Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

61 opinions for Katie Holmes Debuting on Broadway

• Toni Keltner
  Mar 27, 2008 at 8:35 pm

  Good luck to Katie. Stage is a much more difficult undertaking then film.

• looika
  Mar 27, 2008 at 9:26 pm

  KH on broadway? I wonder whose idea was it, TC?
  Was NK on broadway when she was married to TC, any idea any one?

• Coby Jones
  Mar 27, 2008 at 10:58 pm

  I can’t wait to see Katie in anything. Too bad I don’t live in New York to see any broadway shows. I can’t wait to see her work though. It’d be cool if they made her wear extensions for this broadway thing, just to see her in long locks, again!

  *comment edited by moderator*

• Briana
  Mar 28, 2008 at 12:02 am

  All my sons is one of my favorite plays ! I think I would have to make my way to NYC to go see her in it ! It also helps that I’ve been having a huge NYC craving for the past month !

• Hitchcock
  Mar 28, 2008 at 12:42 am

  Good for her if this is true. Seems like this has always been her greatest dream Broadway that is. She always mentioned it back in the days and even of late. I guess I just didnt expect it so soon because she told Queen Latifah not right away with Broadway. I admire her devotion to Tom especially Suri but I guess the selfish fan in me wants her in more movies and projects like this. Ofcourse I just dont want her working for the sake of working but also pick refreshing role for her and prestigious ones.

• Lauren
  Mar 28, 2008 at 4:37 am

  I hope this is true. This will be a major career development for her. I know I will cannot watch it, but am sure we will be hearing all about her performance.

  Woo hoo….!

• sara
  Mar 28, 2008 at 7:20 am

  Fantastic! She will light up Broadway, can’t wait to see her. She is such a phenomenal actress I hope she finds her niche on Broadway. She brought the whole City to life when she ran the marathon, wow, now she’s back again. I hope she does the Letterman show, she was awesome. Will she be singing too?

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 7:36 am

  Excellent! This is a great move for her. Finally….she is focusing on herself and HER career. Stage is a great venue. I have performed on stage since the age of four and have made great money in regional theatre. This is so exciting for her. She can now make a name for herself other than Mrs. or “wife/mom”.

• tyler
  Mar 28, 2008 at 9:27 am

  I’m going out on a limb here, because this isn’t going to bring a warm and fuzzy feeling to the rest of the posters here, but the father of her first child is in his mid-forties. She wants to have more kids, but has said “not now.” So, how old will her husband be when she decides she wants to have more children? If that isn’t being focused on yourself, you tell me what is.

• Briana
  Mar 28, 2008 at 9:34 am

  Not having more children right away could be for Suri - not necessarily herself. In my opinion you need to let a child be a baby for a while before you have another child. I don’t think it is the best thing to be having babies back to back, like a lot of stars are doing lately, like tori spelling who has a one year old and is due again in early summer.

• tyler
  Mar 28, 2008 at 9:37 am

  Not when you’re husband is pushing 50, Brianna. Sorry, that argument doesn’t wash.

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 9:39 am

  Not really sure its such a negative thing to have a child later in life Tyler…so if Tom’s in his fifties when another baby comes along….look at Larry King, Donald Trump……thay are all older dads….. Katie is still young. She became a mom and a wife…I am happy that she now has apparently decided to focus on her other passion which is performing, but I do respect your opinion Tyler.

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 9:41 am

  Again, its not necessarily that awful if you decide to be a father at age 50. It may not be ideal for some but for others it works. Tom is in great shape and by all accounts should remain healthy well into his 80’s.

• tyler
  Mar 28, 2008 at 9:55 am

  “not necessarily that awful,” “not really sure it’s such a negative thing” — not convincing words, but i respect your opinions too.

• Briana
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:02 am

  so she should have kids too close together just because hee husband is older than her ? I don’t think so. I think it would be a more selfish decision to have children close together, just so your husband will be young when you have them. To me having children closer together then you are ready for is way more selfish than having children with an older father. I don’t think it is that big of a difference whether tom is 48 or 53 when she has another child.

