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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 name being bandied about.
Gave up my Equity card; no longer part of that circus. Figure it out,” she wrote.
Turning in her Actors’ Equity Association card would mean LuPone is still able to perform onstage in one-woman shows and cabarets and in most productions outside of the US.The association, which represents both actors and stage managers and negotiates wages and benefits, could not immediately be reached for comment on LuPone’s announcement.When reached by The Post, LuPone would not specify why she was deciding to call it quits on Broadway. “When the run of ‘Company’ ended this past July, I knew I wouldn’t be onstage for a very long time,” LuPone said in a statement of her most recent Broadway turn.
“And at that point I made the decision to resign from Equity.”The declaration by LuPone — who won her third Tony just this year for her role in “Company” — comes after the stage star laid into a maskless theatergoer during a performance of her hit musical “Company” in May. The exchange was caught on video and went viral on Twitter as some users deemed it “rude,” “vulgar” and “disrespectful.”However, both “Company’s” official Twitter page and the show’s musical’s lead producer, Chris Harper, said the entire production “stands with” the veteran.
That wasn’t the first time LuPone lost her cool mid-performance. The first instance happened in 2009 when an audience member snapped a photo during Stephen Sondheim’s “Gypsy.”In 2015, LuPone approached a texting theatergoer during “Shows for Days,”
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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 that I can’t perform on stage,” LuPone told Variety at Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil” premiere Tuesday.
Katie Reul editor Three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone isn’t leaving Broadway. Despite her recent move to give up her Actor’s Equity card, which fans took as a sign of her impending retirement, she says she’s just taking a break. “I just gave up my equity card, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t perform on-stage,” LuPone told Variety at Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil” premiere Tuesday. “It’s 50 years that I’ve been a member of Actors Equity, and I think I need a break from the stage.” LuPone clarified that provisions in her former membership allow her to still make guest appearances on stage in the meantime, but without being a part of the labor union, she won’t be taking any major roles on Broadway any time soon.
Patti LuPone is opening up about the true reason she chose to hand in her equity card from the Actors Equity Association.
Patti LuPone has branded the Actors' Equity Association (AEA) the "worst union". The 73-year-old actress announced earlier this week that she is leaving the organisation and although she's been a member for five decades, the 'American Horror Story' star claimed they have no idea who she is. She told People magazine: "They accepted my resignation and told me that if I ever wanted to rejoin, I'd have to be approved.
Patti LuPone has announced her resignation from the union that represents Broadway actors. The star of the Company revival took to Twitter on Monday to share that she is leaving the Actors' Equity Association, which advocates for Broadway performers. "Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.
Patti LuPone has left the Actors’ Equity union and hinted an end to her Broadway career. The 73-year-old actress - who infamously stopped production of 'Gypsy' she was starring in in 2009 when an audience member was on their phone - has spent decades on the New York stage starring in acclaimed productions of musicals such as 'Les Miserables', 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Sweeney Todd' but is "no longer part of that circus" just days after seeing her name "bandied about" in connection to a more recent incident, which saw an audience member at 'Hadestown' reprimanded for using a captioning device.
Patti LuPone has revealed some more information about her decision to quit Broadway.
Triple Tony winner and stage icon Patti LuPone says she’s given up her Actors’ Equity card, a move that could signal an end to her celebrated Broadway stage career.
On Monday (October 17), Broadway legend Patti LuPone sent theater fans into a panic over a tweet she sent out.
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American Horror Story: New York City” has arrived — and FX is calling it “a season like no other.”The teaser for the 11th installment of the anthology series features a lot of chains, whips and leather, offering a titillating and terrifying glimpse into NYC’s kink scene. Zachary Quinto is coming back to “AHS” for the first time since “AHS: Asylum” as a character named Sam who appears who have a BDSM fetish.
promises to be “a season like no other.” Ahead of the horror anthology franchise’s return with its 11th installment, FX released a sexy yet creepy teaser for the upcoming, star-studded new season. While no official details for the plot have been released, the teaser appears to be leaning into the BDSM scene and queer culture with New York City potentially inspired by the infamous Al Pacino film,, which was about a serial killer who targeted gay men. The new season also features one of creator Ryan Murphy’s largest LGBTQ casts following and, with Joe Mantello, Zachary Quinto, Russell Tovey, Charlie Carver, Isaac Powell and Denis O’Hare all set to appear in the upcoming episodes. Rounding out this year’s ensemble are alum Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Sandra Bernhard and Patti LuPone. In addition to the teaser, FX has shared new photos of some of the characters, revealing that Quinto is playing the whip-wielding Sam, Carver is Adam and Tovey is Patrick, who appears to be a cop or detective. A post shared by American Horror Story (@ahsfx)A post shared by American Horror Story (@ahsfx)A post shared by American Horror Story (@ahsfx)Spanning 10 episodes, will premiere with two episodes on Oct.