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Stage Actor Higgins Dies
11 November 2008 11:13 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
American stage actor Michael Higgins has died of heart failure at the age of 88.
Higgins passed away on 5 November at Beth Israel Hospital in his home of Manhattan, New York.
Best known for his role in the 1974 original Broadway production of Equus, Higgins played Frank Strang, the father of the disturbed youth who blinds horses, alongside Anthony Hopkins in the show.
Before rising to stardom as a stage actor, Higgins served in World War II, with the Army in Italy, earning a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
After the war, he made his Broadway debut in the 1946 production of Antigone.
His other Broadway credits include the 1951 production of Romeo and Juliet, The Lark in 1955, and 1973's The Iceman Cometh, co-starring James Earl Jones.
He also received two Obie Awards - the Off Broadway theatre award presented annually by New York newspaper The Village Voice - for his roles in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and David Mamet's Reunion.
His film credits include 1975's The Stepford Wives, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, in 1979, and 1981 movie Fort Apache, the Bronx.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Lee Goodwin, a daughter named Deirdre, two sons Sean and Christopher, two brothers, two sisters and four grandchildren.
Suri Has Her Own Dressing Room
19 October 2008 3:58 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' two year old daughter Suri has her own dressing room at the New York theatre where the actress is making her Broadway debut.
Holmes is combining her run in Arthur Miller's All My Sons with her role as a mum, and has kitted out a room backstage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, so little Suri is never bored.
She says, "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!
"We have a dressing room that is transformed into a playroom. It has a little piano."
Cruise Helps Holmes Beat Stage Fright
18 October 2008 7:14 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Tom Cruise helped Katie Holmes beat first night nerves as she made her Broadway debut on Thursday night - by gathering all their family members to give her strength.
Holmes opened her run in Arthur Miller's play All My Sons at New York's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, in front of an audience including her parents, husband and in-laws.
And she insists their presence energised her.
Holmes told People.com on Friday, "I was very, very excited.
"We had my whole family. Tom's whole family. Friends flew in. It's exciting."
She adds of Cruise's role, "He comes (to the theatre) 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."
Critics Battle Over Holmes' Broadway Debut
17 October 2008 9:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Katie Holmes' Broadway debut has left New York's tough theatre press battling over whether it loves her or hates her.
Arthur Miller's All My Sons - starring Holmes, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson - opened at the Big Apple's Schoenfeld Theater on Thursday night.
While anti-Scientology protesters targeted followers Holmes and her husband Cruise outside, the actress' performance left some critics wowed and others unimpressed.
The New York Daily News' Joe Dziemianowicz was won over by the actress' first stint on stage, writing, "Holmes, a TV and film vet, makes a fine Broadway debut. Her rather grand speech pattern takes getting used to, but she seems comfortable and adds a fitting glint of glamour."
But other critics disagreed. The New York Times' Ben Brantley claimed "the neophyte Ms. Holmes" is a "sad casualty" of director Simon McBurney's "high concept approach" to the play.
He adds that "Ms. Holmes delivers most of her lines with meaningful asperity, italicising every word".
And the New York Post's Clive Barnes was similarly unimpressed by the Batman Begins star - and had few compliments for her co-stars.
He writes, "Lithgow starts in a sunny, benign fashion, but eventually finds himself screeching alongside Holmes, looking tough under a glossy wig."
Katie Holmes 'Very, Very Excited' After Broadway Debut
17 October 2008 6:25 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
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
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Jeffrey Slonim
Holmes' Broadway Debut Attracts Anti-Scientology Protest
17 October 2008 5:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Katie Holmes made her official Broadway debut on Thursday - but the actress and her husband Tom Cruise had to be ushered into the theatre's back entrance to avoid anti-Scientology activists protesting outside.
Approximately 30 police officers were recruited to patrol the opening night of Arthur Miller's classic World War II drama All My Sons as the group, which calls itself Anonymous, rallied against the controversial religion.
The angry mob welcomed celebrities including Blythe Danner, Barbara Walters and Isabella Rossellini to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater by chanting "Scientology kills" and "Save Katie, Keep Tom" - in reference to the Top Gun star, the faith's most recognised follower.
Holmes and Cruise, who called the play "extraordinary" after attending the first preview last month, snuck through the stage door hours before the protest began.
