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# Jean Smart will return to Broadway in the world premiere of ‘Call Me Izzy,’ opening this summer
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/jean-smart-will-return-to-broadway-in-the-world-premiere-of-call-me-izzy-opening-this-summer-2/
- Published: 2025-03-10T18:45:07.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-11T20:43:24.000Z
- Description: The show will have a limited 12-week engagement at Studio 54 from May 24 through August 17, with an official June 12 opening.
- Author: Hayley Levitt for Broadway.com
- Tags: Announcement, Call Me Izzy, News, Jean Smart, Jamie Wax, Sarna Lapine

Tony nominee and six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in the world premiere of “Call Me Izzy*,*”a new play by Jamie Wax (“Evangeline”) and directed by Sarna Lapine. The show will have a limited 12-week engagement at Studio 54 from May 24 through August 17, with an official June 12 opening. 

“Call Me Izzy” is a darkly comedic story about one woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out. It is a moving tour de force portrait of a woman who resists being silenced by embracing her tenacity, humor and fiery imagination.

Smart made her Broadway debut in a 1981 production of “Piaf*,*”returning to Broadway in 2000 with a Tony-nominated performance as Lorraine Sheldon in a revival of “The Man Who Came to Dinner*,*”starring Nathan Lane. She rose to prominence as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom “Designing Women,”and has earned six Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles on “Frasier,” *“*Samantha Who?”and “Hacks*.*”

Additional creative team members will be announced shortly.