Over 500 Broadway artists formed a united front against Patti LuPone after the actress hurled insults toward theater peers Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis earlier this week.
An open letter reprimanding LuPone for being a “bully” and signed by many is circulating — and it directly addressed LuPone, 76, calling Lewis a “bitch” and insulting McDonald as “not a friend” in a recent New Yorker profile.
According to Playbill, the screed is addressed to powerful organizations including the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing as well as “the greater theatre community.”
“Recently, Patti LuPone made deeply inappropriate and unacceptable public…