Anonymous spokesman Matthew Danziger told the New York Daily News: "We're not protesting Katie or the play. Our aim is to shed some light on the human rights abuses of Scientology. We hope Katie Holmes sees this and takes note."
What To Get A Cast Who Has Everything
28 September 2008 11:17 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news
'All My Sons" opens Oct. 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld. Producer Eric Falkenstein has a problem. Not with the play. It's Arthur Miller's timely award-winning revival about a war. Not with the cast. It's Tony winner John Lithgow, Oscar winner Dianne Wiest, Broadway name Patrick Wilson and Hollywood name Katie Holmes. Not with p.r. It's automatically generated with Tom Cruise's wife. Not with seats. It's a limited run,
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By CINDY ADAMS
Redford Awarded Arts Prize
25 September 2008 9:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Hollywood veteran Robert Redford will be awarded the 2008 Dorothy and Lillian Gish prize for the arts, at a ceremony in New York in November.
The honour comes with a $325,000 (GBP175,000) grant.
The prize was created after the 1993 death of late actress Lillian Gish. Her will decreed the award should be handed out each year to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life."
The first winner was architect Frank Gehry in 1994, and other recipients have included Bob Dylan and Arthur Miller.
Morton Joins Cruise For Holmes' Broadway Debut
19 September 2008 12:02 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Andrew Morton, the author of Tom Cruise's controversial biography, joined the movie star and other theatre fans for Katie Holmes' Broadway debut in All My Sons on Thursday night.
Morton, whose book Tom Cruise: An Unauthorised Biography was savaged by the actor and his aides, sat several rows behind the Mission: Impossible star.
And he was impressed by Holmes' performance in the Arthur Miller play.
He tells In Touch Weekly magazine, "She handled the stage and moved very well. She was a little stiff at times, but she was up against some big Broadway stars."
But Morton, who also penned a controversial Princess Diana biography, was most taken by the reaction to Holmes as she left the theatre with her husband after her big stage debut.
He adds, "This reminds me of the Diana days or even the Beckhams."
Meanwhile, Cruise wasn't the only big movie star in the house for Holmes' Broadway debut, opposite John Lithgow, Patrick Wilson and Diane Wiest - the actor's Rain Man co-star Dustin Hoffman was also in the audience at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
Tom 'Couldn't Be More Proud' of Katie
19 September 2008 5:20 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
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,
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Paul Chi
Protestors mar Holmes's Broadway debut
19 September 2008 4:12 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Katie Holmes's Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons was tainted last night when anti-Scientology protestors gathered outside the theatre. The masked group carried signs with messages including "Scientology is a cult" and "How many more must die?", The New York Daily News reports. One demonstrator said: "We aren't protesting Katie. But Scientology is a cult and once you become a member you can't leave, and we've heard that (more)
By Sarah Rollo
Katie Holmes Ready to Hit the Stage
17 September 2008 11:00 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
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,
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Kristen Mascia
Pinkett Smith Backs Holmes For Broadway Show
13 September 2008 7:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Katie Holmes will be supported by pal Jada Pinkett Smith on the opening night of her Broadway debut next month.
Holmes has been rehearsing Arthur Miller play All My Sons for months.
And Pinkett Smith is convinced the practice will pay off.
She says, "I am going to be there on opening night. I know she is going to be fabulous."
All My Sons is scheduled to premiere to the public on 16 October.
Protest Planned For Holmes' Broadway Debut
2 September 2008 5:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
An anti-Scientology group plans to stage a protest when Katie Holmes takes to the stage for her Broadway debut next month.
The former Dawson's Creek star is due to begin her run in Arthur Miller's All My Sons at New York's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 16 October.
But it is feared her opening night will be marred by protests from the Anonymous campaign group - whose members plan on picketing the theatre in protest against the controversial religion.
Holmes - who was raised as a Roman Catholic - converted to Scientology after meeting her husband Tom Cruise.
A spokesperson for the group tells MSNBC.com that the protest will go ahead, adding: "We aren't looking to shut it (All My Sons) down, we don't have the power to do that, we just want to prove a point.
.We want to draw attention to Scientology, and hopefully get Katie out of it before it's too late..
The Anonymous group is known for the faceless masks worn by members, and recently picketed the Scientology Centre in New York.
