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| KATIE HOLMES: TOM CALMED MY NERVES ON OPENING NIGHT! Blog |
Katie Holmes says Tom Cruise helped her keep cool during Thursday's opening night of Broadway's All My Sons.
"He's been here, and he's just made me so good...." Holmes, 29, told Entertainment Tonight. "I was so nervous, and I saw him and it made me feel so much better."
His advice to Holmes, who plays Ann (a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot) in the show?
"He said, 'Just have fun, just do what you've always done,'" Holmes says.
See Katie on the go in NYC with daughter Suri
Adds show co-star, John Lithgow: "Tom has been a very loyal spouse...I think tonight must have been his 8th or 9th time."
Click here to see Tom and Katie's wedding photo.
While Cruise is a big fan of his wife, the reviews weren't as friendly.
Writes EW.com, which grades the show B-: "After a painfully awkward first scene, she relaxes a bit; she's at her best opposite [Patrick] Wilson, who's terrifically cast as Sons' moral compass.
USA Today offers the show 2.5 out of 4, calling her "one-note debut...a little off-key."
See more photos of Katie at the premiere.
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| KATIE HOLMES 'VERY, VERY EXCITED' AFTER BROADWAY DEBUT Blog |
Katie Holmes made her much-anticipated Broadway debut Thursday night, sharing the stage with respected Broadway veterans John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson. As if that weren't challenging enough, she also had to tackle the high-drama of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. So, was she nervous?
"I was very, very excited!" Mrs. Tom Cruise told PEOPLE after taking her bow. "We had my whole family. Tom's whole family. Friends flew in. It's exciting."
Those friends included Jada Pinkett Smith and Patricia Clarkson, who costarred with Holmes in the movie Pieces of April. Barbara Walters, Blythe Danner and Isabella Rossellini also filled out the star-studded audience.
After her performance – which Cruise's mother, Mary Lee Mapother, declared, "Fantastic!" – Holmes chatted exclusively with PEOPLE: PEOPLE: The show has been in previews for weeks. Did it feel different onstage tonight?
KH: There was definitely a lot more energy. The whole cast, we all got there about an hour and a half [early] and we had gifts for each other and we were running up and down the steps .... It felt like Christmas.
PEOPLE: Is Tom supportive?
KH: He comes [to the theater] a lot. He came to the dress rehearsal. I was so nervous, and I saw him out there, and he made me feel so much better. Every time he's there, I just feel like it's going to be okay.
PEOPLE: Is it difficult balancing your theater work with being a mom?
KH: It's a great schedule, because [Suri and I] get to spend the whole day together and then I go and do the play. Then I come home and we play some more!
PEOPLE: And Suri had her own dressing room at the theater?
KH: Yeah, we have a dressing room that is transformed into a playroom. It has a little piano.
PEOPLE: First motherhood, then a marathon, and now your Broadway debut. What's your next big challenge?
KH: Thanksgiving!
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| BROADWAY CO-STAR: HOLMES WASN'T BOTHERED BY SCIENTOLOGY PROTESTORS Blog |
Katie Holmes wasn't bothered by the anti-Scientology protestors who picketed her first night of previews for Broadway's All My Sons.
"It was much more disruptive to the other theatres on the street!" John Lithgow told reporters Monday at the Metropolitan Opera's 125th season opening in NYC.
The critics have yet to weigh in on Holmes' performance, but Lithgow can't stop raving.
"Katie is lovely in the play, and she's been such a sweetheart to work with," he said. "She has worked so hard - this is a tough, tough play."
He added, "Katie is acting with thoroughbreds and she's doing a wonderful job! She's had to really push herself."
He said her husband Tom Cruise and Suri, 2, have visited her several times.
"They've been around ... a lot!" added Lithgow, who said Holmes and co-star Patrick Wilson even set up an extra dressing room "as almost a childcare center. It's very sweet!"
See photos of Suri through the years.
He said the Cruise clan is "just adorable! They are just lovely people."
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Holmes' appearance in the play helped pull in a hefty $478,235 for five performances and played to houses that averaged almost 98 percent capacity.
See how Katie Holmes has changed her look over the years.
This makes Sons in the race for the fall's top-grossing straight play (Daniel Radcliffe's Equus currently holds the title).
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| TOM 'COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD' OF KATIE Blog |
Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons Thursday night – and her biggest fan was in the audience to cheer her on.
"I'm so proud of her," Holmes's husband, Tom Cruise, told PEOPLE before the curtain went up on the first preview at New York's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. (The show officially opens Oct. 16.) "This means so much to her."
Looking radiant in a royal blue 1940s -style dress, Holmes took the stage with a cast that includes Broadway vets John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson. Originally produced in 1947 (two years before playwright Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman), All My Sons tells the story of a man (Lithgow) who sells defective airplane parts to the Army, causing the death of 21 men.
His crime, which he blamed his business partner, comes back to haunt him when his son (Wilson) plans to wed his partner's daughter (Holmes).
At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour production, an enthusiastic Cruise joined the audience – which also included his Rain Man costar Dustin Hoffman – in a rousing standing ovation that lasted through three curtain calls.
Outside the theater, fans eager to get a glimpse of the Holmes mobbed the stage door. The former Dawson's Creek star left walked out casually in a black shirt and pants and happily posed for pictures.
"She should be very proud of her performance," said Hoffman. "She did a fine job."
