About Hollywood and Forgiveness 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

In the hotel room, Toback allegedly asked Blair to take her clothes off and perform a monologue. Selma Blair: James Toback threatened to kill me after sexual harassment 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

But the protagonist’s many monologues provide only the crude structure of the character’s complex thought: he can’t talk to us forever, after all. Theater Review: Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,’ at the Huntington Theater 2013-01-28T22:57:11Z

“Normally, news from the U.K. is fun, and relaxing,” she said in her opening monologue on Full Frontal. Full Frontal: Samantha Bee Takes On Brexit With Full Force 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

McKay’s students appeared to welcome the challenge, and experimented with format and style: Some did sketch-based monologues, others focused on observational humor. ‘The World Goes Away’ and Other Lessons From Online Acting Class 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Watch if you like big monologues, Shondaland soaps that go to 11 and political thrillers with a lot of shouting. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘O.J.: Made in America’ and the Tony Awards 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Wilmore plans to continue “Black on the Air,” which mixes personal monologues with his interviews of celebrities, politicians and journalists, while he hosts his Peacock series. Larry Wilmore Doesn’t Miss Late Night, but He’s Back Anyway 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Each monologue, composing a five-minute episode of “Dark Content,” was assigned a succession of blocky, standard-issue avatars, varying in gender, age, and ethnicity. Watch an Art Work About the Dark Web, on the Dark Web 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

"But the truth is, what we see of late-night shows are clips from monologues, mostly online," she said, "and not really, like, celebrity interviews unless something goes wildly awry." Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

The flashbacks were complicated and would need reordering, I felt, and if they were to work dramatically, I needed to find a way of externalizing Cheryl's inner monologue. For Nick Hornby, adapting 'Wild' was a fast-paced uphill hike 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

In one of “The Morning Show’s” more overwrought monologues, Bradley’s tirade extends itself to the very essence of truth-telling in America. Review | Aniston and Witherspoon outshine ‘The Morning Show’s’ rough start. But did Carell get the best role? 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Occasionally, his monologues break down into episodes of grunting and sputtering, judders and twitches overtaking his compact frame. Michelle Ellsworth and Jeremy Wade at American Realness 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

Issa, as she explains to Molly early in the episode, isn’t the bold woman she pretends to be in her mirror monologues. ‘Insecure’ Season 1, Episode 7: Who’s Daniel? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

“It’s great to be here at ‘Saturday Night Live,’” he told the audience in his opening monologue, “but I’ll be completely honest, it’s even better for ‘Saturday Night Live’ that I’m here. Trump and ‘S.N.L.’: A Look Back at a Complicated Relationship 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Who wants to be vulnerable, really?” she asks during a monologue about, of all things, trilobites. Dance Review: ‘Vestigal,’ by the Wendy Osserman Dance Company 2014-04-01T22:40:01Z

They go on to specify what they hope for out of life, in breathlessly delivered monologues. How Rupert Murdoch Became the King of England 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

In separate, poetic monologues delivered by Marie and Bruce, describing what they did just before the party, the city becomes a fairy-tale forest of dark enchantment, a place of secret gardens and mysterious encounters. | 'Marie and Bruce': There?s Room for Everyone Aboard a Marital Misery Tour 2011-04-06T03:00:05Z

His pacing was deliberate but flexible, ebbing, flowing and inexorably building under Shaklovity’s dark monologue bemoaning the state of Russia. Opera Review: ?Khovanshchina? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-28T16:32:53Z

The typically self-contained comic betrayed a bit of nervousness, stumbling over a few lines in his monologue as he looked back comically. After 22 years, Leno gave 'Tonight' his farewell 2014-02-07T20:58:39Z

Presenter Sean Penn chose to contradict Rock’s monologue jokes about Jude Law from the stage, calling Law “one of our finest actors.” Chris Rock Is Exactly What the Oscars Need 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

These dozen monologues are a cracked mirror held up to American men of that wealth-obsessed era, variously pursuing, embracing and rejecting the American dream. ‘Drinking in America’ Review: Men in a Cracked Mirror 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

Sheen ditched the rapper, the long monologue and the videos that were part of the Detroit show that had people leaving in droves Saturday night. Sheen gets cheers, not boos in second stop on tour 2011-04-04T13:58:13Z

