{"id":7309,"date":"2022-11-16T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=7309"},"modified":"2022-11-16T07:55:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T15:55:17","slug":"one-person-shows-being-readied-for-fall-or-obscurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2022\/11\/16\/one-person-shows-being-readied-for-fall-or-obscurity\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Person Shows Being Readied for Fall (Or Obscurity)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The question is will that “one person” also be the audience count?<\/h2>\n

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By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n

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A<\/span>s a theatre staple, the one-person show dates back to even before there\u00a0were\u00a0staples.\u00a0Permit me to digress.<\/p>\n

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Casting Doubt<\/p>\n

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Okay, I get it. \u00a0The preceding is not why you clicked READ MORE when The Goldman State email arrived in your in-box this morning, so let’s give you your money’s worth. (And yes, I realize the column is free to subscribers. Our business model is based on volume.)<\/p>\n

When you think of one-person shows, the late, great Hal Holbrook as the later, even-greater Mark Twain may come to mind. Or the recently departed Christopher Plummer as the long-gone John Barrymore. Or the still-on-time Holland Taylor as the late Texas Governor Ann Richards. You should, however, try to forget the late TV spy Robert Vaughn’s regrettable turn as the eternal Harry S Truman in “Give ’em Hell, Harry,” which should have been subtitled The Man From Kitchen. (Need I add that Vaughn’s audiences cried “Uncle!”?)<\/p>\n

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