Katie Holmes Not Selling Tickets on Broadway; Plus: Tom Cruise Heading to the Stage?

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Holmes NOT selling tickets
Published 7/2/2008 at OH NO!!
... My Sons with Lithgow, Wilson, and Wiest would sell just fine, we expect; we think all Katie Homes is doing is overshadowing her talented (and stage-tested) co-stars. Also, talk about burying the lede, Michael Riedel! "By the way, Cruise has been putting out feelers to theater producers about doing a play at some point. He's in career recovery, which usually means a visit to Broadway at some point." Interesting! But which show? We're going with The Producers. Source

No one wants to see Katie Holmes on Broadway
Published 7/3/2008 by JayBird at Cele|bitchy
... The New York Times Magazine also points out that the producers have made a critical error promoting the show. They have only talked about Katie Holmes in all of their promotions - completely failing to mention that the play also stars John Lithgow, Patrick Wilson, and Dianne Wiest. Perhaps if they’d bother to mention their well respected Broadway vets, more people would be willing to shell out the cash. ...