Overview

• Jean Smart returns to Broadway after 25 years in Jamie Wax’s one-woman drama Call Me Izzy at Studio 54.
• She portrays Isabelle Scutley, a rural Louisiana woman who secretly writes poetry on toilet paper to escape an abusive marriage.
• Isabelle’s poems become her refuge and lead to a poetry contest victory and an out-of-town writing residency offer.
• Reviewers praise Smart’s nuanced, soulful turn even as they fault the script for its predictable narrative and clichéd Southern stereotypes.
• The production’s set and lighting have received mixed reviews, and the limited run continues through August 17.