120 results for ""Call Me Izzy""
When it's summer in the city, there's no better way to beat the heat than with a Broadway show. See what's treading the boards in the latest episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal…
The new play by Jamie Wax runs at Studio 54.
Broadway wilted a bit in last week's summer heat, with 23 of 30 shows taking a hit at the box office, some significantly. No doubt playing a part in Broadway's overall decline last week was …
The solo show serves as the Broadway debut for playwright Jamie Wax.
Jean Smart is out of her solo Broadway play Call Me Izzy this week due to a knee injury. An Instagram message on the show's official page says, "We look forward to having her back on stage a…
Jean Smart, who is currently starring in the world premiere production of Call Me Izzy on Broadway, will be out of the show due to a knee injury.
The official Instagram account for the show …
Isabelle Scutley is the main character in a new Broadway play that stars a riveting Jean Smart. She prefers to be called "Izzy" even though her husband Ferd disapproves. Fred is also psychol…
Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan discuss her performance in the solo drama.
"Izzy's Project" began on June 17.
At the end of Season 4 of "Hacks," there's a rumor that Debra Vance (played by the incredibly funny, talented Jean Smart) is dead. I'm here to report that she isn't dead. In fact, Smart is a…
Starring Jean Smart, the work centers on a woman trapped in an abusive marriage who finds possible escape through writing poetry.
Call Me Izzy will launch Izzy's Project, a social impact campaign designed to extend the conversation beyond the stage and offer real-time resources and opportunities to spark reflection, di…
The Emmy-winning Hacks star has returned to Broadway, and to using a Southern accent.
SMART SELLS IT Jean Smart is a phenomenal stage actress of great depth and specificity. Not exactly news but since she's possibly best known as the warm-hearted and slightly naïve "Charle…
The stars came out for Smart's return to Broadway.
Broadway " Studio 54: 254 West 54 Street. June 12-Aug. 17, 2025. Solo Drama. Author: Jamie Wax. Director: Sarna Lapine. 90 min. Critic: David Sheward (June 2025). *** Even though there is mu…
Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart took her first Broadway bows in the world premiere production of Call Me Izzy. Go inside curtain call in new photos of the star…
The world premiere production of Call Me Izzy has officially opened on Broadway starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart. Performances run through Aug…
Portraying the eponymous Izzy--or Isabelle per the formal preference of a long-ago teacher--the charismatic Smart earns our rapt attention throughout the play, though she cannot begin to ove…
Six-time Emmy-winning 'Hacks' star returns to the Broadway stage for first time since her Tony-nominated role in the 2000 revival of 'The Man Who Came to Dinner'
Smart deserves roles that deserve her. Izzy is not one of them.
Call Me Izzy, a one-woman play written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, celebrated its Broadway opening on June 12. Tony nominee and six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart performs the…
By David Sheward
June 13, 2025: Even though there is much that is familiar in Call Me Izzy, Jamie Wax's new solo play at Studio 54, its star Jean Smart gives it a unique individual life. T…
Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . No, Jean Smart, the star of Call Me Izzy, now at Broadway's Studio 54, does not portray a Borough Park yeshivah boy in this one-woman play. The Izzy she p…
