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| education = [[Juilliard School]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation = Actress, singer
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| spouse = {{marriage|Matthew Johnston<br>|December 12, 1988}}
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| relatives = [[Robert LuPone]] (brother)<br/>[[Adelina Patti]] (great-great aunt)
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'''Patti Ann LuPone''' (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in [[musical theater]]. After starting her professional career with [[The Acting Company]] in 1972 she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] and [[West End (theatre)|West End]] stage. She has won three [[Tony Award]]s, two [[Olivier Awards]], and two [[Grammy Award]]s, and was a 2006 inductee to the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2007/01/31/Theater-Hall-of-Fame-honors-August-Wilson-seven-others/stories/200701310196|title=Theater Hall of Fame honors August Wilson, seven others|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/pastwinners/|title=Tony Awards past winners|access-date=March 3, 2014|archive-date=August 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822113810/https://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/pastwinners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' in 1973. She went on to receive three [[Tony Awards]]
For her performances on the [[West End (theatre)|West End]] stage she received three [[Laurence Olivier Awards]], one for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] for her performances as [[Fantine]] in the original London cast of ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' and Moll in ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'' in 1985, and the second for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical]] for ''Company'' in 2019. She was nominated for her role as [[Norma Desmond]] in ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' in 1993. She has two [[Grammy Awards]] for the recording of the 2007 [[Los Angeles Opera]] production of ''[[Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny]]''.
On television, she starred in the drama series ''[[Life Goes On (TV series)|Life Goes On]]'' (1989–1993) and received [[Emmy Award]] nominations for the TV movie ''The Song Spinner'' (1995) and her guest role in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Frasier]]'' (1998). She
==Early life and training==
LuPone was born on April 21, 1949, in [[Northport, New York]], on [[Long Island]], the daughter of Italian-American parents Angela Louise (née Patti), a library administrator at the [[C.W. Post]] Campus of [[Long Island University]], and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school administrator and English teacher at [[Walt Whitman High School (New York)|Walt Whitman High School]] in [[Huntington, Long Island|Huntington, NY]].{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}} Her great-great aunt was 19th-century Spanish-born Italian opera singer [[Adelina Patti]].<ref name="ref09">{{cite news |last=Newmark |first=Judith |date=March 29, 2009 |title=Patinkin, LuPone return to stage |publisher=Suburban Journals |url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/stage/story/12EC199F277EAC9E8625758600774640?OpenDocument |access-date=March 28, 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Her father's side came from [[Abruzzo]], while her mother's side is [[Sicilians|Sicilian]].
LuPone was part of the first graduating class of [[Juilliard]]'s Drama Division (1968–1972: ''[[List of Juilliard School people|Group 1]]''),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pattilupone.net/theatre.html | title = Patti LuPone: Theatre Chronology | publisher = PattiLuPone.net | access-date = April 3, 2012}}</ref> which also included actors [[Kevin Kline]] and [[David Ogden Stiers]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://movies.yahoo.com/person/kevin-kline/biography.html | title = Kevin Kline Biography | publisher = Yahoo! Movies | access-date = April 3, 2012}}</ref> She graduated from Juilliard in 1972 with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/person/531610/Patti-LuPone/biography | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130515043328/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/531610/Patti-LuPone/biography | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 15, 2013 | department = Movies & TV Dept. | work = [[The New York Times]] |
== Career ==
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In 1976, theater producer [[David Merrick]] hired LuPone as a replacement to play Genevieve, the title role of the troubled pre-Broadway production of ''[[The Baker's Wife]]''. The production toured at length but Merrick deemed it unworthy of Broadway and it closed out of town.<ref>[http://www.musicalschwartz.com/the-bakers-wife-info.htm "'The Baker's Wife' history"] www.musicalschwartz.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010</ref>
Since 1977, LuPone has frequently collaborated with [[David Mamet]], appearing in his plays ''[[The Woods (Mamet play)|The Woods]]'', ''All Men Are Whores'', ''The Blue Hour'', ''The Water Engine'' (1978),<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4045 "'The Water Engine' listing, 1978] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 27, 2010.</ref> ''Edmond''
In 1979, LuPone starred in the original Broadway production of ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', the musical based on the life of [[Eva Perón]], composed by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]], and directed by [[Harold Prince]].<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3809 "Internet Broadway Database listing, 'Evita'"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010.</ref> Although LuPone was hailed by critics, she has since said that her time in ''Evita'' was not an enjoyable one. In a 2007 interview, she stated "''Evita'' was the worst experience of my life," she said. "I was screaming my way through a part that could only have been written by a man who hates women. And I had no support from the producers, who wanted a star performance onstage but treated me as an unknown backstage. It was like Beirut, and I fought like a banshee."<ref>Green, Jesse.[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/theater/08gree.html "Adapted from "Let Her Entertain You. Please!"]''The New York Times'', July 8, 2007</ref> Despite the trouble, LuPone won her first [[Tony Award]] for Best Actress in a Musical.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/?q=Patti%20LuPone | title = Winners | website = [[Tony Awards]] | via = www.tonyawards.com | access-date = June 17, 2019}}</ref> It was not until she had reprised the role in a production in [[Sydney]] when she had finally enjoyed the part and felt comfortable singing the score.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1asS7GdEO5I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/1asS7GdEO5I| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Broadway legend Patti LuPone on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse |work=HoustonPBS |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=August 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> LuPone and her co-star, [[Mandy Patinkin]], remained close friends both on and off the stage.
