Patti LuPone and Company are doubling down on their message to Broadway theatergoers: Wear a mask.Or get the f*ck out.OK, so the latter part goes unsaid in a new (and silent) PSA posted on the official Twitter account of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical revival, but LuPone wasn’t so reticent in an audience Q&A session following the show Tuesday night (watch below).During the talkback session, hosted by The American Theatre Wing and open to the public, an angry LuPone repeatedly told two audience members to pull their masks over their noses.
In audio and video of the incident, which went viral today, someone onstage — LuPone and her Company co-stars were participating — can be heard politely asking the audience members to “put the mask on; we worked so hard to get back.”When the audience members refused, and one pointed out that LuPone and her co-stars weren’t masked, LuPone went Full Patti.“Oh, do you want me to put a mask on, because I will.
Your mask protects me so that I can perform,” she says, then increasing her volume: “Put your mask over your nose! That’s why you’re in the theater.
That is the rule. If you don’t want to follow the rule, get the f*ck out!”Actors’ Equity Blasts Audience Member Who Videoed Jesse Williams’ Nude Scene In ‘Take Me Out’ & Tweeted ItAs the audience begins to applaud LuPone’s comments — someone yells “Thank you, Patti!” — the two-time Tony winner continues: “I’m serious.
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