Late night? Make-up free Katie Holmes looks exhausted as she arrives at the theatre the day after turning 34

Christmas may be around the corner, but the motto of the entertainment industry is 'the show must go on'.
And so Katie Holmes duly made her way to the nightly performance of her Dead Accounts, the Broadway play in which she is currently starring, on Wednesday afternoon.
The actress seems determined to leave the glitz and glamour of Hollywood behind as she was spotted arriving on foot, with her face free of makeup and her hair loose and unstyled.

 

The show must go on: Katie Holmes arrives at the theatre for her evening performance of Dead Accounts

The brunette cut a lonely figure as she arrived at the Music Box Theatre in Midtown Manhattan wearing her new favourite Balenciaga coat, skinny jeans and a colourblock Delvaux satchel.
Katie tried to her best to blend into the crowds milling about before entering through the stage door.
Since arriving in the city earlier in the year she has  been making a concerted effort to act like an average New Yorker even riding the subway.

 

Treading the boards: Katie has quit the lights of Hollywood for those of  Broadway

Katie celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday her first as a divorcee but rather than mark the occasion with a party the single mother chose a more low key visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with daughter Suri, 6.
Earlier in the day the two enjoyed breakfast at the Upper West Side bistro, bakery and chocolatier Sugar and Plumm, a source told Us Weekly.
After feasting on silver dollar pancakes and eggs benedict, Holmes was given a birthday surprise by pastry chef Pichet Ong: a homemade vanilla sponge cake layered with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream frosting that said Happy Birthday Katie.

 

Home alone: Katie's ex-husband Tom Cruise will have custody of their daughter Suri over the Christmas holidays

Katie has been making the most of her time her daughter ahead of Christmas as she will be spending the holiday with her father and half-siblings Conor and Isabella in Los Angeles.
The Sun reported on Monday that the Batman actress will still be showering her daughter with gifts, which include a £15,000 Victorian playhouse, a £6,000 miniature Mercedes Benz, an iPad mini and some new additions to her wardrobe, with a Chloe fur coat and a Ralph Lauren dress reportedly on the list.
But she still has plenty to keep her occupied in the Big Apple as Dead Accounts is scheduled to run through to the end of February.

 

 

Curtain call: Katie emerges from the stage door after the evening show