Not to cross-pollinate two very different shows about troubled teens, but there is a scene on the intensity level of Zendaya's Emmy-winning "Open the door!" monologue from "Euphoria" in pretty much every episode. "The Wilds" review: Stranded on an island? Whatever. Just try being a teenage girl (spoiler-free) 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Letterman opened his final “Late Show” monologue with, per usual, a joke at his own expense: “It’s beginning to look like I’m not going to get the ‘Tonight Show.’ Highlights From David Letterman's Last 'Late Show' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Nearing the end of his monologue, Chappelle struck a more sympathetic tone. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sends Off Trump With a Ballad 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

“You know, you’re supposed to live,” she says in a monologue from the live version included on the boxed set, outlining her own liberation theology. Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

A seated Mr. Corbett often delivered a seemingly straightforward joke that meandered into a digressive monologue. Ronnie Corbett, One of ‘The Two Ronnies,’ Dies at 85 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Even in her opening monologue while hosting SNL last week, Louis-Dreyfus began a Trump joke but didn’t bother to finish it. ‘Veep’ is so good it’s the only comedy that doesn’t need Trump jokes 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Less effusive, but still positive, was Slate's Willa Paskin. Meyers provided a "steady hand and reliable charm," she said, even if he "is not a huge personality, and his opening monologue was a little understated." Emmys 2014: How'd Seth Meyers do? The critics weigh in 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

During Sunday night’s monologue he took advantage of the US cable channel’s relaxed policy on swearing. TV satirist John Oliver responds to Paris attacks with 'a moment of premium cable profanity' 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

In the big dialogue scenes, you’re conscious of Mr. Cumberbatch riding Shakespeare’s rushing words like a surfboard, as if saving his interior energy for the monologues. Review: Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Hamlet,’ Cocooned in an Aura on a London Stage 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

Even the earnest young Laurence must contend with such monologues as “I miss you a lot, Mom. More than ever.” "Southpaw" Is a Throwback—in the Worst Way 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

On “Nirvana,” a ballad written as a monologue to God, he attempts to reconcile the existence of social and political injustice with God’s assumed benevolence. Romeo Santos Reveals Another Volume of Boundary-Crossing Bachata 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

Because J. Cole loves a good mid-show monologue, he took a moment to dissect the myth of overnight success. Review | A sincerely good concert from J. Cole 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Back then, Valerie was a nameless luminary in a monologue of Ms. Kudrow’s called “Your Favorite Actress on a Talk Show,” which shared Valerie’s exaggerated sense of her sway over the public. Lisa Kudrow Returns in ‘The Comeback’ on HBO 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

When Conan O'Brien exited "The Tonight Show" with much fanfare, he took to Twitter as an outlet, like a spigot for accruing monologue jokes. An open mike, in 140-characters or less 2010-08-30T14:05:00Z

Yes, the play often strikes a melancholy tone, but its wheels also send up sparks of generosity and in Liz’s monologue, sharp humor. ‘The Coast Starlight’ Review: Strangers on a Train 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter described the show as "self-serving" and Tyson's monologue "frequently profane, sometimes draggy" but "weirdly fascinating". Mike Tyson's show to tour the US 2012-11-29T11:48:32Z

The recipe works brilliantly on restless new tracks such as the yearning Ingenue and the jazz-jungle-hued Stuck Together Pieces, which sounds like the feverish interior monologue of an anxiety attack. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-02-25T13:14:40Z

In a monologue taped before a studio audience, the low-key Buress mused about topics including Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Greece's financial woes and the women's World Cup. Hannibal Buress takes shot at Bill Cosby in debut of Comedy Central series 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

There is a final monologue, too, about a cousin with whom Agnes was once obsessed. In ‘White on White,’ the Traditional Landlord-Tenant Pact Is Ruptured 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Christopher Durang’s “Triple Trouble With Love” is a more interesting short work that features three monologues about the miseries of dating. Theater Review: Prepare to Kiss, a Bar Mitzvah Is Coming 2011-08-11T02:30:50Z

The production, a monologue with occasional interruptions, stars Hoffman as Ariana, an Italian American real estate agent and amateur drama enthusiast in Roselle Park, N.J. Review: ‘Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings)’ Is a Mangled Love Letter 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nézet-Séguin boldly plumbed the music for wayward harmonic turns, mercurial shifts and weighty orchestral depths, as in the Dutchman’s long, brooding monologue when we first meet him. Review: Met Opera’s Next Music Director Captains a Blazing ‘Dutchman’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

