Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone announced via Twitter that she “gave up” her Actors' Equity card, the union that represents actors and stage managers.

Maybe, during her free time, LuPone will include [an updated spooky-basement tour](https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/watch-patti-lupones-quarantine-basement-tour.html) as she shifts her focus from the stage to the slasher. LuPone announced via Twitter that she “gave up” her membership in Actors’ Equity, the union that represents actors and stage managers. [Patti LuPone](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/patti-lupone-maskless-audience-member-broadway.html) who’s not in the kinky new season of [American Horror Story](https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/american-horror-story-nyc-cast-plot-release-date-details.html): NYC, you may have to wait a while.

Tony-winning actor Patti LuPone announced via Twitter that she has given up her Equity card, signaling that she will not be appearing on Broadway in the ...

Gave up my Equity card; no longer part of that circus. And at that point I made the decision to resign from Equity." Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.

NEW YORK - Tony Award winner and Broadway legend Patti LuPone is a force to be reckoned with, and she's now hinting she might leave the stage for good.

"Do you want me to put a mask on right now — did I have a mask on during the show? If you don’t want to follow the rule, get the f--- out!" But many on social media compared the incident to when LuPone reprimanded an audience member for breaking COVID-19 protocol by not wearing a mask in May. "Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about," LuPone tweeted. She didn’t elaborate on what led to her decision, but it came just days after her past behavior was recounted by some after a reported disturbance last week during a "Hadestown" performance. The 73-year-old actress took to Twitter Monday to say that she’s giving up her Equity card.

Dropping her membership in the union likely signals the end of LuPone's professional stage career in the U.S., though it would not hinder her ability to appear ...

Known for her high-flying belting and Juilliard-trained acting prowess, she has also appeared on Broadway in Working, Oliver!, Anything Goes, Noises Off, Sweeney Todd, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and War Paint, among others. Membership in Equity is, in nearly all cases, required to perform on Broadway and at many professional theatres across the United States. [recent incident](https://playbill.com/article/hadestown-producers-and-jujamcyn-apologize-following-incident-involving-audience-member-with-hearing-loss) that saw a cast member of Broadway's Hadestown reprimanding an audience member from the stage for filming the performance when she was actually using a captioning device due to hearing loss.

UPDATE, with LuPone statement Triple Tony winner and stage icon Patti LuPone says she's given up her Actors' Equity card, a move that could signal an end ...

LuPone most recently appeared on Broadway in last season’s Company, winning her third Tony Award for the performance (she previously won for Gypsy and 1980’s Evita). “When the run of Company ended this past July, I knew I wouldn’t be on stage for a very long time,” LuPone said in a statement obtained by Deadline. More recently, LuPone took to task a

Patti LuPone accepts the award for featured actress in a musical for “Company” at the 2022 Tony Awards. (Charles Sykes / Invision / Associated Press).

[she told The Times following the encounter.](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-patti-lupone-talks-20150709-story.html) “I think it’s gone too far. Coleman later tweeted about the criticism White received following their incident and asked people to stop their harassment of the stage actor, writing, “It’s important for me to [articulate] — I ask to extend kindness and forgiveness to Ms. Yeah and no that is not happening Broadway fanbase.” “So — Patti Lupone gets praised for stopping shows and calling out audience members with devices but Lillias White gets attacked and even gets — and I quote ‘You think you are Patti Lupone. We are reviewing our policies and internal protocols to ensure this doesn’t happen again,” the “Hadestown” production team If you don’t want to follow the rule, get the f— out!” A spokesperson for LuPone later revealed that she left the union after her run of “Company” closed on Broadway on July 31. “And at that point, I made the decision to resign from Equity.” Union membership is required to perform in a Broadway production and for many professional theaters in the country. [recording of the incident](https://twitter.com/addisonclover/status/1524225602101944320). It turned out the attendee, who was later identified as Samantha Coleman, was actually using a captioning device. While onstage, White repeatedly called out an audience member whom she thought was recording the Broadway production.

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 ...