Jean Smart stars in this one-woman play about a Louisiana writer whose secret poetry becomes her salvation.
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"Interstitial music by T Bone Burnett aptly suggests the Deep South but might as well be the soundtrack to an arty ghost story"
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"Smart’s control of the story smoothed over our embarrassment and reeled us right back in."
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"Jean Smart...has plenty of talent. The trouble is she’s stuck in a production that has little idea what to do with it."
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“It’s a terrific performance, but one that nevertheless remains constrained by the material’s limitations.”
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“Smart’s performance gives it a vivid life.”
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"The familiarity of domestic violence narratives allows for a naturalistic approach — Izzy, in all her delicacy and emotional candor, would be impossible not to root for."
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"Jean Smart’s good, but this Broadway play is a hack job"
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“Smart delivers the kind of once-in-a-lifetime performance that lingers long after the play ends.”
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