Smart’s performance lives up to her name: measured and nuanced, both vulnerable and full of rage, depending on which of the handful of characters she’s inhabiting. Her adjustments, under the direction ...

Call Me Izzy reviews: Jean Smart ‘dazzles’ critics in one-woman Broadway show after 25-year stage hiatus - Six-time Emmy-winning ‘Hacks’ star returns to the Broadway stage for first time since her Ton ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — It’s impossible to ever truly upstage Jean Smart, the incomparable “Hacks” star and six-time Emmy winner. But boy, does ...

Smart’s considerable stage presence isn’t enough to salvage this production. Photo: Marc J. Franklin However, there is, it must be noted, enough of an outline here to make Izzy worthy of a rewrite.

Jean Smart makes a welcome, and warmly welcomed, return to Broadway after an absence of a quarter-century in “Call Me Izzy,” a solo show by Jamie Wax about a woman trying to break free from an abusive ...

A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources. "Jean Smart dazzles with a stunning and soulful performance." ...

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 ...