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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Few things are more dreary than a one-person show that insists on being miserable. The solo performance is an ever-more popular Broadway genre — understandable, given the increasing production costs ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, Call Me Izzy is a darkly ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Jamie spoke passionately about the essential role literature has played in ...

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

It should be gravy time for Jean Smart. During a career spanning half a century, the beloved actress has earned a bevy of honors, including six Emmy Awards. She collected three of those trophies just ...

"Hopefully by the time we close, I'll be skipping around," Smart tells PEOPLE with a laugh ahead of returning to her one-woman Broadway show 'Call Me Izzy' Valerie Terranova/Getty Jean Smart spoke ...

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 ...