Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

Katie Holmes has spent all summer long preparing for her Broadway debut of ‘All My Sons’ and is seen here at the after party for the grand debut this past Thursday. The show has been in preview format since September, but the grand opening night was October 16th, and all of the reviewers were in rare form this past Thursday. From the sounds of it, the verdict is a resounding ‘whatever’. It seems that Katie didn’t do quite poorly enough to get the thumbs down, but not nearly well enough to be referred to as ‘extraordinary’ as her hubby Tom Cruise said in reference to her performance. But of course, we know he is hardly objective, what else is he going to say, he DOES have to go home with her. Katie’s grand debut was marked yet again by serious protesting from the Scientology opponents, but that didn’t seem to hamper her style when appearing on stage. The ‘Run Katie Run’ and ‘Scientology Kills’ signs didn’t even seem to phase her. This may be because rumors are floating that Katie is trying to get out of the cult *cough* religion. We’ll see where that goes, as rumors that Jennifer is having Christmas with Brad’s mom are probably started by the same circles. Though, the bottom line from the critics was that she was ‘fine’ and ‘unremarkable’ and thus, while Katie may have already won a statue for being the most tiresome tabloid target, it is unlikely that she will be getting a Tony for this one. Here is how the critics summed her up:

After a painfully awkward first scene, she relaxes a bit,” Entertainment Weekly writes.

Ms. Holmes delivers most of her lines with meaningful asperity, italicizing every word,” according to the New York Times.

At best, she exhibits a girlish exuberance that could serve her well in certain stage roles, provided she finds a director who can ease her obvious self-consciousness and get her to focus on the often-intricate process of character development,” USA Today writes

Ouch!! That last one had to sting a little. Mind you, the phrase ‘painfully awkward’ is never a good sign in a review either, is it. Guess Katie will have to take this as a lesson learned. The quirky lopsided smile and what was it, girlish exuberance only goes so far. With the fans, it may be cute. On Broadway, not so much. Better luck next time, Katie.

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