In its final minutes, “Becky Nurse of Salem” tries to wrest its themes together via a heartfelt monologue and a cloying ritual. Review: ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ Brings the Witches but Forgets the Magic 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

Their monologues were often interrupted by the cries of “dignity, dignity,” and “freedom, freedom.” A Director Asks, Would Jesus Stand With Today’s Migrants? 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

It’s a refreshing antidote to television’s overabundance of self-important monologues. For Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones,’ the struggle is real 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Or “A Bed Among the Lentils,” the television monologue in which a vicar’s frustrated wife finds sexual solace with an Asian shopkeeper. Books of The Times: ?Smut: Stories? by Alan Bennett ? Review 2011-12-29T23:29:06Z

Outside of the monologue, you’re liable to remember only one other significant moment from any given Oscar host. What Do the Oscars Gain by Losing a Host? 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Before her song “Hot Flash,” she went into clinical detail about physical signs of aging and menopause and turned a touchy topic into a hilarious monologue. Music Review: Jenifer Lewis Performing at 54 Below 2012-07-27T21:43:36Z

I loved to hear him sleep talk, long monologues about dolphins and computer code. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z

Give me wrenching monologues, moments of profound personal triumph, a way to reflect on my own experiences, a character I care about so completely it should be embarrassing. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Last Man on Earth’ and ‘Being Erica’ 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

What with the draining and refilling and screaming into a towel, I missed the first several minutes of “Play,” which mixes music, sound effects and murmured monologues. There’s No Place Like Home (Theater) 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

Chaplin’s film concludes by dropping the bit and delivering an earnest monologue about the tantamount importance of goodness and decency. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Pall Mall cigarette in hand, he told an actress to look more beleaguered before she began a crucial monologue that captures the country’s dark mood. ‘Arabian Nights’ in Portugal Looks at a Gloomy Nation 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

Peaker in the 1968 series “That’s Life,” an unusual hybrid of sitcom and variety show that told the story of a young couple’s courtship and marriage through sketches, monologues, singing and dancing. Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

In two conversations that are actually closer to monologues, Jamaine listens to his friends' compassionate advice, their language vibrant with feeling. 'Below Dreams' a lyrical look at Millennial generation trio 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Essentially a 200-page monologue delivered in utero, “Nutshell” opens with this amniotic line: “So here I am, upside down in a woman.” Ian McEwan’s ‘Nutshell’: A tale of betrayal and murder as told by a fetus 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

The shell-shocked monologues that follow are a little mannered, but these fragments form a mosaic of loss that ranges from desolate sorrow to survivalist brutality. | 'The Argument': In City of Loss the Dead Shall Dance 2011-03-09T22:00:45Z

Seen as provocateurs or pranksters, and sometimes art world trolls, KIRAC’s members often deliver critical monologues directly to the camera, usually in the form of articulate academic analysis from Sinha, or mocking insults from Ruitenbeek. Trailing Michel Houellebecq From the Bedroom to the Courtroom 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

Yes, that was the joke, like a cross between a stoner's monologue and something a four-year-old would say. Fancy that: the golden age of the sexy geeky leading male 2012-07-27T21:59:00Z

Any resonance the monologue may have is challenged by what comes next: lively pop songs by the Bee Gees and Cher. Review: In ‘Misdemeanor Dream,’ Speaking to the Unseen 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

Harrelson halted his opening monologue a couple of times to extend his arms in expectation of a ceremonial jacket that never arrived. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Mocks Trump’s Trip to Ohio 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z

But then, years later, they would put me in the monologues to have one line, or something. Paula Pell, queen of comedy: On her "SNL" years, making "Wine Country" with Amy Poehler and more 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

But after the performance, the monologue will become a dialogue, as audience members ask Anne about her life, and Ms. King answers in character. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

It’s a fine monologue, well delivered, and contributes to the show’s salience as a character study. “Wanderlust,” Reviewed: Toni Collette in a Self-Help Soap Opera 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Amy Walker delivers a monologue onstage in an engaging succession of accents: English, French, Scottish, Irish, American, Australian, German. Critic’s Notebook: Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater 2013-08-11T22:38:15Z

And music it is: a symphony of dialogues and monologues and almost choral incantations that seem to exist both immediately within and poetically outside of a very particular, finely detailed stretch of German history. ArtsBeat: In London, a 'Henry V' That Doesn't Take Sides 2012-06-27T15:15:09Z