Producers Deny Short Broadway Run For Holmes
22 August 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Producers of Katie Holmes' forthcoming Broadway play All My Sons have slammed reports the show's run will be shortened due to disappointing ticket sales.
The actress wife of Tom Cruise makes her New York stage debut in October in a revival of the Arthur Miller play.
Executives of the Broadway show were reportedly banking on Holmes to give ticket sales a boost.
But according to reports, sales for the show have hit a slump.
A source tells celebrity blogger Perez Hilton sales are "definitely off from what the production hoped", adding, "You can't say it's the economy, because there are shows, like 'Mamma Mia,' that are selling out."
And Holmes' early days on hit teen TV show Dawson's Creek are getting the blame.
Another source adds: "It's not that Katie's bad in the part. She's good enough. The producers are just getting the feeling people still want to view Katie as (her character) sweet little Joey Potter."
But All My Sons executives have denied any talks of taking Holmes off the stage in a shortened run.
Show publicist Jackie Green says: "That information is totally false. There is a healthy advance for the show, and there is no chance of the run being shortened." (Jma/Wnwchp/Zn)
Holmes Is Bottom Of The Bill On Broadway
21 August 2008 6:28 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Superstar Katie Holmes will have to settle for bottom of the bill when she starts her stint on Broadway this autumn, a newly-released poster reveals.
The actress wife of Tom Cruise makes her New York stage debut in October in a revival of Arthur Miller play All My Sons.
But producers aren't letting her star power push her up the billing - the show's poster reveals Holmes' co-stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson are all credited before the 29-year-old Batman Begins star.
Katie Holmes Reveals Suri Loves Annie
17 July 2008 9:20 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
If you think Katie Holmes spent her first day on the set of Eli Stone asking costar and Broadway veteran Victor Garber for tips on her stage debut – think again. "We talked, oddly enough, about Annie," Victor Garber told People at The Television Critics Association event on July 16. In fact the all-singing, all-dancing musical is a favorite in the Cruise household. "She's seen it 60 times because of her daughter," he revealed with pride. The 59-year-old actor, known for his roles in Alias and in the film Titanic, starred as Daddy Warbucks in the made- for-tv version of the musical in
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Monique Jessen and Liza Hamm
Holmes' Play Failing To Sell?
4 July 2008 12:36 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Katie Holmes' Broadway debut has reportedly been thrown into jeopardy because advance tickets for the show are failing to sell.
Tom Cruise's wife recently confirmed she has signed up to star in Arthur Miller's All My Sons in New York, which opens this autumn.
But the play is already being dogged by rumours of slow ticket sales, with vendors reportedly complaining that theatre-goers are showing little interest in the production.
A seller tells British newspaper the Metro, "I bought 1,000 tickets to the show. I still have them."
Holmes is rumoured to have picked up a $1 million (GBP500,000) fee for her run in the show, which will preview on 18 September.
Broadway Stars Give Katie Holmes Advice for Her Debut
16 June 2008 8:30 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Nothing like the wisdom of the stars to help make Katie Holmes's jump from screen to stage a smooth one. As the actress prepares for her Broadway debut this fall in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, veteran stage actors shared some tips at the Tony Awards Sunday night in New York City. "She's a pro and I'd say to be herself," says John Lithgow, who will costar with Holmes in the family drama. "She's going to be wonderful. I'm looking forward to working with her. We haven't worked together yet but it's going to be great.
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Paul Chi and Jeffrey Slonim
Shields + Chenoweth Offer Holmes Advice
16 June 2008 4:18 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Katie Holmes has been given a handful advice from peers Kristen Chenoweth and Brooke Shields as she prepares to make her Broadway debut.
Holmes recently confirmed she will be making her stage debut in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons in New York.
And veteran stage actors have been happy to dish out advice to the actress.
John Lithgow, who will co-star with Holmes in the play, tells People.com, "She's a pro and I'd say to be herself. She's going to be wonderful. I'm looking forward to working with her. We haven't worked together yet but it's going to be great."
Brooke Shields, who starred in Chicago as Roxie Hart in 2005, is pleased Holmes has switched from screen to stage.
She says, "She will be so happy about making that decision. There is nothing like it. It's the Olympics. It's the college of theatre."
Meanwhile Broadway veteran Kristen Chenoweth advises Holmes to rest up before her debut in October.
She says, "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. But I'm sure she will do just fine."
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