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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.

Shucked”), will begin previews at the Booth Theatre on 45th Street in late August and then open in mid-September. Produced by Chris Harper (“Company”), “The Roommate” has signed a lease in Shubert Alley for 16 weeks.While it will certainly be a thrill to see the 79-year-old star of “Rosemary’s Baby” back on the boards for the first time in a decade (her last go-round was in “Love Letters”), what’s really piqued my interest is Patti’s Card.In July 2022, LuPone, 74, very publicly left Actors’ Equity, the professional actors union that a performer typically is a member of to work on Broadway and at many other top-tier theaters around the country. “Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.

The Tony Award-winning revival of Company will play its final Broadway performance at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Sunday, July 31, producers said in a surprise announcement today.

By Lisa Richwine(Reuters) - "A Strange Loop," the story of a Black gay man and his mental struggles as a playwright, won the Tony award on Sunday for best new musical as Broadway honored its first season since the long pandemic shutdown. "The Lehman Trilogy," about the rise and fall of investment firm Lehman Brothers, took the best new play honor at a live ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall in New York. "Strange Loop" triumphed over "MJ," a crowd-pleasing musical about Michael Jackson.

Related: Tony awards 2022: Hugh Jackman, Angela Lansbury and MJ the Musical – in pictures It was a big night for British talent in New York, with the Broadway transfer of The Lehman Trilogy winning best play, best director and best actor in a play. “This play was written as a hymn to the city of New York but, like the Lehman brothers themselves, our show started thousands of miles away,” said playwright Ben Power, who adapted the show from Italian novelist and playwright Stefano Massini. His version made its debut at London’s National Theatre in 2018.

Matt Doyle is now a Tony winner!

If you’ve seen that viral video of Patti LuPone this week, you’re going to appreciate these new photos.

caught on camera slamming a maskless theatergoer on Tuesday night. The stage icon, 73, hollered at the bare-faced patron following a performance of her hit musical “Company,” with the foul-mouthed footage subsequently going viral on social media. The explosive incident divided the internet, with some pundits claiming the veteran performer was “rude,” “vulgar” and “disrespectful.”But on Wednesday, LuPone doubled down — and was supported by her play’s producers.

Patti LuPone has strong feelings about how to properly wear face masks: wear them correctly or «get the f**k out!» The Broadway star made her stance crystal clear Tuesday during a post- performance Q&A session.The 73-year-old actress and some of her co-stars had just finished performing and were set to take questions from audience members, but the session came to a screeching halt after LuPone went on an expletive-laced tirade after two theatergoers refused to wear their masks over their noses.In video circulating around social media and taken by other audience members, LuPone can be heard and seen shouting, «That is the rule. If you don't want to follow the rules, get the f**k out!»LuPone, who earlier this week was nominated for her eighth Tony Award, wasn't done.«Who do you think you are, that you do not respect the people that are sitting around you?» she added.

pic.twitter.com/XWnkDxyoGo“Put your mask over your nose!” LuPone began. “That’s why you’re in the theater.

Patti LuPone making sure everyone in the audience for her performance of Company is COVID-19 compliant.

Wilson Chapman editorBroadway legend Patti LuPone is famous for her long history of calling out theatergoers who fail to follow proper theater etiquette, and that continued Tuesday when she exchanged harsh words with an anti-mask attendee during a production of “Company” on Broadway.The interaction occurred after the show, when LuPone — who stars in the musical as Joanne — appeared with the rest of her cast in a post-show Q&A hosted and filmed by the American Theater Wing. During the Q&A, LuPone called out a patron who wasn’t wearing a mask properly.

Patti LuPone and Company are doubling down on their message to Broadway theatergoers: Wear a mask.

famously foul-tempered Broadway diva, 73, was caught on camera hollering at a maskless theatergoer on Monday night, following a performance of her hit musical “Company.”The explosive moment was recorded by another audience member and posted to Twitter, where it quickly went viral, racking up nearly 200,000 views as of Wednesday morning before spawning a series of reposts. (Warning: There is profanity uttered.)“Put your mask over your nose, that’s why you’re in the theater,” LuPone can be heard lecturing the bare-faced patron at the beginning of the 30-second clip.

Broadway star Patti LuPone is not afraid to put people in their place if they’re breaking COVID-19 rules.

Taron Egerton and “Bridgerton’s” Jonathan Bailey.The pair were starring together in West End play “Cock” but the show’s actual title has been censored in Tube advertisements by governing org Transport for London (TFL), Variety can reveal.Posters for the play (pictured) that have been widely advertised across TFL depict (a fully clothed) Bailey and Egerton — the latter actor withdrew from the play in early April citing personal reasons and was replaced by Joel Harper-Jackson — with their names boldly printed, along with the play’s venue and a snippet of a critic’s review that reads “A Seriously Hot Ticket!” However, there’s no other information indicating what exactly they’re starring in. A TFL spokesperson told Variety: “All advertising running on across the [TFL] estate needs to comply with both our own advertising policy and the Advertising Standards Authority’s codes and rulings.

Tom Jones is in talks to join the team working on a stage musical based on his music.