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For those of us who’ve been around a while, “Call Me Izzy” starts to recall the plot of Willy Russell’s “Shirley Valentine,” another play about the power of humanistic education ...
So, why, why, why has she chosen to return to Broadway in the anemic, copy-and-paste “Call Me Izzy,” a star vehicle fit for the junkyard? Smart is funnier, deeper and, well, smarter than ...
The great Jean Smart is in full control of her every last Designing Women sitcom skill and Mare of Easttown drama chop as she delivers a tour de force in Broadway‘s Call Me Izzy, a one-person ...
But boy, does a toilet try. For 85 fitfully moving minutes, a porcelain throne is the shag-covered centerpiece of “Call Me Izzy,” an uneven new Broadway play that opened June 12 at Studio 54.
Franklin However, there is, it must be noted, enough of an outline here to make Izzy worthy of a rewrite ... who gave her a cemetery plot for a wedding present, and she’s been with him for ...
The younger of the two Big Bear eaglet sisters took to the sky for her first flight on Saturday, June 7 when the Friends of Big Bear Valley cameras caught Gizmo flapping her wings and taking off ...
For those of us who’ve been around a while, “Call Me Izzy” starts to recall the plot of Willy Russell’s “Shirley Valentine,” another play about the power of humanistic education ...
Sunny, Gizmo's sister, took off and flew from the nest for the first time last week and then this weekend, Gizmo gave it a try. It was a bit of a stumble at first. According to the non-profit ...
If Call Me Izzy had a signature color, it would be the entire spectrum of blue. This becomes evident in the opening scene of Jamie Wax’s play—a 90-minute, one-woman showcase for Hacks star ...
Around 8:27 a.m. local time, the second eaglet, Gizmo, could be seen on the Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam standing on a branch before beginning to flap her wings and soar off into the air. Her first ...
Returning to Broadway after 25 years in “Call Me Izzy,” which opened Thursday at Studio 54, Jean Smart crushes it in the good way. Naturally, Smart plays the title character, a poor Louisiana ...
After losing his home due to an eviction, Gizmo has been thriving in foster care for the past few months and is now ready to find his forever family. Gizmo is looking for an adults-only home with ...