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 ...

But boy, does a toilet try. For 85 fitfully moving minutes, a porcelain throne is the shag-covered centerpiece of “ Call Me Izzy,” an uneven new Broadway play that opened June 12 at Studio 54.

Review: Jean Smart Can’t Save the Overwrought and Underwritten ‘Call Me Izzy’ At Studio 54, the actress steps far outside her usual range only to find herself trapped in a role that confuses ...

If Call Me Izzy had a signature color, it would be the entire spectrum of blue. This becomes evident in the opening scene of Jamie Wax’s play—a 90-minute, one-woman showcase for Hacks star ...

Smart’s Izzy is alive with openness and joy, in spite of the pain, although she occasionally swallows her words TV-style. Much of the play takes place in a bathroom. Emilio Madrid ...

Jean Smart and John Krasinski in solo shows that illustrate the gender wars In “Call Me Izzy” and “Angry Alan,” patriarchy is a rigged game that everyone is losing.

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 ...

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 ...

Returning to Broadway after 25 years in “Call Me Izzy,” which opened Thursday at Studio 54, Jean Smart crushes it in the good way. Naturally, Smart plays the title character, a poor Louisiana ...

Jamie Wax's new play treads all-too-familiar territory, but Emmy winner Smart ("Hacks") elevates the material and makes Izzy’s story feel fresh.

Green Lantern has been around for 85 years now, with original Green Lantern Alan Scott first appearing in All-American Comics #16. The Green Lantern mythos have been greatly expanded since then ...

The Green Lantern, who first appeared over 85 years ago, was actually Alan Scott — the original Green Lantern — whose origin story was unlike any that followed.