==== 1980s ====
In May 1983, founding alumni of The Acting Company reunited for an off-Broadway revival of [[Marc Blitzstein]]'s landmark labor musical ''[[The Cradle Will Rock]]'' at the American Place Theater. It was narrated by [[John Houseman]] with LuPone in the roles of Moll and Sister Mister.<ref>Rich, Frank. "'Labor Opera' By Blitzstein Is Revived", ''The New York Times'', May 10, 1983. p. C11</ref> The production premiered at The Acting Company's summer residence at Chautauqua Institution, toured the United States including an engagement at the Highland Park, Illinois' [[Ravinia Festival]] in 1984 and played in London's [[West End theater|West End]].
When the run ended, LuPone remained in London to create the role of [[Fantine]] in [[Cameron Mackintosh]]'s original London production of ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'', in 1985, which premiered at the [[Barbican Theatre]], at that time the London home of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>[http://johncaird.com/musicals/les_miserables_rsc.html " 'Les Misérables' listing, 1985"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713113139/http://johncaird.com/musicals/les_miserables_rsc.html |date=July 13, 2011 }} johncaird.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010.</ref> LuPone had previously worked for Mackintosh in a short-lived Broadway revival of ''[[Oliver!]]'' in 1984, playing Nancy opposite [[Ron Moody]] as Fagin.<ref>Rich, Frank. "Theater: Moody in 'Oliver!'", ''The New York Times'', April 30, 1984, p. C11</ref> For her work in both ''The Cradle Will Rock'' and ''Les Misérables'', LuPone received the 1985 [[Olivier Award]] for Best Actress in a Musical.<ref name="pbs">[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/lupone_p.html "Patti LuPone biography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318134417/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/lupone_p.html |date=March 18, 2012 }} pbs.org. Retrieved August 24, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/past_winners/view/item98520/Olivier-Winners-1985/ "Olivier Winners 1985"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221173718/http://officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/past_winners/view/item98520/Olivier-Winners-1985/ |date=December 21, 2010 }} officiallondontheater.co.uk. Retrieved August 24, 2010.</ref>
She returned to Broadway in 1987 to star as [[nightclub singer]] Reno Sweeney in the [[Lincoln Center Theater]] revival of [[Cole Porter]]'s ''[[Anything Goes]]''. She starred opposite [[Howard McGillin]], and they both received Tony nominations for their performances.<ref>Bennetts, Leslie.[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/22/theater/no-tears-for-lupone-s-reno.html?ref=patti_lupone "No Tears For LuPone's Reno"]''The New York Times'', October 22, 1987</ref><ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4483 Internet Broadway database listing, 'Anything Goes'"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010.</ref> The Lincoln Center cast reassembled for a one-night-only concert performance of ''Anything Goes'' in New York in 2002.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13405 "Internet Broadway database listing, 'Anything Goes' concert"] ibdb.com. Retrieved August 24, 2010.</ref>
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==== 2010s ====
In August 2010, LuPone appeared in a three-day run of [[Irving Berlin]]'s ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' where she played the title role opposite [[Patrick Cassidy (actor)|Patrick Cassidy]] at the Ravinia Festival, directed by Lonny Price.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/they-say-its-wonderful-patti-lupone-stars-in-annie-get-your-gun-at-the-ravinia-festival-com-170849 "They Say It's Wonderful": Patti LuPone Stars in Annie Get Your Gun at the Ravinia Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818075409/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142023-They-Say-Its-Wonderful-Patti-LuPone-Stars-in-Annie-Get-Your-Gun-at-the-Ravinia-Festival |date=August 18, 2010 }} Playbill, August 13, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref> That same year, LuPone created the role of Lucia in the original Broadway production of ''[[Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (musical)|Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown]]'', which opened at the [[Belasco Theater]] on November 4, 2010, and closed on January 2, 2011, after 23 preview and 69 regular performances. LuPone was nominated for a Tony and Drama Desk, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance.