All My Sons curtain call: Katie Holmes (center), with John Lithgow (left) Photo by: Turgeon-Rocke / Splash News Online
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| KATIE HOLMES READY TO HIT THE STAGE Blog |
Katie Holmes's long-awaited Broadway debut is finally here – and Tom Cruise is by the side of his leading lady. Previews for the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, in which Holmes stars with John Lithgow, Diane Wiest and Patrick Wilson, begin Thursday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City. After arriving in town with their daughter Suri via helicopter on Tuesday, Cruise joined Holmes at her final rehearsal Wednesday, and the pair smiled for photographers as they exited the theater arm-in-arm. Holmes's much-anticipated Broadway turn has been the talk of the town since May, when she signed on to join the production. In June at the Tony Awards, costar Lithgow told PEOPLE he was “looking forward to working with her,” and even offered some advice for making the transition from screen to stage. "She's a pro and I'd say to be herself. She's going to be wonderful." Added Tony Award-winning Broadway vet Kristin Chenoweth: "I would recommend her just to stay [healthy] and get a lot of good sleep and drink lots of water. It takes so much energy to be on stage seven days a week, so she needs a good night's sleep everyday." Splitting his time between L.A. and New York, Cruise has often been spotted taking care of Suri, 2, while Holmes has been at rehearsals. Offstage, Holmes took advantage of the sights and sounds of summer in the city, hitting the park with Suri and enjoying date nights with Cruise.
After a few weeks of preview performances, All My Sons makes its official premiere Oct. 16 – when the critics will weigh in.RELATED GALLERY:• See Katie's SEVEN PEOPLE covers! RELATED ARTICLE: • Katie runs the New York City Marathon!
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| JADA PINKETT SMITH: PAL KATIE HOLMES WILL BE "FABULOUS" ON BROADWAY Blog |
Despite early reports of disappointing sales, Katie Holmes is proving to be a draw on Broadway: her debut in All My Sons has already generated advanced ticket sales of $3.5 million, producers told Variety.
One of Holmes' biggest fans? Pal Jada Pinkett Smith.
"I am going to be there on opening night," the star of The Women told Usmagazine.com at Zac Posen's Fashion Week show in NYC Thursday.
"I know she is going to be fabulous," the actress added.
Holmes has been rehearsing the Arthur Miller play for months alongside co-stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson.
See photos of Katie Holmes and Suri in NYC.
If All My Sons's ticket sales hold up, it will rank on par with Equus, starring Daniel Radcliffe as the fall season's biggest nonmusical Broadway opening, Variety reports.
"Things are going really well for Katie," husband Tom Cruise told the New York Post's Liz Smith last month. "We'll see you on opening night."
Previews of All My Sons begin Sept. 18 with the opening premiere on Oct. 16.
See Katie Holmes' hair through the years.
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| REVEALED: KATIE HOLMES'S BROADWAY PLAY POSTER Blog |
Katie Holmes's Broadway premiere is just around the corner, and her play bill image is ready to go.
The poster for the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons simply highlights the actress, along with costars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson. The family drama premieres Oct. 16, with previews beginning Sept. 18.
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| KATIE HOLMES WEARING TOM CRUISE'S JEANS Blog |
Katie Holmes hasn't just been wearing men's jeans on recent NYC outings – she's wearing husband Tom Cruise's jeans!
The couple's stylist Jeanne Yang confirms to Usmagazine.com that they are Cruise's Prps Jeans.
"Prps has adapted the style for women in the new fall collection as the Boyfriend jean," Kim Dillard, a rep for Prps Jeans, tells Us.
The 29-year-old actress – who makes her Broadway debut next month in Arthur Miller's All My Sons – has been rocking the style when arriving for rehearsals and playing with 2-year-old daughter Suri.
"It's the new look Katie is going for," a source tells Us.
See photos of Katie Holmes' hits and misses.
A reason Holmes has been rolling them up? She's 5'9" and Cruise is 5'7".
See photos of couples with big height differences.
Holmes and Suri hit The Little Mermaid on Broadway Wednesday night.
See photos of Suri through the years.
"Suri sat in Katie's lap the entire time with a bottle," a source told Us. "Afterwards they went backstage to take photographs with the cast."
See photos of Suri's obsessions.
All My Sons starts in previews September 16 and officially begins a month later. It also stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson. Holmes will be in the production for 16 weeks.
See photos of '90s TV Stars: Then & Now.
Tell Us: Do you like Katie in Tom's jeans?
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| KATIE HOLMES CHATS UP NEW YORK'S BRAVEST Blog |
She may hang out with celebrities Victoria Beckham and David Beckham – and hubby Tom Cruise, of course – but Wednesday Katie Holmes proved that real American heroes trump all.
Wearing sunglasses and a ruffled black dress over black tights and shiny grey flats, the 29-year-old mom and her bodyguard shared a Manhattan moment chatting and getting photographed with some of New York City's Bravest downtown. The actress is in the Big Apple rehearsing her upcoming Broadway show, All My Sons.
The Arthur Miller family drama, which also stars John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest, premieres Oct. 16. – Michael Y. Park
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| KATIE HOLMES ARRIVES IN NYC FOR BROADWAY STINT Blog |
Katie Holmes has arrived in New York City ahead of her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons.
The actress was photographed around the Big Apple on Wednesday and Thursday.
Previews for the show – Holmes' Broadway debut – start Sept. 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The play also stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson and will officially open on Oct. 16.
See photos of Holmes' hair through the years.
Holmes, 29, will be in the production for 16 weeks. She and hubby Tom Cruise plan to stay in the city during that time.
"Katie's not a celebrity type," the play's producer Eric Falkenstein has said. "She's done brilliant work in films like Pieces of April and The Ice Storm."
See photos of Tom Cruise's women.
The actress' character, Ann, is a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot.
Ticket prices for the Saturday and Sunday matinees will go as high as $116.50, with Wednesday matinees selling for $111.50.
Based on advance ticket sales, Holmes has been underselling Cruise's ex Nicole Kidman.
Holmes will also make a guest appearance on ABC's Eli Stone this fall.
See photos of '90s TV Stars: Then & Now.
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