Jean Smart says returning to Broadway after 25 years for Jamie Wax's new play, 'Call Me Izzy' was 'very scary' for the ...

Smart, who has been widely celebrated for her role as Deborah Vance in the HBO Max show Hacks, started her acting career in ...

Jamie Wax's new play treads all-too-familiar territory, but Emmy winner Smart ("Hacks") elevates the material and makes Izzy’s story feel fresh.

For star Jean Smart, the personal iconography wasn't just geographic: she shares a key scene opposite Carol Burnett playing herself, commiserating with Deborah as only two trailblazing female ...

The biggest challenge Jean Smart faces here is to overcome the fundamental familiarity of a moralistic script that gives us a clearly sympathetic character battling against a brute we never see ...

Jean Smart and John Krasinski Go It Alone, on Broadway and Off “Call Me Izzy” and “Angry Alan” feature two stars up close and personal. By Helen Shaw. June 13, 2025 Smart ...

T he best Jean Smart movies and TV shows feature some well-known releases along with some independent gems. After graduating from college, she began her acting career as a theater actor in the ...

Returning to the scene of an uproarious crime, Everyman Theatre revives Charles Ludlam's cross-dressing farce The Mystery of ...

Jean Smart is pushing back on preconceived notions about women getting along in the workplace. While speaking to reporters, including PEOPLE, during a press conference to promote season 4 of Hacks ...

In “Call Me Izzy” and “Angry Alan,” patriarchy is a rigged game that everyone is losing. NEW YORK — A dramatic faceoff of Judith Butler proportions is underway on New York stages, where a pair of star ...

The next day, Jimmy Kimmel is literally waiting for Deborah at her parking spot, ready to push into her personal space and shake her down. “KB’s not doing your show,” he says bluntly ...

For star Jean Smart, the personal iconography wasn’t just geographic: she shares a key scene opposite Carol Burnett playing herself, ...