‘Call Me Izzy’ review: Jean Smart’s good, but this Broadway play is a hack job By Johnny Oleksinski Published June 12, 2025, 11:00 p.m. ET ...

A post-mortem examination found 32-year-old Isobella, known as Izzy, had died as a result of pressure being applied to her neck. Paul Knight, 35, was charged with her murder and appeared at ...

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. Learn more here.

NEW YORK — Jean Smart hasn’t been on Broadway for 25 years. The last time, she played a glittering, glamorous and ruthless actress in George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s “The Man Who Came to ...

Jean Smart is back on Broadway for the first time in 25 years in Call Me Izzy, Jamie Wax’s solo play about a woman in rural Louisiana whose life has been shaped by poverty and violence.

This week, in a surprising turn of events, Jean Smart will not be performing in her solo Broadway play Call Me Izzy. This has led fans to wonder when she will return to the show and who would take ...

The role of Izzy will be played by Johanna Day from July 8 to July 11. The production's 12-week limited run at Studio 54 ends August 17.

Jean Smart will return to her acclaimed performance in Broadway’s Call Me Izzy on on Tuesday, July 22, following a two-week leave of absence due to a knee injury. Producers also announced that ...

Jean Smart has plenty of talent. The trouble is, back on Broadway with ‘Call Me Izzy,’ she’s stuck in a production that has little idea what to do with that talent, other than subject her ...

In the case of “Izzy,” one might as well be reading the narrative on the page. Except of course for the chance to see Smart, which is why most people will be there.

Review: Jean Smart, Gritty and Poetic in ‘Call Me Izzy’ 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.