Six-time Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Jean Smart is back on Broadway for a limited time only, in a tour-de-force portrayal of a writer whose words are her greatest gift, her …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:49PMReturning to Broadway after 25 years in “Call Me Izzy,” which opened Thursday at Studio 54, Jean Smart crushes it in the good way.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:48PMThe first production of the new Broadway season, Call Me Izzy blesses 2025-2026 with a terrific beginning. One only hopes Tony voters have very, very long memories.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:48PMThese swerves of impulses could easily go off the tracks but the combination of the steady direction of Sarna Lapine (“Sunday in the Park With George“) and Smart’s riveting performance…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:48PMJean Smart, heading back to Broadway after a career revival on television, has plenty of talent. The trouble is she’s stuck in a production that has little idea what to do with it, other t…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:48PMSo, it all comes down to her, and Smart delivers the kind of once-in-a-lifetime performance that lingers long after the play ends. So raw, so shattering, the distance is vast between Izzy an…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:47PMThe play is dull and unchallenging. Outside of a surprise run-in with a professor — the show’s one hearty laugh that then gets overused — the story unfurls in the most obvious, stay-on…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:46PMAfter a mawkish beginning, the play somewhat redeems itself through earned emotions and an ambiguous ending that begs discussion. It’s never wise to bet against Smart, who ultimately deser…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:46PMFresh off the success of the fourth season of Hacks, Jean Smart is vibrant, tough, and matter-of-factly, darkly funny as Izzy in a way that has the audience alternating laughs and gasps of h…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:46PMSmart, returning to Broadway after some 25 years, brings astonishing clarity and depth to the part. Spinning an enticing yarn from shopworn material — the action is set in 1989, when it ma…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:46PMTheatrely's Broadway's review of Call Me Izzy starring Jean Smart, written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine at Studio 54 in New York City.
SOURCE: Theatrely at 11:25PMJean Smart is superb. Her performance is so smooth - even through rough bits - that she appears not to be acting at all. She simply transforms over and over again as she slips into each ch…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:15PMSometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice.
In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:14PMThe “Hacks” star returns to Broadway after 25 years in a triumph for her, if not for the old-fashioned, flowery play about spouse abuse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02PMI managed to avoid reading anything about Call Me Izzy except for the obvious fact that it stars Jean Smart and it’s a one-character play. Full disclosure, I am NOT a fan of one-person sho…
SOURCE: The Contending at 11:00PM★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PMStudio 54, New York
The Hacks star is magnetic but the show, where she plays a woman finding herself late in life, can’t match her
We seem to be in the midst of a solo show boomlet on Broa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PMJean Smart plays an aspiring poet trapped in an abusive marriage in this cliché-ridden solo play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 11:00PMWhy, why, why has Jean Smart chosen to return to Broadway in this anemic, copy-and-paste star vehicle fit for the junkyard?
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PMThe 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-per…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00PMOld Macheath is back, this time flashing his pearly whites as a thief in 1850s New York City in an updated version of John Gay and Johann Christoph Pepusch’s 1728 classic The Beggar’s Op…
SOURCE: Culture Sauce at 11:00PMAfter a quarter-century absence, Jean Smart makes a welcome return to Broadway in the one-woman show Call Me Izzy, a glorified Lifetime movie about a middle-aged Louisiana woman who endures …
SOURCE: Culture Sauce at 11:00PMSometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PMThe Broadway Theatre Review: Call Me Izzy By Ross Out from a slice of light no bigger than a doorway, the talented Jean Smart emerges, filling the confined space with a talent and an energy …
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 11:00PMSmart massages her character’s bumpy edges into a recognizable whole human being.
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Some evenings in the theater change you. They reach inside your chest and rearrange something fundamental about how you see the world. "A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads Th…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:54PMWilliamstown Theatre Festival has announced additional casting, creative team members, and programming for its 71st season (W71), running Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, August 3. Weekend …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMReview: North by Northwest at Alexandra Palace Theatre
"a high-octane adventure that soars on stage"
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:26PMInterview: Jess Edwards directs Anoushka Lucas’ award-winning play Elephant at the Menier Chocolate Factory
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:18PMInterview: Neal Wilkinson, acclaimed designer and co-creator of Fight for America!, brings a bold new theatrical experience to London’s Stone Nest this summer
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:16PMPirates! The Penzance Musical, now running on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theatre, will record an original Broadway cast album, due on CD and in streaming and digital formats this summer. T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMThe Broadway In Memoriam Committee has announced that select Broadway houses will dim their lights on Tuesday, June 17 at 6:45 PM in memory of William Finn.
