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

The biggest challenge Jean Smart faces here is to overcome the fundamental familiarity of a moralistic script that gives us a ...

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 ...

If Call Me Izzy had a signature color, it would be the entire spectrum of blue. This becomes evident in the opening scene of Jamie Wax’s play—a 90-minute, one-woman showcase for Hacks star Jean Smart ...

Jean Smart.Credit...Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times Supported by By J Wortham J Wortham is a staff writer for the magazine. They visited the set of “Hacks” in January in Los Angeles ...

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 ...