Jean Smart ‘Dazzles’ Critics in First Broadway Show in 25 Years

Jean Smart Admits It 'Was Very Scary' to Return to Broadway After 25 Years

Jean Smart currently stars in 'Call Me Izzy,' a one-woman show, on BroadwayAndrew H. Walker/Shutterstock Jean Smart in 'Call Me Izzy'NEED TO KNOWJean Smart says returning to Broadway after 25 years for Call Me Izzy was "very scary"Call Me Izzy "is a darkly comedic story about one woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out," a plot synopsis readsDespite initial nerves, Smart says "now I feel very…

Jean Smart ‘dazzles’ critics in first Broadway show in 25 years

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’

A Beloved Actress, Jean Smart, Returns to Broadway, but Taking on ‘Call Me Izzy’ May Not Have Been Her Best Choice

Under Sarna Lapine’s direction, Smart seems curiously small and dim, as if she’s as oppressed by the material as her character is by her predicament. In the end, Jamie Wax’s play inspires pity more than empathy.

Jean Smart Stars In Broadway's Remarkable 'Call Me Izzy'

The great Jean Smart is in full control of her every last Designing Women sitcom skill and Mare of Easttown drama chop as she delivers a tour de force in Broadway‘s Call Me Izzy, a one-person comedy-drama that begins with laughs and ends with something as utterly harrowing as anything I’ve seen on stage in … The post Jean Smart Stars In Broadway’s Remarkable ‘Call Me Izzy’ appeared first on W CNN RADIO NEWS.