monologist

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“Eventually I became what I grew up with, which is a folk music act with a funny monologist, making funny intros to songs.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

They called him a monologist, and the man who talked about his father, which is the worst motto ever, the man who talks about his father.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

Bernhard was a monologist fueled by energetic misanthropy, disgust and vitriol.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2022

Each week, a celebrity guest monologist tells stories from their life, which the UCB’s best improvisers then use as inspiration for a long-form show.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2016

The monologist, who of all performers seems the most independent of the author, buys his merriest stories, his most up-to-the-instant jests, ready-made from the writer who works like a marionette's master pulling the strings.

From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett