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Jean Smart makes her first appearance on stage in the bathroom of a mobile home in a Louisiana trailer park. It will likely be a jolt for her fans.
Review: Jean Smart Can’t Save the Overwrought and Underwritten ‘Call Me Izzy’ At Studio 54, the actress steps far outside her usual range only to find herself trapped in a role that confuses ...
"Hacks" star Jean Smart makes "Call Me Izzy" worth seeing, even if the lackluster drama can't match her extraordinary talent.
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 ...
Jean Smart stars in “Call Me Izzy” on Broadway. Emilio Madrid The play is dull and unchallenging. Outside of a surprise run-in with a professor — the show’s one hearty laugh that then gets ...
Jean Smart and John Krasinski in solo shows that illustrate the gender wars In “Call Me Izzy” and “Angry Alan,” patriarchy is a rigged game that everyone is losing.
You would, of course, be right. That’s exactly the scenario in “Call Me Izzy,” a solo show about the power of poetry and its ability to lift working-class writers out of their difficult ...
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 ...
Emmy-winning ‘Hacks’ star Jean Smart performs in Jamie Wax’s solo play about a small-town Louisiana woman struggling with an abusive husband who disapproves of her literary ambitions.
Gizmo did it! 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.
Jamie Wax's new play treads all-too-familiar territory, but Emmy winner Smart ("Hacks") elevates the material and makes Izzy’s story feel fresh.
See Gizmo fly! The Big Bear eaglet fledged, which means it flew out of the nest, on Saturday at the age of 13 weeks.