Participating venues include The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMReview: STOREHOUSE
“The audience feels more like museum visitors guided by staff... instead of part of the story.”
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:04PMThe box office for JOY: A New True Musical, starring Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe as inventor and entrepreneur Joy Mangano, will open on Monday, June 16 at 12 PM ET with special pricing an…
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A farming couple who have been married 50 years go out into their western Kentucky field to watch a lunar eclipse. Nothing much happens but, on the other hand, they review their entire lives…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:55PMProsecutors will retry the former mogul on the rape charge, while the defense team is appealing his conviction and investigating jurors.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:42PMThis trio of urchins guide audiences through ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Morgan Ashley Bryant, Camryn Hampton and Tiffany Reneé Thompson of “Little Shop of Horrors” give “Broadway Sa…
SOURCE: www.allarts.org at 03:40PM60 seconds with the urchins of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ “Little Shop of Horrors” urchins Morgan Ashley Bryant, Camryn Hampton and Tiffany Reneé Thompson answer quick questions over …
SOURCE: www.allarts.org at 03:40PMThis month's guests are Shakina Nayfack, Ashley Robinson, and Dan Gillespie Sells, who have turned an iconic 1970s play into a musical, and arts journalist Billy McEntee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PMYee's undercurrent of humor cushions deeper questions about communism, capitalism, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the ways we live our lives.
SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 03:37PMWhat are some of the milestone moments that have most impacted our favorite Broadway performers? We're finding out with 'Broadway Firsts'- a series that unpacks the events that shaped the st…
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Hadestown has unveiled a new advertisement, filmed on the Subway in New York City. Titled Once upon a time there was a railroad line..." the video features cast members Ali Louis Bourzgui, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMElla Beatty has had an incredible year in New York theatre. After joining the Tony-winning Appropriate as River when the show transferred theaters, she next joined Jack O’Brien’s much bu…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 02:28PMCurtains up! Watch a new trailer for Olivier-nominated writer and performer Rob Madge's solo show, My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?), before it comes to New York City Center on June 12…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMThe Music Industry Therapist Collective (MITC) has announced a new Online Tour Health and Welfare Coaching platform for artists, performers and touring professionals. The confidential new se…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:10PM“California knows how to party”
The chill grooves of the mid-nineties were on display last night at the famed Hollywood Bowl. On Saturday, June 8, the Hollywood Bowl transformed into a …
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Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors Adds 2 New Members, welcoming Danny Abelson and Amanda Davis, both of whom add addtional audio expertise to board.
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:57PMIt’s not necessary to be a fan of Whitney Houston’s music, or the film to enjoy The Bodyguard the Musical, wrapping up Slow Burn Theatre Co.’s fifteenth season, proving that just about…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PMRob Madge is bringing their original solo show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) to New York City Center, making the show’s New York premiere after an almost-Broadway run last seas…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 01:45PMJune 12 was the birthday of Anne Frank (1929-1945). Confronted with the bewildering descent of America into a place where schoolgirls need to hide out in attics and where Jews are being viol…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PMProctors is a 2,646-cap. theatre based in Schenectady, upstate New York, part of Proctors Collaborative, a cooperative made up of Proctors, Capital Repertory Theatre and Universal Preservati…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:35PMOnce Upon a Mattress, Dot and the Kangaroo cast recordings reviewed.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:26PMFrom outcast to self-made diva, she's carved out a space where queer and trans artists are in the spotlight.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMDrag queen Mari Con Carne provides an inside look at the charged performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMDee Roscioli has revealed that she will be performing seven shows a week as Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her while Megan Hilty takes a leave of absence. Following Hilty's announcement th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMFor the two-day The Blackwater Sol Revival festival at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, JJ Grey & Mofro performed a captivating blend of southern rock and blues with a distinctive touch o…
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Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer, Luckiest Girl Alive) will join the Broadway cast of John Proctor is the Villain in the lead role of Shelby Holcomb for its final weeks on Broadway. Aurelia wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMAge: 26
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Current Role: Bella Coppola plays Chloe Zervoulian, the associate director-choreographer of Bombshell—a Marilyn Monroe meta-musical-in-the-making…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMFunky Little Theatre delivers the laughs with ‘Four Old Broads on the High Seas’
SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 12:43PMHilty received a Tony nomination for her leading role as Madeline Ashton in the stage adaptation of ‘Death Becomes Her’
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 12:24PMDALLAS — Comedian Cristela Alonzo was once a young girl in Hidalgo County, living in abject poverty. Her family squatted for years in an abandoned diner. In the early aughts, as a 20-somet…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:15PMDeptford Storehouse, LondonWhile Liana Patarkatsishvili’s gargantuan immersive show looks spectacular, too many ideas are thrown about without being tethered to a story
The disused warehou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMNick Cearley and Lauren Molina will lead the concerts at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMOriginal star Sadie Sink is departing the Tony-nominated play in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMMany Broadway stars will grace the stage in concert throughout the 92nd St. Y's season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMChristopher Ashley directs Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss' musical at Virginia's Signature.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMHassan has managed to raise the strident, repetitive street rhythms and language of rap into an art form that gets to the heart of what ails these three colorful figures. To be frank, the la…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:05PMThe Broadway favorite will star in the title role of the musical about the politician-turned-circus impresario.
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Los Angeles artist Natalie Grove brings her autobiographical solo show Jello Brain to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its UK premiere
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:59AMWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it is no secret that a large portion of quarantined people turned to various hobbies to pass the time. Whether it was learning how to bake bread, crea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMTom Felton, best known for his eight-film turn as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has added seven weeks to his run as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMLOS ANGELES — Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate paradise of ascendant Americana. Exuberance and drea…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:42AMBen Welch's "House of Life" combines elements of a sermon, a rebirth, and a party, all aimed at engaging with the audience to create a unique and euphoric experience.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:36AMLast night, music legend James Taylor, Emmy Award nominee Carrie Coon, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts visited Dead Outlaw on Broadway and met the cast afterwards. Coon and Letts even …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AM“I feel afraid inside there. I can’t be inside there," the jury foreperson said Wednesday.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:21AMChiara Aurelia will join the company of John Proctor is the Villain, the new hit play by Kimberly Belflower. She will join the cast beginning Tuesday, July 15 at the Booth Theatre. As previo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMFrom Broadway's spotlight to the recording studio's mic check, Frankie Grande's next act is loud, proud, and set to music.
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SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 11:09AMBecky G paid a visit to Real Women Have Curves on Broadway just last night. After the show she came backstage to compliment the cast on their performance. She spoke with several cast members…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMBarrington Stage Company has announced the world premiere of Something Beautiful: The Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty, an exhilarating new concert event celebrating the music of Tony Award-winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMThe 2025-2026 season will also include the New York premiere of Thornton Wilder’s final play, The Emporium.
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Paul Deo Jr as Bertram and Anique Clements as Helena in “All’s Well That Ends Well.”June 12, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
This piece ran yesterday on the Theater…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:52AMThe smash-hit stage adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe returns to London this summer, celebrating the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ beloved novel
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:42AMThe writer/director talks about the new dark comedy premiering at the Fringe.
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:42AMShakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast for the return of the Olivier-nominated family show Rough Magic
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:41AMOrange Tree Theatre has unveiled its 2025/2026 season, promising a dynamic mix of world premières, classic revivals, and major star power
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:40AMFrom 8 July, audiences around the world can stream the critically acclaimed A Tupperware of Ashes by Tanika Gupta on National Theatre at Home
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:39AMThe Ozian veteran shares his favorite food picks before or after a show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, w…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:30AMThe Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical opened Tuesday night at the MAX Theatre in Arlington, Virginia. It’s a full circle moment for Iconis, who is best known, perhaps, for h…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:30AMPitbull recently wowed audiences at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort hotel. The task of adapting his recent 'Party After Dark' tour for a show renamed 'Vegas After Dark' fell to his long-…
SOURCE: PLSN at 10:25AMClassic Stage Company has announced its 2025-26 Season, which will include a new production, co-written by and starring Ethan Slater.
