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‘Call Me Izzy’ Review: Jean Smart Dazzles in a Broadway Play That Treads All-Too-Familiar Territory

By Gordon Cox Jun 12, 2025 | 10:00 PM

Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean Smart returns to Broadway after more than two decades with a stunning and soulful performance of a character who discovers such a voice — one that […]