Over the next 12 months, an eclecticist group of top stars is expected to trample the boards on Broadway and, in a few cases, abroad. Some get substantial stage experience; others, well, don't. None are guaranteed rave reviews � ask Julia Roberts or Denzel Washington � or massive ticket sales. USA TODAY asks celebrity editorialist and culture vulture Michael Musto to assess several celebs' chances.
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Katie Holmes
Project: Mrs. Tom Cruise makes her Broadway debut co-starring in a revivification of Arthur Miller's post-World War II drama "All My Sons," set to open Oct. 16. The ensemble cast features John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson.
�Prospects: "I never thought that "Dawson's Creek" and Arthur Miller would be a good touch," Musto quips. But Holmes, 29, has proven herself to be a "game actress" in a variety of films, he adds, and it will be "interesting to see if she has the chops" that Nicole Kidman, Cruise's former wife, demonstrated a decade agone in London and Broadway productions of David Hare's "The Blue Room."
Daniel Radcliffe
Project: The "Harry Potter" star, 19, will reprise his role as a less-than-stable stable son in a revival of Equus, which was a hit on the "West End" last year. Tony Award victor Richard Griffiths ("The History Boys") too returns as his psychiatrist in the Broadway product, which opens Sept. 25.
� Prospects: Musto thinks Potter's enduring popularity, combined with the "sensationalism of being naked" � Radcliffe's character appears in the buff in one scene � "testament be irresistible to fans of a certain age."
Drew Lachey
Project: Nick's child bro, 31, and fellow boy-band ammonia alum, who made his Broadway debut in Rent a few years back, stepped into Spamalot in June.
� Prospects: "The younger Lachey might not be Sir Ian McKellen," Musto says, but ""Spamalot" has already established itself as not being above teen-idol stunt casting. So having 'the brother of the cat who was married to Ashlee Simpson's sister' won't be that much of a blemish on its rep."
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