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Saturday, December 06, 2014

Stage Review: City Theatre's clever new work reveals Judy Holliday as one 'Smart Blonde'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Dumb blonde: a blond-haired woman perceived as attractive but unintelligent. Smart blonde: Judy Holliday. Genius blonde: still Judy Holliday.

The world-premiere bio-play “Smart Blonde” entertains and informs with an ingenious conceit. It asks that use your noggin, even if you don’t boast a 172 IQ a la the actress Judy Holliday. The life of the Oscar- and Tony-winning star of “Born Yesterday” and “Bells Are Ringing” is told through flashbacks, with star turns by Andrea Burns as Judy during every phase of her career and two versatile actors — Jonathan Brody and Adam Heller — portraying everyone else.

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