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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 22, 2004
Closed Apr 18, 2004
Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Yeardley Smith, the stage, film and television actress who is the voice of Lisa Simpson on the wildly popular animated television series The Simpsons stars in her solo show, More.
Tony Award-winning actress Judith Ivey directs.

Ms. Smith's play is about an actress who knew from the day she was born that she craved the spotlight - limousines! glam gowns! paparazzi! adoring throngs! - and found, instead, how often and easy it is to trip on life's red carpet.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Union Square Theatre
100 E 17th St
New York, NY 10003

Built in 1926, it was originally known as Tammany Hall. With its 499-seat audience and quality shows, this house is a great addition to the Off-Broadway scene.

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Yeardley Smith sounds an awful lot like Lisa Simpson. This is not surprising, since the actress provides the voice of the perpetually eight-year-old Lisa for The Simpsons, the long-running animated television series. And yet, the experience of listening to Smith live and in person is rather bizarre; her natural voice is a little deeper than Lisa's, but not much. In her engaging albeit uneven solo performance piece More, Smith talks about some of her experiences with The Simpsons but devotes the majority of the show to other aspects of her life -- namely, her battles with bulimia and depression.

Smith has a dynamic stage presence and an easy rapport with the audience that immediately puts yo[...]


Reviewed by Dan Bacalzo on Mar 23, 2004

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