Overview

• On May 31, LuPone issued an Instagram apology for New Yorker interview remarks in which she called Kecia Lewis a “bitch” and dismissed Audra McDonald as “not a friend.”
• She endorsed demands from over 500 artists for mandatory anti-bias or restorative justice programs prior to re-entry into public-facing industry spaces.
• The American Theatre Wing and Broadway League are considering barring her from the June 8 Tony Awards until she fulfills the letter’s accountability requirements.
• Audra McDonald has said she was unaware of any personal rift after not having seen LuPone in about 11 years.
• Kecia Lewis previously accused LuPone of “bullying” and “racially microaggressive” behavior over a noise complaint about Lewis’s Hell’s Kitchen production.