Friday, June 20, 2025

Video: Writer Jamie Wax Discusses the Genesis of CALL MY IZZY on CBS MORNINGS

Writer Jamie Wax is making his Broadway debut with Call Me Izzy, the new one-woman play starring Jean Smart. With the show now running at Studio 54, Wax stopped by CBS News to chat about the…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PM

Call Me Izzy on Broadway Will Host Izzy's Project Talkbacks Weekly, Partnering With Human Rights Organizations by Meg Masseron

Starring Jean Smart, the work centers on a woman trapped in an abusive marriage who finds possible escape through writing poetry.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

CALL ME IZZY Launches 'Izzys Project' Social Impact Campaign

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, …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PM
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/15/25

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 6/15/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PM

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 by Matt Tamanini

‘Call Me Izzy’ starring Jean Smart opens on Broadway, ‘Spelling Bee’ announces New York return, is JamieLloyd’s ‘Evita’ just ‘Sunset 2.0’? Since 2016, “Today on Broadway�…

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Monday, June 16, 2025

the Summer 2025 Broadway vlog | pt 1 - Pirates, Floyd Collins, Real Women + the Drama Desk Awards by MickeyJoTheatre

get in person / live stream tickets to see MickeyJoTheatre LIVE at the Phoenix Arts Club: https://phoenixartsclub.com/events/mickeyjotheatre-live/ Join my channel to gain access to exclusiv…

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Jean Smart on Why Call Me Izzy Is a Timely Reminder of the Importance of Art by Logan Culwell-Block

The Emmy-winning Hacks star has returned to Broadway, and to using a Southern accent.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld June 16, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 16, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend. But first... This Week's Call Sheet Sun…

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

This Week on Broadway for June 15, 2025: The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical @ Signature Theatre by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical @ Signature Theatre, The Garland Show @ The Hopkinton Center for the Art…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025

Photos: CALL ME IZZY Opening Night Curtain Call!

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…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PM

Photos: CALL ME IZZY Star Jean Smart Hit the Red Carpet on Opening Night

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…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PM

Call Me Izzy by Joseph Pisano

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…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:13PM

Call Me Izzy reviews: Jean Smart ‘dazzles’ critics in one-woman Broadway show after 25-year stage hiatus by Inga Parkel

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’

SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 01:24PM

Review: Jean Smart Can’t Save the Overwrought and Underwritten ‘Call Me Izzy’ by Rex Reed

Smart deserves roles that deserve her. Izzy is not one of them.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:06PM

See Jean Smart at the Broadway Opening of Call Me Izzy by Broadway.com

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 s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Call Me Izzy *** by Barry Gordin

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.…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:51AM

“CALL ME IZZY”: Smart Glows in Shabby Vehicle by Ron Fassler

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…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:15AM

Review Roundup: CALL ME IZZY is Now Playing on Broadway

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…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AM

Jean Smart Returns to Broadway in Jamie Wax’s Haunting Call Me Izzy — A One-Woman Tour de Force by Suzanna Bowling

Jean Smart makes a triumphant return to Broadway after more than two decades in Jamie Wax’s Call Me Izzy, a raw, poetic, and deeply affecting one-person play directed by Sarna Lapine. In t…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Read the Reviews for Jean Smart's Broadway Return in Call Me Izzy by Logan Culwell-Block

The solo show serves as the Broadway debut for playwright Jamie Wax.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Call Me Izzy by Jacob Malizio

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 11:49PM

Jean Smart, Gritty and Poetic in ‘Call Me Izzy’ by Jacob Malizio

Returning to Broadway after 25 years in “Call Me Izzy,” which opened Thursday at Studio 54, Jean Smart crushes it in the good way. The post Jean Smart, Gritty and Poetic in ‘Call Me Iz…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:48PM

Jean Smart Welcomes In The New Broadway Season With The Remarkable ‘Call Me Izzy’ by Jacob Malizio

The 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. The post Jean Smart Welco…

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:48PM

Jean Smart Goes South and Solo in Call Me Izzy by Jacob Malizio

Jean 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 11:48PM

Jean Smart Delivers a Riveting Solo Turn in Domestic Violence Drama Call Me Izzy by Jacob Malizio

So, 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 11:47PM

Jean Smart transcends a middling Broadway play by Jacob Malizio

After 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 11:46PM

An Indomitable Jean Smart in CALL ME IZZY — Review

Theatrely'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 11:25PM

Call Me Izzy by Tulis McCall

Jean 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 11:15PM

My Variety Review: Jean Smart in Broadway's 'Call Me Izzy' by Frank Rizzo

Sometimes 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 11:14PM

Review: Jean Smart, Gritty and Poetic in ‘Call Me Izzy’ by Jesse Green

The “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 11:02PM