4 November
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Jane Fonda
Two time Oscar winning actress Jane Fonda is all set to reappear at Broadway after staying away from it for a long 46-year absence.
She won her Oscars in 1978 for “Coming Home” and won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1971, playing a prostitute, the gamine Bree Daniel, in the murder mystery Klute. Jane’s outspoken political views and statements at her interviews have made her look like a person who blamed situations for her anger.
She will perform in “33 Variations” in 2009. Moises Kaufman has written and directed the play. The play will be weaving the story of Beethoven’s fascination with a trivial waltz. The play will also show how a modern-day musicologist Katherine Brandt (Fonda) sets out to discover the root of Beethoven’s obsession.
Fonda now 70, made her Broadway debut in the 1960 play “There Was a Little Girl” which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured actress. She last appeared on Broadway in the 1963 drama “Strange Interlude.” “33 Variations” is scheduled to open on Broadway in early 2009.
Her new challenge will be a much awaited affair. The veteran actress will surely set the stage on fire just like she has done in her entire career.
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Tom Cruise
And you thought he would follow her to Broadway too ? Not really says a source close to Tom Cruise. Just because his wife is working on Broadway does not mean that he has to do the same. One of the most powerful and bankable celebrities in the circuit it apparently seems that Tom is too busy on other ventures to even think of being on stage to perform.
Katie Holmes is set to make her Broadway debut in a revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”. However there is not much good news for the actor since her presence does not seem to have generated much interest among the audiences as per expectations. Her debut on stage is also being compared to that of her husband’s ex-wife Nicole Kidman who had done exceptionally well with her first appearance in The Blue Room. However advance sales for All My Sons have been disappointing and its still to be seen if it generates the response that it is supposed to in the weeks to come.
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Katie Holmes
Well known American playwright Arthur Miller’s play All My Sons has Katie Holmes making her first appearance on Broadway. The mother of Tom Cruise’s daughter is said to have made a brilliant career move. Following the path set by most stars who make the transition effortlessly from the screen to the stage Katie is in for quite a rollercoaster ride while making her first foray on stage. She seems to be moving to more challenging work after making a splash with the well received Dawson’s Creek some years ago.
After a slew of forgettable roles her only claim to fame was the highly publicized courtship and marriage to Tom Cruise. With not much brilliant work under her belt Katie has to deliver along with actors like John Lithgow, Patrick Wilson and Dianne Wiest. Her last effort was the box office dud Mad Money. The playwright of such ground-breaking plays such as Death of a Salesman, All My Sons was first performed in the year 1947 and had won both the author as well as the director Tony awards. Miller bases his play on the true story of a businessman who knowingly sells the government defective plane parts in the Second World War. This incident ruins his life as the truth finally comes out into the open when his business partner’s daughter (to be played by Katie Holmes) marries his son. The play was adapted to a feature film in the year 1948 and was again performed in Broadway in 1987. Hope the reprisal this time is as interesting as the star cast.
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