Katie Holmes finally has had enough. Years of being a stepford wife have finally got to Katie and she is looking for ways to escape Tom Cruise's tyrannical treatment. She has jumped at the opportunity to work on Broadway away from Cruise and his nutty religion. The problem is that she wants to take Suri but Tom will not release his death grip on his brainwashed kid.

"She desperately needs to be on her own for a while, but there's no way Tom is going to let her take Suri away," an insider tells Star. "There's no way he'll allow it. He just doesn't want Katie - or Suri - out of his sight for long. He told her that if she goes to New York, fine, but he goes with her."

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