Patti LuPone Actually Quit Broadway Months Ago, She Reveals in New Statement

Another one bites the dust.

tweeted she gave up her Actors’ Equity card, LuPone clarified that she is not retiring from theater work. “I just gave up my equity card, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t perform on stage,” LuPone told Variety at Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil” premiere Tuesday.

Katie Reul editor Three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone isn’t leaving Broadway. Despite her recent move to give up her Actor’s Equity card, which fans took as a sign of her impending retirement, she says she’s just taking a break. “I just gave up my equity card, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t perform on-stage,” LuPone told Variety at Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil” premiere Tuesday. “It’s 50 years that I’ve been a member of Actors Equity, and I think I need a break from the stage.” LuPone clarified that provisions in her former membership allow her to still make guest appearances on stage in the meantime, but without being a part of the labor union, she won’t be taking any major roles on Broadway any time soon.

Patti LuPone is opening up about the true reason she chose to hand in her equity card from the Actors Equity Association.

Patti LuPone has branded the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) the "worst union". The 73-year-old actress announced earlier this week that she is leaving the organisation and although she's been a member for five decades, the 'American Horror Story' star claimed they have no idea who she is. She told People magazine: "They accepted my resignation and told me that if I ever wanted to rejoin, I'd have to be approved.

Patti LuPone has announced her resignation from the union that represents Broadway actors. The star of the Company revival took to Twitter on Monday to share that she is leaving the Actors' Equity Association, which advocates for Broadway performers. "Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.

Patti LuPone has left the Actors’ Equity union and hinted an end to her Broadway career. The 73-year-old actress - who infamously stopped production of 'Gypsy' she was starring in in 2009 when an audience member was on their phone - has spent decades on the New York stage starring in acclaimed productions of musicals such as 'Les Miserables', 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Sweeney Todd' but is "no longer part of that circus" just days after seeing her name "bandied about" in connection to a more recent incident, which saw an audience member at 'Hadestown' reprimanded for using a captioning device.

tweeted Monday that she has quit the union representing actors on the Great White Way — a move that would prevent the three-time Tony Award winner from appearing in most major US theater productions. “Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.

Triple Tony winner and stage icon Patti LuPone says she’s given up her Actors’ Equity card, a move that could signal an end to her celebrated Broadway stage career.

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On Monday (October 17), Broadway legend Patti LuPone sent theater fans into a panic over a tweet she sent out.

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