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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
Patti Lupone has issued an apology after making what she now describes as “demeaning and disrespectful” comments about two fellow Broadway stars in an interview with the New Yorker last week.
LuPone said she was “deeply sorry for the words” she used in her criticism of Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald when asked about a dispute over Broadway noise levels.
The pair’s squabble only escalated when, years later, Close sat next to LuPone during a tribute to Broadway star Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center in 2011. “She said, ‘I had nothing to do with it,’” LuPone claimed Close told her. “I wanted to go, ‘Bulls–t, bitch!’” The Post reached out to Close’s rep for comment.
In a new interview with the New Yorker, Patti LuPone insinuated Kecia Lewis isn't a "veteran" of Broadway and insulted Audra McDonald.
Richard Grenell, president of the Kennedy Center, slammed LuPone's comments in a statement to Fox News Digital. "The far left has morphed into violent extremists. This is completely unacceptable ...
The reaction of Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda and others to the Kennedy Center's new leadership only exposes their own ignorance and superiority complexes.Â