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2020 Vision is a one person show featuring songs and stories of the 2020 Covid 19 pandemic. Ryan brings his humor as well as favorite Broadway Showtunes, Rock Anthems, American Song Book Classics and more all with a special 2020 twist.

The 5 & Dime is excited to announce its return to the stage with August Wilson's,  How I Learned What I Learned, a beautifully told memoir about a prolific poet and playwright's  journey to becoming a successful artist in America.

The show was originally developed by Brand and Rickson in collaboration with theatre producers Playful Productions at the Bush Theatre in London and was subsequently performed at the Bristol Old Vic and Royal and Derngate, Northampton in 2018. The production was planning a London West End season when lockdown happened.

Just when it reaches the point where it’s almost unbearable, the show takes a hard turn, cutting to a frustrated office worker named Jeremiah, who is in a psychiatric session trying to process his rage at living in an America where Black lives do not matter to everyone and where being gay is considered a “stain” by many in the Black community.

Viewers are invited to enjoy a favorite cup of tea as Ron performs his one-man show Travels with Mark Twain based on Twain's famous traveling lecture series, featuring readings from some of his most beloved works; including 'Tom Sawyer,' 'Huck Finn' and 'Adam and Eve'.

Jason Manford is set to perform an un-rehearsed, one-man show at The Lowry this Saturday (13 March) as part of a global event to mark the anniversary of lockdown.

Natalie Palamides talks about tackling toxic masculinity in Nate - A One Man Show and tricking her brother into watching the show.

Natalie Palamides: Nate - A One Man Show will premiere globally on Netflix December 1, 2020.

Broadway Booking Office NYC and BY Experience have teamed up to bring filmed theater performances to Broadway touring theaters across the United States.

Melbourne Civic Theatre has opened, beginning last night, June 5, with a one-man show called 'Chesapeake.'

Academy Award-nominated actor/writer/director CHAZZ PALMINTERI brings his personal story to life in his one-man show A BRONX TALE heading into the Mimi Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square March 22 for one 7 pm performance. (Tickets on sale at playhousesquare.org, 216-241-6000 and the Ticket Office for $79, $59.50 & $49.50.)

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III brings Surviving Twin a scripted, one man show to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, March 5th at 8pm, in an evening of music and memories many years in the making. This 'posthumous collaboration' with his writer father, explores the question: What lives on between father and son? This event is part of the Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer Songwriter Series and Northern Trust Broadway & Cabaret Series with support from Teed & Brown. Visit TerraSole (3 Big Shop Lane, Ridgefield) for dinner before the show and get a free glass of house wine or dessert with your entrée when you present your tickets! Media partner for this event is WSHU - Connecticut Public Radio.

Music guest Old Dominion perform their hit single 'One Man Band' for the Tonight Show audience.

RhinoFest, Curious Theatre Branch and B Mor Productions are proud to partner on the premiere of WHOA MAN, a one-woman show by Briana Morris on February 22 at 2pm & February 23 at 7pm. In this one woman show, WHOA MAN, Briana Morris dreads turning 30 and celebrating her milestone birthday, so she turns to the women in her family to help resolve this quarter life crisis.

In David Lawson's The 2020 Book Report he is a fool standing alone onstage judging people who are seeking The White House. The only qualification he has? He's read their books. Lawson's one-man show The 2020 Book Report takes a hilarious deep dive into campaign books written by ten presidential contenders. 

Erik Lee Preminger, the son of legendary burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee (whose 1957 memoirs inspired the classic musical GYPSY) and film director Otto Preminger, will appear in-person at Naples' TheatreZone on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 to present his one-man show about his famous mother (featuring rare home movies, television shows, newsreel footage, a question-and-answer session and more).

Roy Firestone Brings His ONE MAN SHOW To Jewish Family Services Of The Desert For One Very Special Performance, Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 pm at the UC Riverside Palm Desert Campus. Critically acclaimed as a performer, monologist, humorist, musician and impressionist, Roy Firestone, the seven-time Emmy® Award and seven-time Cable ACE Award winner, has performed in more than 2,000 venues spanning over two decades. He has shared the stage with performers  Josh Groban, Reba McEntire, David Foster, Forest Whitaker, and Bon Jovi. As an actor, Firestone was featured in the Academy Award-winning film Jerry Maguire, where he played himself in an unforgettable and often repeated scene with Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. I had the opportunity to catch up with Mr. Firestone as he was preparing for his desert performance. Here are a few excerpts from that conversation:

Acclaimed Filipino-American (Fil-Am) dance artist Roberto Villanueva will perform 10 solos from his one-man show titled Pieces of Me: An Inside Look at a Filipino-American Dance Artist's Journey at the Doreen Black Box, Arete, Ateneo de Manila University, this Thursday, 14 November, 8-10 p.m.

Could Ian McKellen be headed back to Broadway? According to The New York Post, the actor says he'd consider bringing his one-man show, Ian McKellen On Stage, to the Great White Way.

One of SA's most loved comedians, Sifiso Nene, is headed to Cape Town this November to debut a one-night only performance of his newest funny showcase, I HAVE NO CHOICE, which promises to leave audiences in stitches.

Inspired by the success of his two NY Times best-selling memoirs, Rob Lowe brings the live show to the Kavli Theatre on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 8:00 pm.

Opening in Larchmont, NY this Saturday at One River School of Art + Design Gallery, is a?oeColor Speaks Truth: A Solo Exhibition of Works by Franck De Las Mercedesa??.

In GOODY, NYC-based comedian and writer, Jay Nog, examines the loss of his best friend to suicide, and the decades long process of soul searching and self-analysis that followed.

Amit Gour's successful Israeli one-man show, 'My Life - the Musical', was chosen to present its US debut performance, as part of the 'United Solo Theater Festival'. The show will perform in English on Sunday, November 10th, at 19:30 at Theatre Row.

Tomáš Kubínek has packed theaters, opera houses and international festivals in over 30 countries and won the hearts of thousands in TV specials and on Broadway. His outrageous solo performances for adults are equal parts comic brilliance and virtuosic vaudeville, with audience interaction and clowning to keep you laughing.