• Briana
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:03 am

  *hee = her

• Briana
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:05 am

  For me personally, I would say not to have two children in diapers at once. There is a level of independence that small children have - and to have two small children completely dependent on you (reguardless of whether you have help) is very stressful and taxing on the mother. Which is not good for the children, to have a mother who is stressed, and whose life is chaotic with small children.

• Doug
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:08 am

  Let me first begin by saying that I respect everyone’s opinion on here because, as many of you have stated, it is your opinion. I can still respect all of you and may have a slightly different take. It doesn’t, in my opinion take away anything from any of you and what you said. With that, being a man, getting ready to turn the big 50, I’m glad I don’t have babies to anymore. My kids are at that age, preteens where I can still run after them, on my good days!! Not to say, more people are waiting longer, it’s all personal preference. Mine was wanting to have the chance to participate more in their lives before I’m a senior citizen. Wait a minute, I’m already receiving stuff from AARP. Oh well, can’t win em all.

• Julie
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:14 am

  I had two of my kids back to back and my third 5 years later. It was much harder waiting so long to have the third one. For me, having them close together was easier, and the only support system I had was my husband to help. It was nice for them each to have a playmate. Now the older two try to play parent to my younger one, and boy does he not like that, lol.

• Julie
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:18 am

  @Doug - AARP already? Lol.

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:21 am

  My goal Tyler is not to “convince” you. I am simply sharing that there are lifestyles that do contain older fathers where the parenting has been successful. I agree with Briana that having another child now would not be a healthy decision if Katie does it simply b/c she wants to “get another one in” before Tom gets to be too old. Thats not a healthy mature reason to create life.

• No One Special
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:22 am

  I guess none of you have had children. All three of mine are close together and they are all happy and healthy, and so is MOM. And I did it without nannies, housekeepers, etc. They also don’t know what it is like to not have their siblings around, so there is none of that “Well things were fine before you came.”

  Besides, I thought KH was desperately trying to get pregnant again so Suri could have a playmate. Either way, being a wife and a mother is not a bad thing. You are the most important person to your husband and kids. You will never be to your ‘fans’.

  Sorry, but personally, I am offended how our society thinks you are nothing just because you are wife and a mother. Anyone who is a mom/wife should be offended that the role of motherhood/wifehood is denigrated by society. They are two of the most important roles a woman will have in her life. If the job is not done well, then society will be negatively effected. Done well, then society benefits. We can have lousy actors and society will be fine either way.

  I doubt Katie will ever suffer from stress from kids with two nannies for one kid.

  Age of the Dad is a factor is incidents of physical and mental handicaps. While Katie is young and in her prime, her husband is not and there is genetic/chromosomal problems that can be passed on. So, yes, his age does matter.

  Wish her the best in what she does pursue. I just hope her fans and non-fans can at least give her credit for her role as mom. From reading the posts here, neither side will give her credit for that.

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:23 am

  Yes…..I agree Doug that it comes down to preference…thats what makes our world so multi-faceted and exciting!

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:25 am

  To all…I respect your opinions…as much as I would like to stay I gotta run….graduate school beckons!! :)

• Briana
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:48 am

  I too respect everyones opinion, but the orignial comment from tyler was not to that nature. It was saying katie was only thinking about herself when deciding to wait to have another child, and that is simply unprovable, and more than likely untrue. If having babies close together works for you, then go for it, but obviously it isn’t what katie wants, and that shouldn’t be considered a self-centered decision !

• tyler
  Mar 28, 2008 at 1:01 pm

  Once again, disagree with you Brianna, but there’s no way to know for sure short of asking Tom Cruise for his opionion on the matter. You’re forgetting the second component to that arrangement. You’re all about Katie.

• Kelliquest
  Mar 28, 2008 at 1:17 pm

  Well not really sure how this thread came out this way, but I have 2 kids and both in diapers. And, my husband is almost mid 40’s! We are doing fine, everyone is happy, and it has worked.

• No One Special
  Mar 28, 2008 at 1:29 pm

  Either way, she will pop one out when she is good and ready and things work the way they are supposed to.

  I guess we all need to be reminded, there are two other kids in this family: Connor and Bella who TC adopted with Nicole.

• No One Special
  Mar 28, 2008 at 1:30 pm

  Whatever happened to that movie Katie was scheduled to star in?

