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Tony Awards Red Carpet: James Monroe Iglehart, Brooke Shields and More Broadway Stars Weigh in on Patti LuPone New Yorker Interview


James Monroe Iglehart, Brooke Shields, and other Broadway stars address Patti LuPone New Yorker interview controversy at the Tony Awards.

On the Tony Awards red carpet, James Monroe Iglehart, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and other Broadway artists and stars weighed in on the fallout surrounding Patti LuPone ‘s controversial New Yorker interview. The theater legend faced intense backlash following the story’s publication last month, in which she called “Hell’s Kitchen” star Kecia Lewis a “bitch” and stated that she was in a feud with Audra McDonald. LuPone complained to the head of the Shubert Organization about the loud noises that she could hear from next door, and sent flowers to the cast and crew of “Hell’s Kitchen” when the volume was lowered.

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