Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise Leaving the Broadway Play ‘The Little Mermaid’
It seems that Katie Holmes and daughter Suri Cruise have been having quite the time in New York. I saw some pictures of them from the park the other day and Suri seemed to be showing her independent side in one picture. It looked like such a fun mother/daughter outing at the park. The one where Katie is swinging Suri and talking on the phone made me laugh. I am sure people will pick that picture apart into a million pieces and say that Katie is a bad mom. But anyway….
The picture above is from Katie and Suri leaving the Broadway play “The Little Mermaid“. I wonder what Suri thought about that play? I bet she loved all of the vibrant colors. Has anyone ever seen The Little Mermaid on Broadway?
I am sure you will notice how Suri is covering her ears in the pictures. That poor little girl can’t stand all of the paparazzi ruckus I think. I don’t blame her one bit!
More pictures of Katie and Suri below.
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39 opinions for Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise Leaving the Broadway Play ‘The Little Mermaid’
sherry
Aug 7, 2008 at 9:36 am
That poor little girl. I love how Katie’s trying to make her laugh in the hopes of distracting her.
Hana
Aug 7, 2008 at 10:09 am
The paps and the noises are annoying for adults let alone for a 2 years old baby.
Lilianne
Aug 7, 2008 at 10:14 am
Suri looks so cute in the little pleated skirt and I love her gold shoes. I feel bad for her too with all that commotion that must have been going on with the paps. Some say it is the price of celebrity but I for one feel it is too high of one and would be perfectly not looking at photos if it meant that little ones would not have to ever have that look on their faces.
looika
Aug 7, 2008 at 10:45 am
Poor little Suri. I think she is really exhausted and sleepy that’s why all those noises really bothered her so much.
tyler
Aug 7, 2008 at 11:17 am
Have any of you been to the theatre? The noise is not from the paparazzi.
PuckHappy
Aug 7, 2008 at 11:23 am
I think her hectic little life must be full of yelling and shouting all the time. How else would she be so quick to cover her ears like that.
I wonder if there is yelling and chaos by her care givers?
Mary
Aug 7, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Suri would be covering her ears like that because the noise level from the paps and constant clicking of cameras is loud enough to be heard blocks away.
I remember Brooke Shields saying that her four year old would announce that the papparazzi are here and how disturbing she as a parent found that.
jajorge
Aug 7, 2008 at 12:27 pm
suri looks like she just woke up after a nice long nap through the play.
nice pr outfit though. like the pleated skirt and top. very posh prep school. maybe suri’s already in school.
Charlotte Rose
Aug 7, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Well, Katie is TRYING to get her to smile anyway. This whole situation is just sad. That pretty little baby is very unhappy in these pics. If Katie wanted to keep the paps from Suri, she could have left via the stage exit. That would have been much fairer for her beautiful little girl who is obviously disturbed by the entire situation.
tyler
Aug 7, 2008 at 4:17 pm
The child is disturbed, but Katie seems to be liking it.
m
Aug 7, 2008 at 4:31 pm
OMG! Everyone is bashing her, and I think it looks lovely. Who knows was Suri is responding to?! Little kids do that…especially at night, after seeing a loud show with music, etc. We were just at Disney with our 3 year old. Any show longer than 15 minutes, no matter how cool, is “all done, Mommy”. Anyhow, I think Katie looks like a fun mom who is trying to get Suri to see the other side of life. I also think it’s a fine line to walk. If you go “out the back door”, then you are “hiding your child from the world”. And if you go out the front door like everyone else, you are “exposing your child to paparazzi”. How can she win? I think she’s taking the “normal” route. This is life for the Cruise’s. Katie is teaching Suri how to make the best of it. It’s not like it’s going to change!
tyler
Aug 7, 2008 at 4:48 pm
m,
she’s 2 1/2. the other side of life? are you serious?
concerned mom
Aug 7, 2008 at 5:04 pm
The WIN would probably be NOT to take her child who obviously doesn’t like noise as she has done this in numerous photos, to a Broadway play or event that is late in the evening and usually quite a bit of time commitment. Suri’s outfit is adorable but it is obvious she isn’t comfortable with the noise and crowds of people.
Charlotte Rose
Aug 7, 2008 at 5:11 pm
The WIN would probably be NOT to take her child who obviously doesn’t like noise as she has done this in numerous photos, to a Broadway play or event that is late in the evening and usually quite a bit of time commitment. Suri’s outfit is adorable but it is obvious she isn’t comfortable with the noise and crowds of people.
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BRAVO concerned mom!! It seems you’re as concerned about Suri’s best interests as I am!!
Lauren
Aug 7, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Suri looks so so cute. I wonder if there should be rules about paps around kids. I can understand that will beher life forever but comeon, even us adults cringe at people shouting. Leaving her home is like hiding from reality. Katie and Suri have a right to go about their business like any one else.
Katie looks so nice, too bad we cannot see that outfit. Suri too is very cute in her dress.
