Jean Smart has been sidelined from Broadway's Call Me Izzy at Studio 54 after suffering a knee injury. The good news is standby Johanna Day, a two-time Tony nominee, is there to go on in her absence. Day will perform the show July 8–11, according to an Instagram post from the production. (Update, July 17: After also performing July 12 and 13, Day is now performing through July 20. Smart will return July 22.)

The solo show marks the Broadway debut of playwright Jamie Wax, with the limited run set to continue through August 17. See what critics had to say about the new work here.

The play centers on a woman in rural Louisiana who's trapped in an abusive marriage and finds possible escape through writing poetry. The performance is Smart's first Broadway outing in 25 years, having last been on the boards with a Tony-nominated performance opposite Nathan Lane in a 2000 revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner. She's currently known for starring as Deborah Vance in HBO's Hacks, for which she has won three Emmy Awards.

Day's prolific Broadway career includes Tony-nominated turns in Proof and Sweat, along with performances in August: Osage County, You Can't Take It With You, The Nap, and How I Learned to Drive.

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Sarna Lapine is directing Call Me Izzy. The production features scenic design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, lighting design by Donald Holder, costume design by Tom Broecker, sound design by Beth Lake, wig design by Richard Martin, and original music by T Bone Burnett. Casting is by Caparelliotis Castings' David Caparelliotis and Joseph Gery. Howard Tilkin serves as production stage manager, with Elizabeth Allen as assistant stage manager. Olivia Wilusz is assistant director.

Wax is a comic, solo performer, playwright, journalist, and actor, whose writing credits include the musicals Evangeline and Passages (both written with composer Paul Taranto). The playwright has been developing Call Me Izzy with Smart for several years.

Robert Ahrens is producing with P3 Productions' Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez, and Fiona Howe Rudin. Though performing at Studio 54, the play is not a Roundabout Theatre Company production.

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Photos: Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy

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