Disappointing ticket sales dash the star’s hopes of reviving her career, and insiders say Tom is to blame.
Katie Holmes is reeling after her big Broadway debut has been dubbed a flop, months before the curtain goes up. The growing buzz about poorer-than-hoped ticket sales follows the failure of her recent big screen role in Mad Money.
Adding salt to the wound, the show’s poor sales are being compared to Nicole Kidman’s sexy Broadway turn in The Blue Room in 1998, which generated a massive $4 million in advance sales.
While Katie’s stage debut in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons isn’t set until September 18, insiders say its producers are already regretting casting the pretty actress in a lead role.
“Katie Holmes might be a nice little actress, but so far she’s not much of a draw say sources involved in the production, who are beginning to fret that ticket sales aren’t as strong as they’d hoped,” wrote New York Post theatre columnist Michael Riedel.
One ticket broker told the newspaper they had yet to sell a single ticket to the performance.
“I bought 1000 tickets to the show … I still have them,” the broker complained.
For the full story, see this week’s Woman’s Day (on sale July 7).