Mary
Aug 7, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Tom and Katie know their daughter better than any of us ever could……….The noise and clicking of cameras by the papparazzi was more than likely erased by her enjoyment of the show. It’s the short moment from the car to the the theatre and back that the paps can’t respect.
The papparazzi should back off.
Anabel
Aug 7, 2008 at 6:44 pm
How did the paparazzi know Katie was at that particular theater?
It is heartbreaking to see little Suri so upset with her mother not shielding her Or at least looking upset and angry at the paparazzi. But, no, Katie is grinning for the cameras and trying to get little Suri to look happy for her pictures.
What has happened to Katie? Where are her mothering instincs? Is she using Suri to get attention for herself?
m
Aug 7, 2008 at 6:50 pm
By the “other side of life”, I mean, the other thigns that go on in life besides playgrounds! Yes, it’s perfectly fine to take your child to a show! Children cover their ears for many reasons. It’s ludicrous to assume that Katie “shouldn’t take her daughter” somewhere because of it. A rock concert? No. A broadway children’s show? Sure! :) Whether you all believe it or not, I’m a speech therapist. I advocate taking your child places…try new things…you will learn what they like and don’t like in this fashion. Children also learn adaptability and how to have positive experiences THROUGH such outings with loving parents. Yes, EVEN at 2 1/2. It’s those that avoid places with their children that I worry more about. There is always the mom for whom someplace is “too dirty, too noisy, too adult, too childlike, too expensive, too cold, too hot, …” Then there are parents that help their children learn to explore and enjoy. Bravo Katie!
Mary
Aug 7, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Anabel, if you look at the pics Katie is trying to distract Suri’s attention away from the noise and clicking cameras……………She is looking directly at her daughter.
Anabel
Aug 7, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I went to the official Little Mermaid on Broadway site and this is what it states:
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AGE RECOMMENDATION
Disney on Broadway performances are recommended for a general audience. As an advisory to adults who might bring young people, Disney recommends its productions for ages 6 and up. All persons entering the theatre, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Disney’s shows run approximately two and a half hours, including intermission.
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I disagree that it is appropriate to take a 2 1/2
year old to Broadway musicals. I thought the same when she was younger and she was taken to see Hairspray and a Spice Girls concert.
She is not a “strong woman” yet, even if Katie thinks she is a little adult. She is a toddler for goodness sake.
She should have been left at the hotel with the nanny or Tom and Katie should have gone by herself to enjoy the show and to get photographed.
Mary
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:10 pm
That advisory is listed for all of the Disney productions on Broadway both past and present. I can tell you from personal experience that children younger than Suri attend those shoes.
At present aside from The Little Mermaid there is Mary Poppins and The Lion King.
Katie doesn’t need to go to a Broadway show to be photographed…………..She is photographed irregardless of where she is or what she’s doing.
Mary
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:11 pm
LOL…………….I meant shows. :)
tyler
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:18 pm
It’s a matter of common sense. What two year old can sit through a 2-3 hour musical? Clearly, she had fallen asleep because if you look at her face as they’re leaving, it’s all red. The most telling is how she covered her ears as if she couldn’t take anymore. I’ve never seen a child do that.
Mary
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm
At the Disney shows on Broadway children younger than Suri attend and it keeps their attention.
We don’t know if Suri fell asleep as there are no pics of them inside the play.
Suri is covering her ears as they exit, more than likely because of the flashing and clicking cameras and the noise. Suri removes her hands from her ears before they reach the waiting SUV.
m
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Disney says that the shows are for children age 6 and up because it doesn’t want younger children making noise during the performance. That is standard for stage performances. That does NOT mean that Disney can decide the age for the show. Do you think Disney employs a child psychologist to make this decision? PLEASE! Does that mean Disney doesn’t want toddlers to watch their DVD’s either? Anabel, this is hardly proof. What is “best” for a child is based on EACH child and is a parent’s decision. You also state that Suri is “getting photographed” and should therefore stay at home. That is hardly a reason to keep a child at home. Does this mean she should avoid the playground as well, where “getting photographed” is a sure-fire thing…the VERY photographs we all enjoy patronizing through websites? I stick by my statement that getting children out into the community to do appropriate, child-centered, fun activities is a positive thing. Children do not like everything they try. But they DO like many things. Those parents that always presume to know what their child might like without trying miss out on the fun opportunity to discover it! If the photo had been Suri 2 minutes earlier, smiling and laughing, would everyone be saying how neat it is that Katie takes her daughter to Broadway matinees? It’s all in how they spin it! Again, bravo Katie! :)
PuckHappy
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
What are we back in the 1950’s with all the “clicking” of cameras?
The cameras now days are digital and you can turn the “click” OFF. AND IF there is a “click”, it is SO quiet it is barely heard by the human ear.
This is so the paps can sneak the picture.
It is SO obvious that Suri is the type that likes everything in certain order.
She wears the SAME shoes all the time and the SAME style of dress all the time.
She does NOT like the chaos that the paps and fans bring on.
