Call Me Izzy on Broadway tickets
About Call Me Izzy on Broadway
Must close August 24! See the legendary Jean Smart back on Broadway for a strictly limited run in Call Me Izzy at Studio 54. In Jamie Wax's fierce new drama, directed by Sarna Lapine, Smart plays a troubled woman who must use her gift of writing to find her way out of a life defined by abuse and isolation. But along the way, what will she discover about herself?
Smart is a six-time Emmy Award winner known for her dazzling performances in Hacks, Mare of Easttown, Designing Women, Frasier, and other hit TV shows. She is also known for her Tony-nominated turn in The Man who Came to Dinner, opposite Nathan Lane. Now, she's back on stage in New York: Don't miss her in Call Me Izzy on Broadway.
Run time
1hr 40min. No intermission.
Venue
Categories
Age
Ages 12+.
Start date
May 24th, 2025
End date
August 24th, 2025
Jean Smart is amazing. Izzy's story is beautifully gut-wrenching
Jean Smart was amazing in the play. The story was engaging.
One of the best one-woman shows I have ever seen. The story is thoughtful and engaging. The acting is top-notch.
Stars on stage
Jean Smart
Call Me Izzy on Broadway cast and creative team
By: Jamie Wax
Director: Sarna Lapine
Cast list: Jean Smart (as Izzy)
Sets: Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams
Costumes: Tom Broecker
Lighting: Donald Holder
Sound: Beth Lake
Other info: Original music by T Bone Burnett
Venue
Accessibility
No elevator. Limited wheelchair seating in the Orchestra only. Assisted listening and ASL available.
More information about Call Me Izzy on Broadway
Jean Smart is one of today's most decorated actresses. She's known for her tough-as-nails characters, especially in TV comedies, and in this new play she brings a similar tenacity and dark sense of humor that audiences have known her to cultivate over her decades-long career.
In Jamie Wax's startling new play, he transports audiences to a small town in rural America. It's the kind of place where if you stay long enough, you've seen it all, but also itch to get out. Smart is Izzy, a down-on-her-luck woman who needs a way out. Her writing may be that: but while it is her greatest gift, it is also her biggest secret and darkest curse. A can’t-miss theatrical event and a moving portrait of one woman’s refusal to be silenced through her own sheer resilience, humor, and fiery imagination, Call Me Izzy is a spellbinding show and offers a tour-de-force for Smart.
What to watch for
- Jean Smart has performed in multiple Broadway shows, off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, and in the seminal lesbian play Last Summer at Bluefish Cove.
- Smart is more famously known for her TV work: she rose to prominence as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the sitcom Designing Women and has earned six Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles on Frasier, Samantha Who?, and Hacks.
- Jamie Wax is a newscaster and makes his Broadway debut with this play.
- Sarna Lapine is best known for directing the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford.
Frequently asked questions
How do you get tickets for Call Me Izzy on Broadway?
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What is the age recommendation for Call Me Izzy on Broadway?
Ages 12+.
Which theatre is Call Me Izzy on Broadway at?
Call Me Izzy on Broadway is at New York's Studio 54, which is located at 254 West 54th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue), New York, 10019.
What is the running time of Call Me Izzy on Broadway?
Call Me Izzy on Broadway runs for 1hr 40min. No intermission.
What is Call Me Izzy on Broadway about?
In this new play, Jean Smart plays Izzy, a tragic woman whose gift of writing is her greatest gift, biggest secret, and ticket out of her destitute life.
Who wrote Call Me Izzy?
Jamie Wax, a CBS newscaster and author of Evangeline, wrote this new play.
Who directs Call Me Izzy?
Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George with Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford) directs this new play.
Tickets
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