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Katie Holmes Not Getting Much Regard on Broadway

by celebuzz on Jul. 2, 2008 03:25 PM / 3 Comments

Katie Holmes might throw a rocking housewarming party, but putting meat in the seats on Broadway is proving to be a challenge.

Page Six reports that advance ticket sales for the Holmes-starring production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons—which opens in in September—have been flatter than Keira Knightley in a wetsuit.

"I bought 1,000 tickets for the show," laments one broker. "I still have them."

Overall, advance sales are said to total less than $1 million, a mere shadow of the $4 million advance Cruise's other wife Nicole Kidman brought in when she hit the boards for David Hare's The Blue Room.

Hmmm, could it be because, Dawson's Creek aside, Katie is primarily known for being married to Tom Cruise, whose status has plummeted from box-office gold to couch-jumping wacko in recent years?

Time for Tom to harness his waning appeal—and the almighty powers of Xenu—in service of his wife's career.

You know, bombard New York's airwaves with a TV spot, featuring spooky theremin music and a close-up of Cruise's eyes as he hypnotically drones, "Don't be glib—go see Katie Holmes in All My Sons. Don't be glib—go see Katie Holmes in All My Sons..."

Who could resist? No one who knows what's good for them, that's for sure.

Quotables /

“Pre-sales for the stage play starring Katie Holmes have not been as high as producers expected, according to the New York Post. Holmes will be appearing in "All My Sons," but advance tickets have not broken $1 million yet, which pales into comparison the $4 million pre-sales Nicole Kidman enjoyed (nothing to do with the fact that she gets naked). One joker said "Where are all the Scientologists? Don't they want to see her?".

Obviously association with Tom Cruise has not made Holmes the big star that some might have expected. That and the fact that if she didn't have any hair it would be difficult to distinguish her from a mannequin.”

Splash News Online

“Katie Holmes takes her daughter, Suri, 2, to visit a Los Angeles studio on Tuesday.

Suri carried around the big bucks—a $100 bill!

Mrs. Tom Cruise, 29, will make her Broadway debut in All My Sons this coming fall. The show begins previews September 18th and the curtain will officially go up on October 16th.

“I’m so thrilled she’s coming to Broadway, and in a great play, All My Sons. That’s wonderful,” Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski has told OK!. “It always brings excitement when someone of that level comes.””

Just Jared

“The NY Post is reporting that the ticket sells for Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" Broadway show, which Katie Holmes stars in, is not selling as expected.

Some insiders joke that maybe she should get naked like Nicole Kidman got naked in David Hare's "The Blue Room" back in 1998.

I'm sure that seeing Tom's girl naked will sell more tickets. But another difference between her and Nicole Kidman is that she's just not a good actress.

If Broadway producers asked for my opinion before asking Katie Holmes to join their cast, they would have saved themselves this embarrassment.”

Gabby Babble

“Katie Holmes' Broadway debut in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons won't take stage until this Fall, but it seems that interest is already lacking. Advance sales are only totalling $1 million so far. In comparison, Nicole Kidman racked up $4 million in advance sales back in 1998 for The Blue Room, and Julia Roberts sold out Three Days of Rain in just one day.

Everyone involved with the show had to sign confidentiality agreements thanks to Katie's Scientology ties, but one person with the production had the balls to anonymously say what everyone is really thinking: "Where are all the Scientologists? Don't they want to see her?"

Hmmm. First it was the fans. Could the Cruises' own kind be turning their backs on them as well?”

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buzzbuddy 1 yr 4 mos ago
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It doesn't sound like anything I'd want to see.
xoxojaniepie 1 yr 4 mos ago
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she needs to stop doing that thing with her tongue in those pics
hispanicatthedisco 1 yr 4 mos ago
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Next she'll be starring in Battlefield Earth: The Musical.