The curtains officially went up revealing
Katie Holmes in her much-anticipated Broadway debut Thursday night, sharing the stage with respected Broadway veterans
John Lithgow,
Dianne Wiest and
Patrick Wilson, in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. With that in mind, was she nervous?
"I was very, very excited!" Holmes told People magazine 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.
Also in attendance was Rebecca Miller, the playwright's daughter, who came to see the latest version of her father's play, which was first performed on Broadway in 1947.
"The thing about
Katie Holmes is that she's so right for the part," said Miller, a filmmaker and wife of Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis, according to the Associated Press.
After her performance -- which Cruise's mother, Mary Lee Mapother, declared, "Fantastic!" --
Katie Holmes chatted with People magazine:
Q: The show has been in previews for weeks. Did it feel different onstage tonight?
KH: There was definitely a lot more energy. The whole cast, we all got there about an hour and a half [early] and we had gifts for each other and we were running up and down the steps .... It felt like Christmas.
Q: Is Tom supportive?
KH: He comes [to the theater] 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.
Q: Is it difficult balancing your theater work with being a mom?
KH: 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!
Q: And Suri had her own dressing room at the theater?
KH: Yeah, we have a dressing room that is transformed into a playroom. It has a little piano.
Q: First motherhood, then a marathon, and now your Broadway debut. What's your next big challenge?
KH: Thanksgiving!
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