A-listers Assemble. Aram Rappaport scored some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, Janet McTeer and Hank Azaria, to star in his new murder mystery series, “The Artist.” “Mandy came first and I think he turned it down first, and then we came back to him with an appeal that he … Read more
Welcome to O’Sardi’s! For the new movie “Blue Moon,” starring Ethan Hawke as the famed Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart, a replica of the iconic West 44th Street theater restaurant Sardi’s was built in a Dublin, Ireland, film studio — 3,000 miles away. “We have to build Sardi’s somewhere,” director Richard Linklater told The Post. “They’re … Read more
Oprah’s got jokes. Oprah Winfrey took the stage at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday and appeared to shade Patti LuPone for her drama with Audra McDonald. As she presented the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, the category in which McDonald, 54, was nominated, Winfrey, 71, told the audience, … Read more
Break a leg. More than 500 Broadway artists signed an open letter slamming Patti LuPone over her recent comments against Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis. The letter, which was written on behalf of the Broadway Theater Community on Friday, May 30, chastised LuPone, 76, for the flippant remarks she made about her fellow stage icons … Read more
Broadway veteran Patti LuPone lashed out at President Donald Trump for his overhaul of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and called for the building to “get blown up,” in an interview published Monday. In February, Trump fired several Kennedy Center board members, including the president and chairman, and replaced them … Read more
Glenn Close is just the latest actress to get caught in Patti LuPone’s crosshairs. LuPone, 76, targeted Close, 78, in a scathing interview with The New Yorker published on Monday, May 26. The pair’s feud dates back to an incident in 1994 when composer Andrew Lloyd Webber chose the “Fatal Attraction” star to replace LuPone … Read more
Everything’s coming up roses – except her friendship with Audra McDonald. Patti LuPone got candid on where she and her fellow Broadway performer, 54, stand after years long tension. The actress, 76, told reporter Michael Schulman of the New Yorker that McDonald is “not a friend.” Patti LuPone speaks onstage during the Emmy FYC Screening Of … Read more
A New York City stage legend is joining the ladies of “Sex and the City.” On Friday, Entertainment Weekly confirmed that Patti LuPone, 75, is joining the “Sex and the City” spinoff, “And Just Like That,” for Season 3. According to the outlet, her role is a secret, but executive producer Michael Patrick King said … Read more
Broadway battle. Broadway star Kecia Lewis has a bone to pick with legend Patti LuPone. Lewis, 59, released a six-minute Instagram video on Saturday where she called out LuPone, 75, for how she’s allegedly treated the production of “Hell’s Kitchen,” which Lewis stars in as Miss Liza Jane. The Tony Award winner said her “open … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. There’s a new odd couple in town. On Thursday, Sept. 12, the new Broadway play “The Roommate” co-starring three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone and Golden Globe winner … Read more
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? A super-cool Yankees collab, yet another buzzy Korean restaurant, and … Read more
The truth is, she never left us. Patti LuPone will come back to Broadway this fall, more than two years after she dramatically tossed out her actors union card, The Post has learned. And, in typical LuPone fashion, her return won’t be low-key. The three-time Tony Award winner will star opposite none other than Mia … Read more
Last year when Patti LuPone announced she had left the stage actors union Actors Equity, effectively ending her long Broadway career, it was a shocker. She was hardly in a slump, having just won her third Tony Award for playing Joanne in the revival of “Company.” LuPone, 74, later told People she gave up her … Read more
She’s horrified by this celeb’s small-screen appearance. Broadway legend Patti LuPone has hit out at Kim Kardashian’s casting in the upcoming season of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story,” saying the reality TV titan is taking an acting job away from a legitimate performer. LuPone — who appeared in the third season of the hit horror … Read more
That’s schowbiz! Broadway legend Patti LuPone claims she wasn’t able to join the cast of the Apple TV+ musical comedy series “Schmigadoon!” because a producer told her she was “too old.” “I wanted to be in ‘Schmigadoon!’ – and I was too old,” LuPone, 73, explained to Mashable in a new interview. When the interviewer probed for … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. One of Broadway’s all-time greats may be coming to a stage near you. Patti LuPone, 73, has nine huge shows remaining on her ongoing ‘Don’t Monkey With Broadway … Read more
Patti LuPone isn’t done with Broadway after all — even though she thinks the audiences have been “dumbed down.” A day after the 73-year-old three-time Tony winner 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 … Read more
Broadway legend Patti LuPone may be done with Broadway. The feisty and foul-mouthed 73-year-old 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 … Read more