According to a complaint filed on July 22 in California federal court by Robert Kaseberg, the jokes were posted on a personal blog and on Twitter before making it into O’Brien’s late night show monologue. Conan O'Brien Involved in Lawsuit Claiming He Took Jokes From Twitter 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Ai’s poems, which have been widely anthologized, are nearly always dramatic monologues, a form closely associated with the 19th-century English poet Robert Browning. Ai, an Unflinching Poetic Channel of Hard Lives, Dies at 62 2010-03-28T02:20:00Z

This Dublin-set script is composed of intertwined monologues from rival tough guys. Theater Listings for Dec. 5-11 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Yet even in his opening monologue he plumbed the music for hints of the king’s vulnerability. Review: To a Rare King Arthur Opera, Bard Says ‘Welcome Back’ 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

On “The Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon found a way to thread both stories into one monologue joke. Best of Late Night in 2021: Trump’s Never-Ending Swan Song 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Retired Tonight Show host Jay Leno replaced Jimmy Fallon for a part Wednesday’s monologue while the show was shooting on the road in Los Angeles. Jimmy Fallon Wasn't Feeling Well So Jay Leno Tagged In 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

When George Carlin hosted that first episode, his monologue was broken into five parts interspersed throughout the show’s 90 minutes. Watch the Very First Monologue From 'Saturday Night Live' 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Start with “Everybody SCREAM!!!” for the inner monologues of a highly-competitive spin class or “Meet Cute,” about what-could-have-been after a great first date immediately precedes a premature death. Fiction podcasts are on the rise and better than ever. These are the ones to listen to. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

There was also a strong reaction to the time you hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 1994 and your opening monologue, which got you banned from the show. Martin Lawrence on Explosions On and Offscreen 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

Ms. Carlos enacted the poetic monologues “Abortion Cycle #1,” “I Used to Live in the World” and “No More Love Poems #3” and appeared in ensemble pieces throughout the play. Laurie Carlos, Actress in ‘For Colored Girls,’ Dies at 67 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

He also joked that he had consumed 11 drinks since his opening monologue. On the Runway Blog: Fashion Awards, on Speed Dial 2012-06-05T03:25:02Z

Combined with the unreliable narrative of its Marvellian centrepiece – part dramatic monologue, part seemingly confessional catharsis – God's Gift documents the exhilarating struggle between Paterson's wilful sassiness and a meditative lyricism fighting for more ground. Selected Poems by Don Paterson ? review 2012-05-18T21:45:03Z

One of these is Jack, from Jack’s Auto Repair, who made appearances in these monologues. Garrison Keillor Turns Out the Lights on Lake Wobegon 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z

But the only vehicle that reveals the extent of her diverse talents is the freewheeling monologue that opens her hourlong or so weekly podcast. Critic’s Notebook: Julie Klausner’s Podcast, ‘How Was Your Week?’ 2012-12-31T23:26:34Z

“Wild Grass” uses a portentous narrator and includes ambiguous interior monologues. | 'Wild Grass': Alain Resnais?s Film of Anarchic Imagination 2010-06-24T23:40:00Z

So for their fall/winter 2019 show, held at Irving Plaza, they enlisted the playwright Jeremy O. Harris, who was absorbed into Mr. Clemens’s creative community pretty much immediately, to write and perform a monologue. The Year of Telfar 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Hers was the perfect image to set Cruise’s in relief: “You complete me,” he tells her later, concluding a long, macho-florid monologue in which he nobly cops to a litany of emotional weaknesses. Jerry Maguire at 20: has Tom Cruise's star appeal ever shined brighter? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Speaking by phone a few days after his June 1 episode, Fallon told me the experience of delivering its opening monologue was “almost like therapy.” Jimmy Fallon Is Sorry. But What Does That Mean? 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

Over time the jokes — that the awards were a boozy goof put on by a tiny, sketchy organization — made it from insider snark to podium monologue. The Golden Globes Were Too Big to Fail 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

Is there a polite and sensitive method for bringing these monologues to an end? Perspective | Miss Manners: Setting boundaries with an isolated friend 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z

There are two discrete parts, each a monologue delivered by a different actor. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Looking for inspiration isn’t hard, says Collins, who suggests writing a one-person monologue from the perspective of a household object. Stretch your creative muscles with playwriting or improv games 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

