Voice of Bart Simpson plays Friday at Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY, Vt.—The woman who gives voice to Bart Simpson figures she got lucky -- twice.

Nancy Cartwright, 50, who does the vocal work for the wisecracking boy on "The Simpsons," planned to audition for the role of little sister Lisa Simpson, but changed her mind and tried out for Bart.

That was before the Fox show about the dysfunctional family hit the air in 1989. She's been having a cow ever since, man.

"I just happened to score with the best animated show in the history of television," said Cartwright.

Her one-woman show -- "My Life As A 10-Year-Old Boy" -- plays Friday at the Town Hall Theater, which recently reopened following a $5 million renovation.

"The performance itself, I don't really consider it a performance, it's so fun to do," she said. "I'll follow a script, then I open it up to questions and answers at the end. We might play a game. I might do a little audience participation."

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