• Doug
  Mar 28, 2008 at 1:33 pm

  Gotta agree there. It’s a natural process that can be planned or unplanned. For me, it was all good!!

• Doug
  Mar 28, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  Julie, seems as though I can’t hit the submit button without everything going into the world of cyberspace “moderation.” Don’t think I’ve stepped on any toes with my comments. Do you think you can help me on this one? Appreciate it.

• Leah
  Mar 28, 2008 at 2:36 pm

  I see no issue with age and kids unless of course the father is pushing his 60s or 70’s. Tom does not look like his back is about to break. He has 3 gorgeous kids and I am sure whatever Katie decides, she must talk with Tom about it.

  Now I was about to say that Broadway is definitely good for Katie! Mad money was not exactly a comeback movie. I doubt she intended it to be a statement. I hope this works out. Fingers crossed.

• Julie
  Mar 28, 2008 at 3:02 pm

  Hey Doug, This comment moderation is happening to some for a reason, but you are not one of them. I asked my boss about it and she said that askimet (our spam program) sees some comments as spam for no apparent reason.

  I will forward your ip to her and see if that fixes the situation. Since it’s the weekend she may not get to it quite yet, so hang on. You may have to deal with the moderation issue for a couple of more days and then hopefully after that it’ll be fixed. :)

• tyler
  Mar 28, 2008 at 4:15 pm

  Leah,
  60s or 70s? At that rate, he’d without a doubt be a donner before the kid’s high school graduation. come on, really?

• tyler
  Mar 28, 2008 at 4:15 pm

  oops, “gonner.”

• Doug
  Mar 28, 2008 at 6:59 pm

  Whew!! 60’s and 70’s!! I would only hope that they weren’t rolling me into the graduation ceremony with my bib on to catch the drool.

• Carla
  Mar 28, 2008 at 10:20 pm

  Katie can’t get pregnant with someone who can’t get any woman pregnant. They will announce that since she can’t get pregnant, they will adopt. It’s the same ol’ same ol’ song.

• Jenna
  Mar 28, 2008 at 11:39 pm

  Tyler—wondering why the issue of an older father strikes such a chord with you…..

• Leah
  Mar 29, 2008 at 1:31 am

  Tyler, then I wonder what you think of David Letterman, Larry King and the others. Who is to say where life takes us. Matilda’s father was only 28. Stallone is 60 with kids under 10. Besides you don’t seem life a Cruise fan by a mile, so I wonder why you are so concerned on his behalf. Katie has played mom and now she is back to her career. When she thinks the time is right, she will be mom again.

  This argument is redundant in any case. I am wary of non- fans who seem like they care a lot about Tom, Katie or their kids. To me their sole motive is to criticise.

• Jenna
  Mar 29, 2008 at 9:35 am

  I, as a fan,am happy that Katie is stepping out yet again to try something new and exciting. She was involved in the theatre before she began Dawson’s…..this is great as the article reads for her to test her acting chops again. Stage is vastly different than film…..trust me I know…I have been there. It is demanding and to shine on stage you really have to have genuine talent. If this report is accurate…I say go for it…..she has many years left when she can be a mother again to an infant.

• tyler
  Mar 29, 2008 at 9:51 am

  Leah, define “care.” I like to see what makes people tick, if you will. I’m not the kinda fan you are, but I don’t follow any celebrity in that way. I often do computer work hours at a time and this stuff gives me a little breather, nothing more.
  So, you can stop with the fan, non-fan stuff now. Instead of trying to send others away, perhaps there’s a better site for you where everyone is cut from the same fiber.

• Zoe
  Mar 29, 2008 at 4:41 pm

  if katie is going to Broadway, good for her. I think every actress at one time or another likes to explore that schedule and pressure, it could gain her huge respect in the acting world if she does a great job.

• tyler
  Mar 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm

  i wasn’t considering that she didn’t plan to get pregnant the first time. that makes a big difference since she may not have been ready the first time either, although i’m sure she’s happy now cause she has a beautifully healthy child. sorry, didn’t think about that. changes my whole perspective. forget everything i said.