Nyong’o’s set debut in costume as Red, for a long, unbroken monologue that fills in the character’s life story, was one of the most dramatic moments of the shoot. This Is Lupita Nyong’o. Hollywood, Please Keep Up. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

But during an eight-minute monologue, ‘Ye’ managed to sound almost repentant. “I don’t always say the right things at the right time,” he said. Abysmal Attendance at Kanye Concert 2013-12-05T06:53:14Z

He's got the sharpest monologue, the most interesting digressions and skits, and the best interviewing skills. Why you should be watching Jimmy Kimmel 2010-12-05T00:01:00Z

“We worked on making the set more personal, more my own,” he said, mentioning that they had come up with a few bits for the opening monologue. How Is the Hottest Comic in America Still Under the Radar? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

On “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah’s monologue concerned little-known facts about climate change. For one night, TV comics focus their shows on climate change 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Then the monologue at the end was becoming a nightmare. ‘I love drag. It's dangerous’: Graham Norton and Alan Carr on desire, camp and ‘cancel culture’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

Ms. Wohl has given him a monologue so raw and angry and tender that all around the auditorium, you could hear people weeping. Review: ‘Make Believe’ Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

While “Hedwig” is basically a monologue with songs, Hoffer has the pipes to put it over, especially when Hedwig, accompanied by a small and able band, perform the catchy, pretty “Wicked Little Town.” An energetic, savvy ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2013-01-24T23:06:03Z

Her previous monologues for the website had touched on everything from social media pronouns to Christopher Columbus to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. A Writer’s Post and its Consequences Divide Latin American Literary Circles 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

British entertainer and comedian James Cordon, the host of CBS’s “The Late Late Show,” paid tribute to the city of Manchester in his monologue Monday night following the terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert. James Corden delivers heartfelt response to the “tragic news” of a terrorist attack in Manchester 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

It's worthy to watch the monologue in full, but needless to say, Colbert got so into his interpretation of the shouting match, that he had to check his pulse afterwards. Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

During deranged monologues, the president — a liberal Democrat named Mark Hollenbach — rants about his perceived political enemies and imaginary plots against him. A 1965 Novel About an Unhinged President Is Being Rereleased 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on Colbert's monologue. Crude Trump-Putin joke triggers attacks and support for TV's Colbert 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

On a single day — May 22 — each writer contacted their subject, spent two or three hours in conversation, and then set about the task of turning their words into five-minute monologues. What does a theater company do when it can’t make theater? Make a film. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

David Letterman’s monologue was interrupted by a reckless heckler Monday night who revealed himself to be Chicago Cubs sportscaster Harry Caray. Will Ferrell crashes David Letterman monologue with impersonation of veteran sportscaster Harry Caray 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

But even Chappelle couldn’t resist an appeal to the emotion of the week, at the end of his monologue. Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappelle back to see in the Trump era 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

His novels are written in the third person, but shift between interior monologue and exterior dialogue. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z

Predictably people quickly became outraged and took to social media saying that it was the “unfunniest most offensive SNL monologue ever”, stating that anyone who defends it must be a “predator themselves”. Did Louis CK's Saturday Night Live riff on child abuse go too far? 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Through encounters and monologues, sharp shifts of fortune and impassioned debates, Guirgis exposes, then strips away, both men's defenses. Gritty tale of faith, redemption and prison in 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train' 2012-06-21T20:29:06Z

Most accessible and valuable are Wallace’s more poetic, reflective monologues and interactions, and Bristol’s touching epiphany to end a long cycle of violence. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z

In one of his monologues, he described how different alcoholic beverages affected a former girlfriend. Review: Eric Yves Garcia’s ‘Pour Spirits,’ a Taste of Musical Role-Playing 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

The Oscar producers might want to pad Billy Crystal’s monologue with an extra 10 minutes. The Carpetbagger: Oscar Hopefuls at the Box Office: It's Not a Pretty Picture 2012-01-31T15:00:22Z

“He held a press conference today I believe in the 7th Circle of Hell,” Stephen Colbert led off his monologue Tuesday night. “Happy belated K-K-Kondemnation”: Here’s how the late-night shows responded to Trump’s press conference 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Although Karras became popular as a cinematic actor, it was on stage that he achieved critical acclaim, most notably in Nikolai Gogol's monologue "Diary of a Madman" and Noel Coward's play "Blithe Spirit." Greek actor and lawmaker Costas Karras dies at 75 2012-05-06T12:51:12Z

