CALL ME IZZY Previews

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Posted: 5/23/25 at 12:00am

Jean Smart has got the write stuff.

The “Hacks” Emmy winner kicks off the 2025-26 Broadway season, returning to the Main Stem with her one-person show Call Me Izzy, starting previews tomorrow (May 24) at Studio 54. The $5.4 million dark comedy is written by CBS News correspondent Jamie Wax; Sarna Lapine directs. Call Me Izzy opens on June 12 for a limited run through August 17.

“Jean Smart returns to Broadway for 12 weeks only in a tour-de-force portrayal of a writer whose words are her greatest gift, her biggest secret, and her only way out. Written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, Call Me Izzy is a can’t-miss theatrical event and a moving portrait of one woman’s refusal to be silenced through her own sheer tenacity, humor, and fiery imagination.”

Who’s going?                                                            

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Posted: 5/23/25 at 1:46pm

The play will have a $45 digital rush through the TodayTix app.

Criterion Ticketing lists an 85-minute running time, no intermission. 

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Posted: 5/23/25 at 1:58pm

There was no way I was going to miss this, but last night’s episode of Hacks made this essential viewing.