one-woman
adjective
: done, performed, or controlled by one woman
a one-woman job/show/play/business
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Smart underwent knee surgery four days later — the same day she was set to open her grand return to Broadway in the one-woman show Call Me Izzy, forcing her to announce a temporary leave.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
Dylan Mulvaney proudly shows off a poster for her new one-woman play,The Least Problematic Woman in the World, at So & So's on Sept. 11 in New York City.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
The closest comparison might be to show tunes—but for a one-woman play that’s gone 19 years without a curtain call.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Bruni Tedeschi is in a one-woman play for too long, and the film finally has a chance to sing as Merlant re-enters the picture.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
Dylan Mulvaney proudly shows off a poster for her new one-woman play,The Least Problematic Woman in the World, at So & So's on Sept. 11 in New York City.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
The closest comparison might be to show tunes—but for a one-woman play that’s gone 19 years without a curtain call.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Bruni Tedeschi is in a one-woman play for too long, and the film finally has a chance to sing as Merlant re-enters the picture.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
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“One-woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-woman. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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