Katie Holmes was smiling from ear-to-ear when seen in New York City on Wednesday.
The Dawson’s Creek veteran was glued to her cell phone during a conversation which seemed to be a happy one.
The 45-year-old had on a black leather collar-free jacket over a plum-toned pleated dress with sling-back cream pointy heels from SARTO by Franco Sarto.
The ex-wife of Tom Cruise, 62, pulled her hair back and added small earrings as her nose ring was in place.
This sighting follows a visit home from college from her only child, 18-year-old daughter Suri Cruise. And it also comes after Holmes received good reviews for her role in the Broadway play Our Town.
Katie Holmes was smiling from ear-to-ear when seen in New York City on Wednesday. The Dawson’s Creek veteran was glued to her cell phone during a conversation which seemed to be a happy one
The New York Daily News reported on Sunday that Suri attended a showing of her mother’s play.
The publication reported that Suri was the first audience member to jump to her feet, as well as dermatologist Dr. Kenneth Mark and divorce attorney Ken Jewell, when Holmes emerged to take her bow.
Soon Katie be visiting Suri at her new school, Carnegie Mellon University, DailyMail.com has learned.
That actress is squeezing the visit in between performances of her Broadway play Our Town at the Barrymore Theater on 47th Street in NYC.
She is finding a way to fit in a visit somewhere, a source has told DailyMail.com.
Meanwhile, Holmes is doing well with her play. Katie plays Mrs Webb in the new production of the Broadway play Our Town.
Katie has been getting raves online for her performance, being called ‘phenomenal’ and ‘amazing.’
Our Town – a play written by Thornton Wilder – has returned to the Broadway stage for the first time in over 20 years.
The revival features a total of 28 actors, including Holmes, Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Ephraim Sykes, Julie Halston and Michelle Wilson.
The 45-year-old had on a black leather collar-free jacket over a plum-toned pleated dress with sling-back cream pointy heels from SARTO by Franco Sarto
This sighting follows a visit home from college from Suri Cruise
The premise follows the ‘timeless tale of a small town’ as ‘a stage manager narrates the daily lives of its locals, depicts a childhood friendship turn into marriage, and sets the stage for magnificent truths of what it means to be alive,’ per the official Broadway website.
Previews kicked off on Tuesday, September 17 at the Barrymore Theatre with opening night on October 10. The show will run through January 19, 2025.
Suri began classes at CMU on August 26.
Dad Tom Cruise is forking over the money to put her through college, DailyMail.com has learned.
That’s because it was decided in 2012 when he divorced Katie after six years of marriage that he should cover all of her schooling.
The divorce documents revealed Tom pays Suri’s expenses, including ‘medical, dental, insurance, education, college and other extracurricular costs.’
‘Tom is indeed paying for Suri’s tuition, he has always paid for her schooling and would never stop as he is a stand-up guy,’ a friend of Tom’s told DailyMail.com. The annual tuition at CMU is $65K.
‘He has never hesitated paying his daughter’s child support and expenses. He does not go back on his word. He is fulfilling his obligation.’
And it also comes after Holmes received good reviews for her role in the Broadway play Our Town. Here Katie is seen on stage with Richard Thomas who was on The Waltons and Ozark
The revival features a total of 28 actors, including Holmes, Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch , Ephraim Sykes, Julie Halston and Michelle Wilson
Holmes (bottom right) posted this photo of the cast and said the production was a ‘dream’
Holmes stars as Mrs Webb in a new production of the play Our Town
It is odd to think that Tom is paying Suri’s way considering they have not been photographed together in over a decade.
Their last snapshot together in public was in April 2013.
Suri hinted that she is not on good terms with her father as she changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle.
Noelle is Katie’s middle name.
It has been hinted by Katie that Suri may be studying acting and dance at Carnegie Mellon. Holmes told Town & Country magazine that after college, her daughter wants to enter showbiz.
Both Katie and Suri’s father Tom have been in the industry since their early 20s.
The magazine claimed that Suri ‘is said to be interested in pursuing a career in fashion or acting.’ That does not sound off base; Suri starred in a high school production of The Addams Family.
Dad Cruise repels into the stadium during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11
Cruise is forking over the money to put her through college , DailyMail.com has learned
And Katie has already put Suri to work on two of her films.
Suri contributed vocals to songs in two of Holmes’ films – the 2023 drama Rare Objects and 2022 romantic drama Alone Together.
‘I’m proud of my daughter,’ Holmes told Town & Country of her daughter.
‘Of course, I will miss the close proximity, but I’m really proud of her and I’m happy.’
Holmes, speaking with Glamour in April 2023, said that she has sought to encourage Suri’s performing on her projects.
‘I hope she always does something on my films,’ Holmes said. ‘I always ask her.’
Holmes said that ‘both of those experiences came out of the same sense of what I love about our industry, which is, you have these projects and you become a family with people.’