I noticed in the video of her at the park, she was walking along and the sidewalk changed color and she abruptly came to a stop and then walked around the color change.
If you think back to the 4th of July pictures, she looked really upset when her face was dirty from the ice cream. If she is the type of child that like cleanliness and order, being upset over messy ice cream would be normal for her.
The same with getting upset when there are crowds in the street or even not appearing happy while at the park if there are too many strangers and it looks chaotic.
This may just be the type of “personality” that she has. I think the paps AND her parents really need to respect that.
m
Aug 7, 2008 at 8:58 pm
You know, Puck. This is a good point you make. Many children and people in general have varying aspects of sensory issues. Some are mild, and some are more disruptive to their lives. But it not uncommon for children to be adverse to certains sensory stimuli, including sounds, change in routines, textures of food or clothes on their skin, etc. Children at different ages exhibit different preferences. Very astute observation.
darin
Aug 8, 2008 at 1:03 am
IMHO Suri is covering her ears because all the paps are constantly yelling at her and Katie- yelling their names. watch one of the many videos- the paps are loud and rude. Poor Suri. Maybe her mother should use back entrances to protect her daughter from these vultures! I’ll bet Katie’s PR people set up these photo ops. Too bad Katie doesn’t feel more protective towards her sweet little girl and say no to the photo ops. Is her career more important than her daughter’s well being????
Lilianne
Aug 8, 2008 at 5:22 am
I seriously doubt that Katie’s career is more important to her than her daughter’s well being. I don’t really see how that assumption can be made just because she took Suri to a play? Now Katie is being criticized because she didn’t leave using a certain door? I think the real criticism here should be for the paps who hang out like vultures waiting to get a picture. As for the noise…someone said something about there not being any need for noise because the cameras today are nearly silent. Well, that may be but has anyone seen the videos that go along with these moments when the pictures are taken? The noise from 50-60 cameras at once IS loud and obnoxious. Maybe they could make their cameras quiet..but they don’t. I also don’t see anything wrong with taking a 2 year old to see a musical whether at night or during a matinee. I took my oldest daughter (now 19) to see CATS when she was 8. She LOVED it and to this day is one of her best memories from her childhood. I think that people are too critical and too quick to point their fingers and pass judgement and to also make assumptions about what is going on. I guess some might say that is the price you pay for being a celebrity…but I don’t think it is a fair one.
tyler
Aug 8, 2008 at 7:04 am
Lilliane,
You’re making assumptions, just as everyone else. You just believe yours to be correct and assumptions that don’t agree with your point-of-view to be wrong. A little bit self-righteous , if you will.
Lilianne
Aug 8, 2008 at 7:22 am
Tyler…thank you for the compliment. I really think it is interesting that you (like a lot of people here) feel it is ok to do something that you criticize others for. You take Lauren to task for being unkind when she doesn’t agree with others and then you decide it is ok to call me self-righteous. Are you the pot or the kettle?
If you will please note in my post nowhere did I say that darin is WRONG for thinking that Katie is putting her career first over her daughter…I did not say it and I did not imply it. I SAID that I “seriously doubt that Katie’s career is more important to her than her daughter’s well-being” …that is not the same thing as saying that I am right and everyone else wrong. It is my OPINION and therefore subject to being neither right OR wrong…no more or less than anyone here. I don’t ever believe that what I say, think, or write is correct while everyone else is not. That would be foolish as it is simply my perspective.
I am going to continue to give my opinion and say what I think and feel. I will continue to try and do it in a way that is respectful to others and their opinions. If you or anyone else has a problem with that then I am truly sorry and maybe you should skip past what I write and move on to someone else. I don’t happen to require everyone to agree with what I say and I won’t be unkind to them when they don’t. But I will defend myself if I feel necessary and I am getting tired of being called self-righteous and whatever just because I don’t agree with what someone else says. If you are going to criticize someone for doing something then do NOT do it yourself…it just makes you look small.
Hana
Aug 8, 2008 at 7:25 am
Tyler, you really can’t see the difference between what Lilianne is saying and some of the other people are saying?
Assumption is one thing and saying Katie’s Career is more important to her than her daughter is another thing!
Lilianne
Aug 8, 2008 at 7:25 am
tyler, I will apologize for the last part of my post….I should have left it off and I am sorry that I didn’t. It is the way I feel, of course, but I could have worded it differently and gotten my point across without it. I am sorry.
jenna
Aug 8, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Quit putting Suri out in the limelight…..clearly she appears agitated……poor choice Katie……knock it off.
Mary
Aug 8, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Katie took her daughter to a Disney Broadway show that parents celebrity and non-celebrity have done and are doing.
Tell the paps to knock it off!
kelly
Aug 8, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I took my daughter to this, it is a bit long and ursella is scary! We were both exhausted at the end and my daughter is 7
tyler
Aug 8, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Lilliane,
I apologize to you too.
Take care.
Lilianne
Aug 9, 2008 at 6:53 am
Thanks, tyler. Back at ya.
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