Overview

• They met as students in the inaugural Juilliard drama division in the 1970s under John Houseman’s leadership.
• LuPone says she “took an instant dislike” to Kline, likening his features to Pinocchio before an art-appreciation class encounter sparked their romance.
• The on-off relationship lasted seven years, marked by frequent fights that Kline described as “fraught.”
• Early in their careers they co-starred in the 1975 Broadway musical The Robber Bridegroom.
• Both married other partners in the late 1980s and today say they have found a way to reconnect as friends.