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# ‘Call Me Izzy’ cancels July 15 performance on Broadway
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/call-me-izzy-cancels-july-15-performance-on-broadway/
- Published: 2025-07-15T23:31:47.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-15T23:36:33.000Z
- Description: Headliner Jean Smart is currently out of the show due to a knee injury.
- Author: Andy Lefkowitz
- Tags: Canceled, Call Me Izzy, News

The July 15, 7:00 p.m. performance of “Call Me Izzy” has been canceled. The production is expected to resume with the 2:00 p.m. matinée performance on July 16.

“Due to illness, tonight’s performance of ‘Call Me Izzy’ has been canceled,” reads a [post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DMJU1-HRKzt/?ref=broadwaynews.com) on the show’s Instagram page. “Ticket holders will be contacted directly.”

Jean Smart, who stars in the solo play, has been out of the show with a knee injury. Standby Johanna Day [has been going on](https://www.broadwaynews.com/johanna-day-will-temporarily-fill-in-for-jean-smart-in-call-me-izzy/) as of late.

Written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, the Louisiana-set play follows a woman whose poetry and love for words serve as a solace and escape from her abusive husband. Previews of the play began on May 24 ahead of a June 12 opening night at Studio 54\. The production is scheduled to play a limited engagement through Aug. 17\. 

“Call Me Izzy” is produced by Robert Ahrens and P3 Productions (Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez and Fiona Howe Rudin).