Patti LuPone Ignites Broadway Backlash With Remarks On Audra McDonald And Kecia Lewis
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LuPone’s harsh words on the two Tony winners in an interview with The New Yorker shocked fans and colleagues in the theater world.
Patti LuPone has left many in the theater community aghast after she took aim at fellow Broadway actors Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald in an eyebrow-raising interview.
A three-time Tony Award winner, LuPone spoke to The New Yorker this week in advance of her guest appearance on HBO Max’s third season of “And Just Like That...,” which premieres Thursday.
In her chat with journalist Michael Schulman, LuPone was asked about a 2024 incident in which she criticized the volume of sound cues in Alicia Keys’ musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” which features a predominately Black cast. At the time, LuPone was starring alongside Mia Farrow in the play “The Roommate” in a neighboring theater. She alleged that certain sounds in “Hell’s Kitchen” were audible through the wall separating the two theaters.
The “Hell’s Kitchen” stage management team responded by adjusting the production’s volume, after which LuPone sent flowers. Lewis, a Black actor who won a Tony for her portrayal of Miss Liza Jane in “Hell’s Kitchen,” went on to accuse LuPone of “bullying” and “racially microaggressive” behavior in a lengthy Instagram video.
When asked by The New Yorker about Lewis’ remarks, LuPone didn’t hold back.
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