Katie Holmes est revenue chez elle, ou aussi près que l’actrice peut s’y rendre tout en travaillant sur la Grande Voie Blanche. La comédie de Theresa Rebeck, originaire de Toledo, se trouve actuellement sur Broadway in_Dead Accounts , dans la nouvelle comédie de Theresa Rebeck .Le spectacle concerne une famille de Cincinnati qui doit s’occuper d’un parent malade et d’un fils qui a perdu sa route. Holmes joue le rôle de Lorna, la gardienne parentale désignée, qui vit à nouveau dans sa maison d’enfance. Au centre du Midwest, Lorna est honnête, têtue, peu entretenue, orientée vers la famille, et boit son vin dès sa sortie de la boîte. La pièce commence par l’arrivée surprise du grand frère Jack de Lorna (joué par Norbert Leo Butz, originaire de Saint-Louis). Il a travaillé dans un emploi financier à New York, mais il est rentré chez lui avec un grand secret, mentionné dans le titre, qui secoue toute la famille. Holmes était impatiente de revenir sur Broadway après ses débuts dans la renaissance de_All My Sons en 2008, et elle est entre de bonnes mains avec Butz comme partenaire de scène. Le vétérinaire de Broadway a fait ses débuts àRent_en 1996 et a depuis remporté deux Tony Awards pour des rôles dans les comédies musicales_Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_et_Catch Me if You Can . Nous nous sommes assis avec le couple dans le légendaire quartierde Broadwaypour parler de leurs racines du Midwest et de ce qu’ils aiment dans la vie à New York.
Katie, this is your second time on Broadway. What about that experience were you looking forward to reliving?
Katie Holmes:
I particularly like the theater schedule. You just go and you do it, there's not a lot of waiting around. But you have to think on your feet while you're up there. Sometimes words just don't come out—you mean for them to come out [but] they just don't. Then your costar has to fill in and you feel like a jerk. You spend your next line going, “Oh, God, why did I do that?”
What do you do when that happens?
Norbert Leo Butz:
We've both been there. The other day it was my turn in the first scene, and she covered me.
True! Norbert, how have you found Katie to work with?
NB:
I can tend to…well, shall we say, “overdo” my work. Some people call it mugging; some call it overacting. I'm very excitable. Katie is a real listener on stage, and that's the beauty with working with someone who's worked in front of the camera. She feels less pressure—and this is just my opinion—to [show off] and wanted to find a more truthful way of being in the play. She made me [say to myself], “I actually have to look at this person and communicate with her.” So she's been a grounding force for me in the play, and that's very true of our characters. Lorna brings Jack back down to the planet. I think that's why we have good chemistry on stage.
Do you feel that some of your Midwestern qualities have come back to you while doing this play?
KH:
Lorna has a line at the end about sharing, not cheating, doing your homework and working a 16-hour day. To me that says everything about the Midwest. You respect it [because] it doesn't go away. It's always there. The reason why you feel safe in the world is because you know that where you're from is still the same. I think that's why I feel a kinship with other Midwesterners. That's what attracted me to this play. I felt like Theresa [Rebeck] really got it right.
Is there anything you guys do with your kids in New York City that reminds you of your childhood in the Midwest?
KH:
New York has so many great places. It's particularly crazy right now, with all the people in for the holidays. I'm excited about it. It's like you're part of [something], like walking around
….
What do you guys love to do in New York when you're not working?
KH:
I just saw the
, which was one of my favorite things. It's gorgeous, all porcelain ornaments. I also love
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, and I like walking outside of
and watching the dancers through the window. I love downtown, too.