The theater icon’s caustic remarks, in which she called Lewis a “bitch” and stated that there was a feud between her and McDonald, have rocked the Broadway community, with more than 500 performers and artists calling on the Tony Awards in an open letter to disinvite LuPone. In the New Yorker piece, which was published on May 26, LuPone addressed issues that arose last fall when she was appearing on Broadway in “The Roommate.” The Booth Theatre, where the show was performed, shared a wall with the Shubert Theatre, where the Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen” was also being staged. LuPone has appeared on Broadway in “Evita,” “War Paint,” “Sweeney Todd,” and “Company.” She has also made headlines over the years for her candor, feuding with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Close after she was passed over for the Broadway production of “Sunset Boulevard,” and branding Madonna, who starred in the film version of “Evita,” as “a movie killer.”
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Published at: 2025-05-31 20:27:20
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