• PuckHappy
  Mar 29, 2008 at 8:06 pm

  Whenever ANYONE puts off having children to pursue a career it IS SELFISH!
  BUT as Tyler has said, there is NOTHING wrong with that.
  BUT others just need admit that it IS for selfish reasons. NO ONE puts their career first IF they would rather make babies. Kati included.
  It is better that Katie NOT have the kids if she wants to try for a career in acting.
  With BOTH her and tc working who would watch the kids?
  So if she wants to put off having kids okay.

• Kelliquest
  Mar 30, 2008 at 6:26 am

  Come on guys….you are actually discussing kids from this broadway thread still? I don’t think we will know the answer. The only answer we have is that she is doing broadway. If anyone has psychic abilities, let me know. I want to play the lotto! This is suppose to be funny here….not to offend :).

• clare
  Mar 30, 2008 at 3:35 pm

  Give us a break, it is Katie’s life and if she wants to have a career let her have it. How can you call her selfish when she gave up almost two years for Suri? What will you say for people who adopted and had 4 kids in two years and yet continued with their very busy schedules? That is what I call extreme selfishness. (It is an example so no need to attack me)

  Why would a non fan care anyway? There are celebs I find selfish but am not going over to their fan sites to go on and on about it.

• Carmen
  Mar 30, 2008 at 4:01 pm

  Going to take some strong chops to tackle Broadway. Hope she has what it takes!!

• concerned mom
  Mar 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm

  Broadway might be good for her and her career if she gets to do it. I’d like to see her get a great part where she isn’t starring with other CoS people like that movie she was supposed to be starting. I hope sincerely that she has hired her own people again so that she can get a little breathing room and a chance to make some of her own decisions again. I’d like to see her looking happy again.
  By the way, puckhappy, good to see you out here and I found your posts on that other thread hysterical.

• concerned mom
  Mar 30, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  And by the way, Tyler, I have found all of your posts interesting and observant. I wish others would respect all opinions and not just the ones full of adoration. The way these folks ran their courtship, and the pregnancy and then nothing for what 7 months is what has made the whole net buzz with the various theories and opinions. There is a film out here somewhere where TC and Katie pull up on his motorcycle to the Ivy–of all places if you don’t want to be seen, and he looks surprised at all the photogs being there so he asks them how did they find him? Well one of the photographers says because your publicist called us just like last time. And that is just how the game is played in hollyweird.

• Anne
  Mar 31, 2008 at 4:53 am

  Well it is showbusiness and what you have described is indeed show business. Not that I believe it for one moment. Of course reservations are made before you to Ivy and an odd waiter/waitress will tip off the paps for 500$. Tipping off has actually become a business in LA. There are even web sites for that kind of thing.

• concerned mom
  Mar 31, 2008 at 7:33 am

  sorry anne I saw the clip myself and He smiles at the papps and acts surprised then that one papp. says, because your people called us just like last time. They did however look cute arriving on the motorcycle. But it was contrived. And Ivy’s??? That is so old school Hollyweird publicity place.

• concerned mom
  Mar 31, 2008 at 7:47 am

  just saw some new pics dated mar 30 on jj. dinner at the Cut.

• No One Special
  Mar 31, 2008 at 8:16 am

  Puck: IMO, I think she is ‘putting off kids’ because of not being able to have another, for what other reason. Not sure what is really happening in that department, but KH said last year she wanted more right away and that she was trying again. When it wasn’t happening, she sang a different tune and decided to get on with her career and told the press she was waiting. Her choice.

  Besides, her career is what she can get started on again without Scientology approved methods.

  Either way, I don’t think Katie gave up too much to be a mom. She was able to jet off to Washington for an MIII premiere with TC for three days when Suri was three weeks old. She left Suri for two weeks at nine months to go to Paris for Fashion Week. And who knows what else! She can do it because she has the nannies to take over for her when she is tired and needs a break.

  Anyone who is a mother and has their kids is not selfish…unless they keep them in the public eye for their PR. I seriously doubt many of the posters here are mothers, or if they do they deposit the kids in daycare so they can have a life, because being home with them is hard work.

