one-man show

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, one-man band . A person who does or manages just about everything, as in This department is a one-man show—the chairman runs it all , or John conducts the interviews, writes the articles, solicits ads, deals with the printer—he's a one-man band . This idiom alludes to the actor or artist responsible for the entire performance or exhibit, or the musician who plays every instrument in the group. [First half of 1900s]

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To celebrate, he booked a tour of a one-man show, “John Waters’ Birthday Celebration: The Naked Truth,” which stops at the Wallis in Beverly Hills on Saturday.

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He can be a one-man show, too hard for any player to stop, too skilled to be denied.

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While a cohort of 40 Wikipedia editors might not seem substantial, at least it’s not a one-man show.

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After that, he devoted himself over the course of a decade to “Citizen Twain,” a touring one-man show that he wrote, directed and starred in as a resurrected Mark Twain.

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On stage, Fisher-Becker appeared in productions of “The Busybody,” “The Emperor of the Moon,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Macbeth” and a one-man show of “Hamlet: Tragedy of a Fat Man.”

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