Stephen Colbert opened the “Late Show” Tuesday with a monologue dedicated to the Russia investigations and Sessions’ testimony. Here’s how late-night TV reacted to Jeff Sessions’ testimony 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Then, over a mournful instrumental, a monologue began—a man’s voice, reading the words of the Civil War soldier Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife, Sarah, in July of 1861. Swooning to the Strangeness of Bon Iver 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Rock had begun his monologue by pointing out that he could “count at least 15 black people” in the audience, before welcoming viewers to the Oscars, “otherwise known as the White People’s Choice awards”. Chris Rock at the 2016 Oscars: 'You're damn right Hollywood's racist' 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

The monologue is juxtaposed with scenes of the family happily frolicking on the sand. | 'Beautiful Boy': Alone to Face the Fallout From a Son?s Horrific Crime 2011-06-02T22:20:41Z

She devoted herself to her physical recovery, and wrote monologues she hoped to perform but would struggle to remember. Leslie Ash: ‘You go through a grieving process when you've lost your career' 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Viewers of Sunday’s iHeart Radio Awards were surprised when Foxx used the opening monologue to make cracks about Bruce Jenner, including a promise that “He’s doing a his-and-her duet all by himself.” Why Jamie Foxx’s Bruce Jenner Joke backfired 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

“But that doesn’t matter. She told a story in her songs. I viewed her songs as monologues to capture the emotional state of the character.” Nico 1988: the film about the Velvet Underground's doomed singer 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” took the form of a monologue delivered by a young Princeton-educated Pakistani, whose life and sense of self are rocked by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Review: ‘Discontent and Its Civilizations’: Mohsin Hamid at Home in Three Lands 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

There’s plenty of wailing, but also queer romps, ancient Greek in-jokes, a comic monologue in the style of Noël Coward and a meditative number sung in a lavatory. Taylor Mac’s ‘Fever Dream’: Exploring the Philosophy of the Hang 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

So again she wrote, this time in monologue form, repurposing stories from her books, her life, her lecture tours. ‘I Don’t Know What a Carrie Is’: Candace Bushnell Works It Out Onstage 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Moreno's son says one version attributes it to stage fright: When his father got up on stage early in his career, he froze up and managed only to babble an incoherent, stream-of-consciousness monologue. Mexico marks century of comic Cantinflas' birth 2011-08-11T11:31:04Z

Once everyone takes their seats, Shaw re-emerges wearing rather more ordinary clothes – a black tunic over rolled dungarees – and begins her monologue. The Testament of Mary 2013-04-23T16:16:00Z

And there he is, the Great One, narrating the prologue as if he’s delivering his opening TV monologue. ‘How Sweet It Is!,’ by Thane Rosenbaum 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

I found myself deep in an accidental monologue about toilets from around the world. Blind date: ‘I found myself in a monologue about toilets from around the world’ 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

Weak link: the suite's middle stretch, an overlong monologue about multiple characters in a tax revolt. At New City Theater: 'Tiny Kushner' provides 5 short plays, epic effect 2012-09-27T20:25:08Z

Obviously, this has all been dubbed into Russian, so I'll have to take a guess at his monologue. The Russian trailer for Jack Reacher, explained 2012-07-02T16:43:49Z

In his monologue, Chappelle also took aim at Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, whom he called “observably stupid,” and said Trump is an “honest liar.” Chappelle returns to SNL with no apologies — and many jokes about Kanye 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

In their 2013 monologue, both up for the Best Actress in a TV comedy award, they poked fun at their non-existent rivalry, making ridiculous sport of the competitive female frenemy narrative. The magic of Tina and Amy: Here’s why this duo is so good at hosting awards shows 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Because it's just about me and my internal monologue and my thought processes. "I never set out to be a whistleblower": Katharine Gun tells the true story of "Official Secrets" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

Incredibly Colbert was able to refer to this alarming development in his monologue, revealing that it had happened 10 minutes before the taping commenced. It’s a “Daily Show” Reunion on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

This 100-minute show — a string of interlocked monologues from three men — nicely captures the wry caper quality of McPherson’s early play. Romeo, Romeo — wherefore art thou so old? 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Jane’s Season 5 monologue harks back to that moment, bringing the show full circle. ‘Jane the Virgin’ is full of telenovela twists and turns. It is also profoundly real. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z