CSC’s season will begin in October 2025 with The Baker…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMSee how school and community theatres around the country have designed covers for these iconic musicals.
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Abigail Dooley and Emma Joy Edwards bring their brand-new interactive cabaret comedy show Do All The Things to Assembly Checkpoint
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:59AMJulia Masli's solo comedy, a 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit, is now running at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMElizabeth A. Davis, Paula Gaudier, Alan H. Green, and Nathan Salstone will star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe 2025 gala celebrated the music of Van Morrison.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMTitled I Feel Myself to Be a Part of Something, it will place a lens on five distinct communities across the U.S. in five documentary films.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMFelton will return to the role of Draco Malfoy this fall at the Lyric.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMPerformers will include the Jonas Brothers, Eric Church, Lenny Kravitz, Ava Max, Keke Palmer, and Trisha Yearwood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe tuxedo-clad US president promised a ‘golden era’ for the US at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington
“Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThe Office Emmy nominee is starring in the new Penelope Skinner comedy at Studio Seaview.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMBy Samuel L. Leiter
(Note: Taylor Mac uses “judy” as a pronoun, but I’ve used conventional pronouns here.)
June 12, 2025: Molière, Molière, he’s everywhere. Well, not quite, but…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:42AMThe Public Theater just presented its annual gala on the lawn outside the newly renovated Delacorte Theater, where guests got an exclusive preview as The Public lit up the reimagined theater…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMLooking for a job in the theater? BroadwayWorld is here to help! Check out new job listings from the past week, ending 6/12/2025. To catch up on anything that you might have missed, visit ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMDue to ticket demand in this week’s pre-sale, seven weeks have been added to Tom Felton’s limited engagement in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as “Draco Malfoy,” the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMNBC and Macy’s will light up the sky with America’s largest and most iconic fireworks display at the 49th annual “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks.” The star-studded event, hosted by A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMIn an excerpt from his buzzy new book, Jeff Weiss recalls a mid-2000s golden age when the tabloids tracked the starlets’ every move as they battled one another and dodged the paps at the c…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
The Unicorn Theatre has announced its new season, unveiling a dynamic programme of productions and partnerships that place accessibility, environmental awareness, and national engagement a…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:50AMThis autumn, the West End welcomes a daring new staging of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, presented by Gesher Theatre in collaboration with Theatre Royal Haymarket
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:49AMHope Mill Theatre has announced that actor and broadcaster Ore Oduba will lead the cast of Young Frankenstein The Musical, opening in Manchester this October
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:49AMThe critically acclaimed musical parody Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is making a triumphant return to The Lowry, Salford, for a five-week Christmas season
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:48AMIt has been announced that Adèle Anderson, celebrated for her work with the satirical cabaret trio Fascinating Aïda, will take on the role of Bernadette in the upcoming UK and Ireland tour…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:48AMOnly a few weeks ago, we were somewhat lamenting that another animated film had been adapted into such a faithful live-action version — even while liking the box office hit that is “Lilo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMReview: Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical at Shaftesbury Theatre
“captures the spirit of unity and urgency that defined that day”
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:32AMCasting has been announced for Beneath the Family Tree, the haunting new play from No Name Creatives, running at Riverside Studios from 30 June to 5 July 2025
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:09AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 12, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Exclusive: Watch MAYBE HAPPY ENDING…
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In an Off Broadway play, the former Jim Halpert of Dunder Mifflin dives into a darker world of male grievance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42AM★★★★☆ John Krasinski plays a depressed middle-aged man who goes down an internet rabbit hole in Penelope Skinner's sharp-edged drama.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:02AM★★★★☆ Director Sam Gold’s staging exhibits a nice American guy going wrong
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:01AMFor years, audiences grew to love John Krasinski’s mild-mannered Jim on “The Office”: His half-grins, dry confessionals, knowing glances at Pam. Jim was one of TV’s nicest guys. That…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:00AMSoHo isn’t just home to high-end fashion — it’s also home to high-end judicial shopping. Americans for Prosparody has officially launched EvilPAC.org, a blisteringly sharp satirical we…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:00AM"Dance Africa is the largest festival annually paying tribute to the legacy and culture of Africa and its diaspora. Founded over 48 years ago by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis, this festival spans the…
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