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Five Hundred Theater Artists Sign Open Letter Condemning Patti LuPone Comments On Audra McDonald & Kecia Lewis
An open letter circulating on social media is condemning comments recently made by Patti LuPone about Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald.
“Recently, Patti LuPone made deeply inappropriate and unacceptable public comments about two of Broadway’s most respected and beloved artists: Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald,” the letter states. “They’re offensive, they are racially microaggressive, they’re rude, they’re rooted in privilege,” Lewis said, adding that referring to “a predominantly Black Broadway show as loud can unintentionally reinforce harmful stereotypes.” McDonald, the star of the current revival of Gypsy and a multiple Tony Award winner, responded to Lewis’ IG video with heart and handclap emojis.
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