Audra McDonald hits back at Patti LuPone in Broadway feud
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LuPone, 76, was starring in The Roommate opposite Tony-nominated Mia Farrow earlier in the Broadway season when she took issue with the loudness of their neighboring show, the Alicia Keys jukebox musical, Hell’s Kitchen. The sound was reportedly bleeding through from theater-to-theater, causing an issue for LuPone.
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Blavity on MSNPatti LuPone Faces Backlash Over Remarks About Black Broadway Stars: ‘Tactless And Tone Deaf’Broadway veteran Patti LuPone did not hold back in a recent New Yorker interview. In it, the thespian known for her unfiltered commentary on theater and entertainment had much to say about fellow Broadway star Audra McDonald,
In an interview with The New Yorker, LuPone worked overtime to give the readers the juicy shade she’s infamous for. Writer Michael Shulman notes that LuPone’s ‘bluntness has made her a kind of urban folk hero.
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