Quite a few of the monologues in both parts of "Angels in America".
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
"People that excel in the arts understand that the journey is the reward...the result an added bonus. Every day I act or train is a blessing and a dream come true. If Broadway beckons so be it. I have a personal definition of success that is unshakable by a possibly unobtainable goal." -HamletWasBipolar
^ I love that one too! I loved that play soo much. I gotta go with Billy Crudup's stories in The Pillowman. Just amazing and had me on the edge all night.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
I really can't get into the play. I find the text rather boring. Perhaps if I knew more about the show while reading it? I just picked up "some girl(s)" - can't wait to read it.
I loved Some Girl(s)...let me know what you think. I sorta have recently fallen in love with LaBute because of The Shape of Things and This is How it Goes.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
I don't know if it counts as a monlogue or not, but John's counting the ten commandments in The Crucible is awesome. (Maybe because of the line following the monologue, but still)
Wow- I totally forgot about the stories in The Pillowman. I <3 that show! A theatre in Denver, CO is also putting it on this season- I'm draggin all my friends to it.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Yes! It's so great that this show is becoming more widespread, despite what some may call "questionable content". The writing in it is beautiful and worthy of attention.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
There are SO MANY but here are the first three that came to mind:
Alton Scales' 'White Man's Leavings' monologue from "The Sign in Sidney Bruistein's Window"
Tom's often done 'Opium dens' monologue from "The Glass Menagerie"
Hissom's long monologue from Yasmina Reza's "Art"
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
The monologue that had the most devastating impact on an audience that I've ever seen is the 10 minute "There was no air"/Beau Willie monologue done by the Lady in Red from FOR COLORED GIRLS.... The entire audience was weeping by the end and there was even audible sobbing -- from women AND men.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney