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Katie Holmes Poised To Make Her Broadway Escape In 'All My Sons' Revival
Posted by Seth at 9:30 AM on June 5, 2008
Cindy Adams, the sole-surviving specimen of an age when Gossipsaurs ruled the Earth, has scored an interview with theatre impresario Eric Falkenstein. He's the man behind the all-star revival of All My Sons soon to hit Broadway, which stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson, and, most notably, Tom Cruise's billion-year war bride Katie Holmes. Falkenstein explains how their decision to go with Katie had everything to do with talent, not ticket-sales:
"As for Katie, director Simon McBurney, my casting director and I came up with a list of names. Katie's not really a celebrity type. She's done brilliant work in films like 'Pieces of April' and 'The Ice Storm.' And is perfect for the role.
The negotiation would have likely gone far more quickly had her people not been so unwilling to budge on one controversial deal-point: a stipulation that Arthur Miller's script be amended to include two fresh-faced, tazer-equipped chaperones in navy blazers accompanying her character at all times. Luckily, the Sons producers finally acquiesced: Phony-sniffing Ann now makes a brief allusion to them being "her cousins from Tulsa" early in the first act, after which no mention is made again.'Ann' starts as a simple, sweet, average Midwesterner, and by the finale gets up the gumption to stand and confront what's wrong. A natural sweetheart who can sniff out phonies, Katie basically has that exact moral fiber.
"She's represented by a team at CAA who knew me from past productions, so it just took time - about four months - to work out. There were also family issues. She and Tom are committed to keeping the family together, so they have to get an apartment here.
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Tags: katie holmes | tom cruise
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encinoman
Posted 3:19 AM 5/6/08
Sweet Panda Love: Tom is holding out for a part in The Crucible, where he can be martyred for his beliefs.
encinoman
NoWireHangers
Posted 3:17 AM 5/6/08
That's too bad, because All My Sons is a beautiful play. I'm sure Arther Miller would have had a few choice words for the CO$. She's gonna pull a Julia. Let's hope for a public skewering at next years Tony Awards.
NoWireHangers
hummingpenguin
Posted 3:17 AM 5/6/08
It should be written:
"John Lithgow, Dianne Weist, Patrick Wilson
and Katie Holmes"
Because she really doesn't belong in such company.
hummingpenguin
CourageousCoward
Posted 3:03 AM 5/6/08
Is that just a really bad photo, or are her legs hairier than Andy Garcia's back?!
CourageousCoward
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 2:57 AM 5/6/08
Right. Just like Julia Roberts was the best possible actress for the role in her Broadway debut. Please, we can all spot the stunt casting a mile away, and don't reference The Ice Storm even though it's one of the best movies she was in - her role was tiny. At least go with her forgettable turn in Wonder Boys.
And Xenu spare us - don't let Tom decide he wants to hit the boards now too. TOM CRUISE IS - WILLY LOMAN.
Sweet Panda Love
Xylo
Posted 4:30 AM 5/6/08
Brilliant in The Ice Storm? The imdb credit is "Sullen Teenager In Basement".
Xylo
Doreen DelPurgatorio
Posted 5:01 AM 5/6/08
@Xylo: ah, but the NUANCE of her performance as a sullen teenager in the basement is what everyone remembers.
Doreen DelPurgatorio
Evil Tortie's Mom
Posted 6:39 AM 5/6/08
"A natural sweetheart who can sniff out phonies"
... and then marry them?
Evil Tortie's Mom
wednesdaywolf
Posted 6:35 AM 5/6/08
@CourageousCoward: There is definitely something wrong with that picture... they look hairy... or (worse!) like she weighs more than 100 lbs... that can't be right.
They should have stopped the quote at "family issues." I think that says it all.
wednesdaywolf
Xylo
Posted 6:52 AM 5/6/08
@Doreen DelPurgatorio: Oh hell, my friend tells me, "No, actually: Drunken New York Bimbo!" It's so hard to keep the brilliant performances straight.
Xylo
el smrtmnky
Posted 9:31 AM 5/6/08
perhaps this is an elaborate ruse, like in To be or not to be, wherein the theater folk will smuggle Katie from the clutches of the CO$ to freedom.
or it's stunt casting.
el smrtmnky
peglegpete
Posted 10:54 PM 5/6/08
I misread the headline..I thought it was a revival of My 3 Sons. John Lithgow would make a so-so Fred MacMurray.
peglegpete
gwendolyn
Posted 3:34 AM 6/6/08
@peglegpete: Katie Holmes-POW should be so lucky because she might actually be able to nail a portrayal of Ernie Douglas...
gwendolyn