The monologuist looks at the audience with a pained look. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Most Jewish Greek Myth:] Reference
He probably hadn't even heard me Anyway, humor for a monologuist is an unwelcome interruption. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
In just under two years, the celebrated monologuist underwent six operations and passed through twelve hospitals. From Wordnik.com. [Spalding Gray News] Reference
When he was alive, Twain was well known twice over — as a monologuist on the lecture circuit and again as a writer. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mysterious Stranger] Reference
The monologuist carefully explains that everything can be communicated with just “yesses” and “noes,” given enough of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Most Jewish Greek Myth:] Reference
The director, who had cast Gray in 1993 ' s " King of the Hill " and filmed his show " Gray ' s Anatomy " three years later, had long been out of touch with the monologuist. From Wordnik.com. [Spalding Gray] Reference
In spite of everything, I still believe -- Jean-Michele says that's one of the reasons I'm a monologuist -- and I fought to the end to get a single voice to speak and reckon with me, but they ran and didn't look back. From Wordnik.com. [Easter Lemming Liberal News] Reference
Brother Theodore born Theodore Gottlieb, 11 November 1906, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia - 5 April 2001, New York City was a German monologuist and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness dialogues which he called "stand up tragedy.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-30] Reference
She had this incredible sense of humor, that no matter -- you know, sometimes she would be a bit of a monologuist -- at dinner parties she'd get a little boring with her political views, but she was so funny that whatever she did, you know, she had this redeeming humor. From Wordnik.com. [Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce] Reference
We've got an award-winning monologuist (not Spalding Gray; he's dead). From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
The evening's guest monologuist is TV personality and Anchorman narrator Bill Kurtis. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
He had been lured into the rôle of monologuist for the benefit of his host, Arthur Sloane. From Wordnik.com. [No Clue A Mystery Story] Reference
Swift still believes in the value of the last word; she's a far better monologuist than dialoguist. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Mike Daisey is an accomplished monologuist who, unlike Eric Bogosian or the late Spalding Gray, never does the same show twice. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
This explanation received confirmation from an unexpected source: the monologuist Mike Daisey, who spent three years as an Amazon employee. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
The health-care system was supposed to be the topic of monologuist Mike Daisey's new piece, commissioned by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. From Wordnik.com. [Dilettante] Reference
The play is a monologuist piece that "dives into the epic story of a real-life Willy Wonka whose personal obsessions profoundly affect our everyday lives.". From Wordnik.com. [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] Reference
The cards were inspired by monologuist extraordinaire Spalding Gray's use of them in his autobiographical piece, "A Personal History of the American Theatre.". From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Clémence DesRochers: A writer, broadcaster, singer, actress and monologuist regarded as a national treasure with a special place in the hearts of Quebecers. From Wordnik.com. [Mediacaster - Headline News] Reference
The subject of the film, "And Everything Is Going Fine" - which has its premiere next Saturday at Slamdance in Utah - is the monologuist-writer-actor Spalding Gray. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
More Canadian than maple syrup, the hilariously insightful everyman monologuist is blessed with a unique ability to thumb his nose while keeping his finger firmly on the common comic pulse. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Friend is not so much a conversationalist as a monologuist, an occupational hazard of someone who urges hundreds of people at a time to bend, stretch and connect with "the extremely intelligent spirit within that is mind-blowingly revealing.". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The monologuist Spalding Gray onstage at the Performing Garage. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I mean, it was like when the monologuist that jumped off the back” —. From Wordnik.com. [How a Welsh Vixen Tamed Derek Smalls' Wild Heart] Reference
Maxwell's New York City Players; a performance by the British monologuist Daniel Kitson; and. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
Chris can sometime be a bit of a monologuist, but if I’m in the right mood — as I was tonight — I find him fascinating and hilarious. From Wordnik.com. [abada abada › momintown] Reference
A pall comes over one's happy attention when a brilliant conversationalist turns into a monologuist, only to deaden us further by revealing the true passion ” logorrhea. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Half Full] Reference
A case in point is “The 11 69 Express” MP3, dated 1911, 3:12 in length and credited to Fred Duprez, reportedly a monologuist and character from Edison’s recording company. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » Archival 78-era MP3] Reference
The program includes dancer Julia Rae Antonick; composer and sound designer Eric Leonardson; monologuist Jill Bernard; and poet Mike Green, selected by the Poetry Center. a 7 PM, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Unlike monologuist Mike Daisey, who showed real class in trying to contact the individuals who walked out of his show and poured water on his notes, Hawk hasn’t even tried to open up a broader debate by directly contacting SFMOMA. From Wordnik.com. [Is Thomas Hawk a First-Rate Jerk? : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
Amazon lists him as a "performer" and a "monologuist.". From Wordnik.com. ["I guess I'm going home for Christmas. Hope I don't go insane!"] Reference
Clemence DesRochers, Quebec writer, broadcaster, singer and monologuist. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
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