Building Holmes on Broadway?
Tom Cruise may call her "Kate," but Katie Holmes could still be a Broadway baby.
The actress' rep said "nothing is set" but confirmed to News that Holmes is "in discussions" to star in a revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning drama All My Sons, which would mark the former Dawson's Creek ingenue's professional theatrical debut.
According to Britain's Daily Mail, which reported the possible casting coup, Holmes would play Ann Deever, a young and vivacious woman whose pilot beau, Larry Keller, went missing in World War II. Having fallen in love with his brother, Chris, and knowing that it was the actions of Larry's father, Joe, that led to his death, Ann tries to convince the young men's mother that Larry is not going to be coming home.
The high-profile cast already reportedly includes John Lithgow and Oscar winner Dianne Wiest as Joe and Kate Keller.
If Holmes, 29, indeed ends up making a splash on the Great White Way, then it won't be just her marriage to Cruise and her participation in a Batman film that puts her in the same company as Nicole Kidman.
The second ex-Mrs. Cruise won a Theater World Award 10 years ago for her Broadway debut in The Blue Room, a story of love and lust that famously required its Aussie star and her leading man to disrobe.
Cruise doesn't have to worry this time around, though. Miller may have written some fiery female characters in his time, but Ann Deever keeps the goods buttoned up.
Katie Holmes’ Broadway Bow Set
Mark your calendars, Katie Holmes’ Broadway debut date has been set.
The producers of the revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons announced today that Mrs. Tom Cruise & Co. will begin previews Sept. 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The curtain will officially go up Oct. 16, and the limited-run engagement is set to last through Jan. 11.
As previously reported, Holmes will join an all-star ensemble that includes John Lithgow, Dianne Weist and Patrick Wilson.
Instead of $100the average price for most Broadway showspremium seats for All My Sons’ evening performances are expected to go for a whopping $251, while regular seats will sell for $116. During the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas, those prices are expected to soar at least $100 higher.
Based on a true story of war profiteering and tragedy, Miller’s play originally opened in 1947 with a cast that included Ed Begley Sr., Beth Miller and Karl Malden. It ran for 328 performances, won Tonys for Best Play and Best Director (Elia Kazan) and was twice adapted to the big screen, in 1948 and 1986.
All My Sons will mark the 29-year-old Holmes’ first stage foray since her high school days in Toledo, Ohio.
CBS rounds up the stars for The Tonys
CBS is rounding up some A-listers to appear at The Tony Awards this year. Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), Glenn Close (Damages), Richard Griffiths, Laura Linney (John Adams), John Lithgow, Liza Minnelli, Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Daniel Radcliffe, Brooke Shields (Lipstick Jungle) and Marisa Tomei will be presenters at this year’s award show. As previously announced, Whoopi Goldberg of The View, a Tony-winner herself, will be this year’s host.
Also, the Tony Award-winning productions The Lion King and Rent will make rare encore performances at this year’s gala.
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 15th from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET (delayed PT) on CBS. Here’s my issue with the Tonys. It’s long and it’s usually a snore. Do you think this effort to spice up the show will pay off? Does it make you want to tune in?
Katie Holmes Gives Her Regards to Broadway
Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman have something else in common.
Tom Cruise's current better half will be taking Broadway by storm this fall in a revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, costarring Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow and Little Children hunk Patrick Wilson.
Holmes' rep told News in March that the 29-year-old actress was in talks to make her professional stage debut.
A place and a premiere date haven't been determined, but Simon McBurney will direct the tale of a family torn apart by the repercussions of its patriarch's black-market business dealings during World War II, based on a true story. All My Sons scored Miller a Tony Award for writing in 1947.
Kidman made her debut on the Great White Way 10 years ago, when she was still Mrs. Cruise, in The Blue Room.