5 times Broadway diva Patti LuPone went off on fools who dared cross her
telling an audience member to “get the f-k out” of the theater for not wearing a face mask in accordance with the venue’s COVID-19 policies.But fans of LuPone know that the actress has a history of public outbursts that are both jaw-dropping and refreshingly blunt.
Here are five other times she’s gone off.In 2009, LuPone literally stopped mid-song while performing as Momma Rose in the musical Gypsy to tell an audience member, “Stop taking pictures right now!”“You heard the announcement,” she yelled. “Who do you think you are?” she continued, to audience applause.
She then addressed theater management from the stage, yelling, “Get him out…. How dare you? … I won’t continue if they’re taking pictures.”She then called for the house lights to be turned on as she pointed out the photographer to security guards. “Three times!
Three times you took a picture!” she said to the offender.After the person was escorted from the theater, she said, “I have to say this: We have forgotten our public manners, and we have forgotten that we are in a community, and this is the theatre, and all of you, every single one of you — except that person — has respect.
