Following a backlash, Patti LuPone says sorry for disparaging fellow Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis in an interview with the New Yorker.

Revered actor of stage and screen, Patti LuPone has done many things in her career. She’s asked Argentina not to cry for her in Evita, dreamed a dream in Les Misérables, and baked meat pies in Sweeney Todd. Now, for the first time in her career, LuPone is taking on her latest, most challenging role as The Apologizer on Instagram.

In an open letter signed by some of Broadway's biggest stars, LuPone was accused of bullying, harassment, and “racialized disrespect.”