85 minutes with no intermission. At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. Jean Smart is at the height of her career. She’s won three Emmy Awards in the last four years for her widely acclaimed performance as ...

Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. Though Wax sometimes writes in all-too-familiar trauma territory — the ...

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 Dinner,” a ...

All that is to say “Call Me Izzy” is not a total bust, especially given Smart’s formidable acting chops. Monologic shows like this with no explicit person being addressed require deeply conversational ...

NEW YORK — It’s impossible to ever truly upstage Jean Smart, the incomparable “Hacks” star and six-time Emmy winner. But boy, does a toilet try. For 85 fitfully moving minutes, a porcelain throne is ...

There isn’t a great deal of originality in Jamie Wax’s new play, Call Me Izzy, but it may well mark the first time a white porcelain toilet has been featured so prominently in a Broadway production.

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, dialogue, ...

Jean Smart currently stars in 'Call Me Izzy,' a one-woman show, on Broadway Jean Smart admits that even at this stage in her career, some projects can still make her nervous. Speaking with PEOPLE at ...

Jean Smart hasn’t been on Broadway for 25 years. The last time, she played a glittering, glamorous and ruthless actress in Thornton Wilder’s “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” a powerful siren who enjoyed ...

Jean Smart in 'Call Me Izzy.' Photo Credit: Marc J. Franklin. Jean Smart in 'Call Me Izzy.' Photo Credit: Marc J. Franklin. Six-time Emmy winner and Tony nominee Jean Smart (“Hacks”) stars in the new ...