One-Man Show

LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN returns to Los Angeles this month for a one-night-only performance. The show is a one-man show bringing 40 characters to life, telling two unbelievable true stories using hip-hop theater, spoken word, blues, calypso, comedy, and a video DJ.

Film and television star Ilia Volok will return to New York this month with his internationally acclaimed, award-winning one-man show Diary of a Madman, adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s classic story.

TV and film star Ilia Volok will return to New York with his critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning solo production Diary of a Madman. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s classic story, this gripping one-man show will be performed at the American Theatre of Actors for a limited run from October 10–12, 2025.

Get ready to laugh, think, and confront the absurdity of stereotypes when comedian, storyteller, and truth-teller Raymond Abel brings his bold new one-man show Latini-DUH! to the stage at Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the LA LGBT Center. Learn more!

Broadway's Claybourne Elder is releasing a studio recording of his popular one-man show, If the Stars Were Mine. The album will be released in late fall of 2025.

South African comedy icon Kurt Schoonraad will bring his latest one-man show, Funny Side Up, to Montecasino’s Studio Theatre from August 6 to 17, 2025.

It may or may not be true that within each of us exists a book waiting to be written, or a full-length monologue of the story of our life waiting to be staged. But few of us have the kind of story to tell as fraught and fascinating as Jimmy Georgiades.

Following a run this summer, Grammy-award-winner Raphael Saadiq has announced the expansion of his one-man show No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits with twenty-two new Fall tour dates.

Award-winning comic actor and Shunt associate artist Simon Kane is bringing his acclaimed solo performance piece Jonah Non Grata to the Edinburgh Festival for its debut Fringe run, marking the show's first performance in nearly 15 years.

Just a week after he wraps up his final performance in the titular role of FLOYD COLLINS on Broadway—a role that earned him a 2025 Tony Award nomination—musical theater icon Jeremy Jordan will head to Los Angeles to perform his long-running and (as of now) nearly sold-out one-man show at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, June 28–29.

The tightly produced, crisply presented piece directed by Schoolhouse Producing Director Bram Lewis stars Wali Jamal in a thoroughly engaging and formidable performance that also profiles Mr. Armstrong’s lifelong manager Mr. Joe Glaser and another deity straight from the Mount Olympus of jazz, Mr. Miles Davis. Mr. Jamal skillfully presents the three as distinct personalities without overdoing it. He represents them rather than impersonates them, which is a wise choice because there only is one sun in this universe and it is the one and only Satchmo.

See one man for one hour in a show that is absorbing from the first minute to the curtain call. Aonghus Óg McAnally masters his role as an aspiring local boxer in Fight Night.

Broadway star Jake Ryan Flynn will take the stage for his debut one-man show, Being Alive at the North Shore Music Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Fresh off receiving the highly-coveted Album of the Year GRAMMY award for his contribution to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Raphael Saadiq has announced his highly-anticipated one-man show No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits.

Hollywood screenwriter Michael Jamin is stepping out from behind the camera. His critically acclaimed one-man show, A Paper Orchestra, playing at Seattle Open Arts Place.

Hollywood screenwriter Michael Jamin is stepping out from behind the camera. His one-man show, A Paper Orchestra, is playing at Seattle Open Arts Place. Learn more!

Recently, we had the chance to chat with Flo & Joan, AKA sisters Rosie and Nicola Dempsey. E discussed how they first got started in musical comedy, the creative process for a show like One Man Musical and even some favourite fun facts they’ve found while researching for the show!

Prepare to cash in on a night of unfiltered hilarity as South Africa’s favourite comedian, Mark Banks, takes centre stage in his latest one-man-offering, Laughing All The Way To The Banks.

A Bronx Tale, Chazz Palminteri's one-man stage show, is coming to the screens. The filmed version of the autobiographical play has been acquired by Tribeca Films and, beginning January 28, will be released on digital platforms and in select theaters.

Comedian Adam Sank Los Angeles premieres his acclaimed one-man show, Bad Dates: A One Man Show About Many Men, at the Broadwater Main Stage for one-night-only on December 6, 2024.  Adam actually came out of retirement to share his bad, but hilarious dating experiences.

What happens when life keeps knocking you down, but you’re determined to keep getting back up? Find out when Gary John Miller will bring his hilarious and moving one-man show, (Almost) Rocky, to the Black Out Cabaret at Chicago's Second City Theater.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present a special evening with Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actor Reeve Carney, in a one-man concert version of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Tim Mooney's one-man show Lot o’ Shakespeare is coming to Ocala Civic Theatre featuring monologues from all of Shakespeare’s plays, selected at random with audience participation. Learn more and see how to attend.

MAN, A ONE WOMAN SHOW explores identity and gender through a compelling solo performance at Canal Cafe Theatre. Join us for an evening of thought-provoking theater.

Katie Folger brings her one-woman show GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN back to Austin, offering a unique theatrical experience that explores personal narratives and comedic storytelling.