  Let see I should sing the praises of the great mother KH who can shop whenever she wants, dump her kid on the nannies whenever she wants, is constantly photographed at midnight with her baby still awake and no coat on, and because she ‘gave up’ one year of her life for her baby while still jetting all over the world by herself to shop. (And Suri wasn’t even one year old when she went back to work.) You know what, there are plenty of other stars who fit that bill as well, including the couple who everyone here likes to bash. At least they are something more worthwhile with their time than shopping and stressing about decorating their umpteenth home.

  Oh, excuse me, they are doing their job, just like anyone else who has kids is doing their job. Nothing more or less than the millions of other mothers out there.

• Sydney
  Mar 31, 2008 at 8:28 am

  I was a stay at home mom for a long time. Let me tell you, there should be a Mother’s Day more than once a year!! It’s one of the hardest, yet rewarding jobs out there. There are millions of women in America who tackle this job everyday without help, not even any help from their children’s fathers. My hats off to all these women because I fully understand how demanding a job it is. When someone is given extra brownie points for “mothering”, I scratch my head. To me, they’re just doing what they’re supposed to do. If someone is taking care of their kids, why gush and ooh and aah. People, they’re supposed to take care of individuals they brought into the world.

• Mary
  Mar 31, 2008 at 8:05 pm

  No one special………….KH has never said she wanted to have more kids right away after Suri. I have never heard those words from her mouth. She was asked if she’d would like to have more kids and her answer was ………”Yes. most definitely.” She continues to say yes and has said not right away.

  On that trip to Aberdeen for M:I:3 promotion they went and came right back to LA all done in hrs not three days.
  They arrived when everyone had gathered, signed autographs, posed with the winner and did not stay for the screening.

  Also her trip to Paris fashion week was less than a week and Suri was with her father pooping and sleeping no doubt as most babies at that age do.

  Promoting MM in New York during the time she was in New York the weather was so mild that many of those nights you didn’t need a coat.

  There are many mothers who are actresses who take babies much, much, much younger than Suri was on film sets.

  Again, all children are different………….Suri goes to bed around 11 and wakes up at 9………..That is a full 10 hours of sleep, most parents can only dream of that.
  She seems a very happy and engaging child.

  I don’t know where you are constantly seeing Suri photographed at midnight because i sure am not and the pics i have seen of her she is with either one or both of her parents…………….Most of those pics being in Germany over much of late summer/early fall. Enjoying the parks and other everyday things that parents enjoy with their children.

  There is what is factual and what is tabloid embellishment.

• Mary
  Mar 31, 2008 at 8:12 pm

  Love the idea of Katie on Broadway……………I really hope it happens for her.

• tyler
  Mar 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm

  Mary’s comments were entertaining. Amazing actually.

• No One Special
  Apr 3, 2008 at 8:42 am

  Update on Katie on Broadway:

  *edited by moderator: put link in link box*

  I would personally would love to see her Broadway. Maybe Cruise could be her love interest. They would be perfect together.

• No One Special
  Apr 3, 2008 at 8:43 am

  Katie is perfect for the role of truth-sayer in the play. She is always so honest!!

• Hana
  Apr 3, 2008 at 8:49 am

  I wouldn’t believe anything that comes out of Roger Friedman mouth even if its the truth.

  Personally I hope Tom and Katie will never do a movie or a play together. Most couples who work together usually don’t really make it.

• No One Special
  Apr 3, 2008 at 9:55 am

  Hana: I am willing to bet that if he praised these two, you would be quoting it. I find it amazing how when the news is positive, it is the gospel truth regardless of the source, but when it is not a gushing lovefest, it is not the truth.

  I have found most of his comments have been right on the mark. I believe people say that the truth is bitter pill to swallow sometimes.

  Fact: Katie Holmes will draw in more people than the John Lithgow and Diane Weist.

  Fact: It is not a done deal yet. Even this source says it is in negotiations.

  Fact: People who worked with KH on MAD MONEY said Cruise was there calling the shots on some things–inviting friends and clients to cast only dinners. He also had a scene removed from THANK YOU FOR SMOKING because his girlfriend was getting it on with someone in the movie. (When has Hollywood recently turned down a scene like that because it wasn’t needed. Unfortunately, that is what they are selling now, not the plot.)

  I am sure you will call me a ‘hater’ but I am not. I suppose if you can’t discuss this, name calling is the next step.

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