Thursday night, actress Katie Holmes made her official debut on Broadway, when the revival of Arthur Miller's „All My Sons” premiered, after one month of previews.

Starring alongside Broadway veterans John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson, Holmes gave life to Ann Deever, a young woman romantically involved with the main character Joe Keller’s son Chris.

Played by Lithgow, Joe Keller is a businessman whose factory has sold damaged airplane cylinder heads to the United States military, inadvertently causing the death of 21 men. Afterwards, he blames the shipping of the damaged parts on his partner, justifying, before committing suicide, that the reason behind his actions had been to protect his family.

His wife (Dianne Wiest), Kate Keller, mourns after their younger son Larry, who has been Missing In Action for three years and refuses to accept that Joe is responsible for the death of the 21 men, although subconsciously, she knows it to be true.

“All My Sons” opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947 and was awarded a Tony for Best Play that same year.

For the revival’s premiere, Patricia Clarkson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Barbara Walters, Dennis Farina, Blythe Danner, Isabella Rossellini and Rebecca Miller-the playwright's daughter-were all present in the audience. The latter stated that she believed Katie Holmes to have been perfectly suited for the part of Ann Deever.

Nevertheless, hubby Tom Cruise was nowhere to be seen at the premiere, although he was there to cheer on Katie on the first night of previews, describing the play as having been extraordinary.