Audra McDonald responds to Patti LuPone’s comments about her
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Patti LuPone, the actress who starred in the musical War Paint, is facing significant scrutiny following her remarks against the beloved artists, Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis, in an interview with T
Here's everything you need to know about Patti LuPone's controversy with fellow Broadway stars like Audra McDonald, Kecia Lewis, and Lillias White.
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A new controversy erupted this week following The New Yorker’s May profile of Patti LuPone, in which the legendary performer delivered blistering commentary on everything from Donald Trump to the wallpaper in her dressing room.
Patti LuPone and Kecia Lewis have been going back and forth for months and are now being pulled back into the spotlight because of a recent interview. "Power and Privilege on Broadway" is the name of the article penned by Drew Shade, the founder of Broadway Black.
Yet in the profile, LuPone levels her gaze on a new subject: former friend (and six-time Tony Award winner) Audra McDonald. The pair apparently fell out years ago, and when asked for her opinion on McDonald’s Gypsy revival, LuPone stared “in silence for 15 seconds,” looked out the window, and said: “What a beautiful day.”
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Broadway veteran Patti LuPone lashed out at President Donald Trump for his overhaul of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and called for the building to
In a new interview with The New Yorker, LuPone, 76, described a “horrific” attack on the chickens she and her husband, Matthew Johnston, had on their Connecticut property. The couple had a flock of the birds, named Marilyn, Rita, Eartha, Foghorn Leghorn and the Fabulous Miller Sisters, until all but three were killed by raccoons.
I was his girlfriend when he wanted me to be his girlfriend, but, if there was somebody else, he would break up with me,” she said.