LuPone's [[memoir]] recounting her life and career from childhood onwards, was published in September 2010 titled ''Patti LuPone: A Memoir''.<ref>Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/article/lupone-chooses-a-tell-it-like-it-is-title-for-upcoming-autobiography-com-167316 "LuPone Chooses a Tell-It-Like-It-Is Title for Upcoming Autobiography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504221349/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138381-LuPone-Chooses-a-Tell-It-Like-It-Is-Title-for-Upcoming-Autobiography |date=May 4, 2010 }} Playbill April 1, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-will-sign-her-memoir-at-barnes-and-noble-performance-too-com-170592 Patti LuPone Will Sign Her Memoir at Barnes and Noble; Performance, Too"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807114959/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141757-Patti-LuPone-Will-Sign-Her-Memoir-at-Barnes-and-Noble-Performance-Too |date=August 7, 2010 }} Playbill, August 3, 2010, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref>
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A transfer of the successful [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' was set to open at the [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre]] on March 22, 2020, coinciding with [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s 90th birthday, but was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/patti-lupone-katrina-lenk-star-company-broadway.html|title=Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk to Star in Gender-Bent Company on Broadway|last=Haylock|first=Zoe|date=August 30, 2019|website=Vulture|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019}}</ref> The production returned, featuring LuPone starring opposite [[Katrina Lenk]], with previews starting on November 15, 2021, before officially opening December 9, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/company/|title= Company – Broadway|website= broadway.com|access-date= July 7, 2021}}</ref> LuPone won her third Tony Award for the role.
Following the closing of ''Company'', LuPone resigned from [[Actors' Equity Association]], the union for professional stage managers and actors in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=2022-10-17 |title=Patti LuPone Says She Resigned From Stage Actors' Union |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/theater/patti-lupone-broadway-labor-union.html |access-date=2022-10-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was announced that LuPone would return to Broadway in the [[Jen Silverman]] play ''[[The Roommate (play)|The Roommate]]'' starring opposite [[Mia Farrow]] at the [[Booth Theatre]] in August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Patti-LuPone-Will-Return-to-Broadway-in-THE-ROOMMATE-Opposite-Mia-Farrow-20240411|title= Patti LuPone Will Return to Broadway in THE ROOMMATE Opposite Mia Farrow|website= BroadwayWorld|accessdate= April 11, 2024}}</ref>
===Solo concerts and tours===
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LuPone's TV work also included a recurring role on her cousin Tom Fontana's HBO series in its final season, ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' (2003).<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/theatre-stars-head-cast-of-final-oz-season-hbo-series-debuts-jan-5-com-110845 "Theatre Stars Head Cast of Final "Oz" Season; HBO Series Debuts Jan. 5"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222833/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/77155-Theatre-Stars-Head-Cast-of-Final-Oz-Season-HBO-Series-Debuts-Jan-5 |date=October 17, 2012 }} playbill.com, January 5, 2003, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref> She appeared as herself on a February 2005 episode of ''[[Will & Grace]]''.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[https://www.playbill.com/article/lupone-and-goldblum-guest-on-feb-3-will-grace-com-123843 "LuPone and Goldblum Guest on Feb. 3 "Will & Grace"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017222907/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90865-LuPone-and-Goldblum-Guest-on-Feb-3-Will-Grace |date=October 17, 2012 }}Playbill, February 3, 2005, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref> She also appeared on the series ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' in March 2007 as the mother of Marc St. James (played by [[Michael Urie]]).<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/dont-ask-dont-tell-patti-lupone-to-guest-on-march-22-ugly-betty-com-139089 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Patti LuPone to Guest on March 22 "Ugly Betty"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017223043/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106324-Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-Patti-LuPone-to-Guest-on-March-22-Ugly-Betty |date=October 17, 2012 }} playbill.com, March 7, 2007, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref> LuPone had a recurring guest role as [[Frank Rossitano]]'s mother on ''[[30 Rock]]''. LuPone appeared as herself in the [[New York (Glee)|season two finale]] of the television series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive Photos! Patti LuPone Films Glee Guest Spot Opposite Lea Michele and Cory Monteith |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/156197/exclusive-photos-patti-lupone-films-glee-guest-spot-opposite-lea-michele-and-cory-monteith/ |website=Broadway.com |access-date=December 5, 2021 |date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>
LuPone guest starred on ''[[Army Wives]]'' on July 8, 2012. She reunited with fellow guest star [[Kellie Martin]] as her mother once again.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arellano |first=Jennifer |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/04/23/kellie-martin-army-wives/ |title='Army Wives': Kellie Martin talks Patti LuPone, Nicole's reveal|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvequals.com/2012/07/08/army-wives-battle-scars-season-6-episode-16/ |title=Army Wives "Battle Scars" Season 6 Episode 16 |publisher=TV Equals |date=July 8, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018030419/http://www.tvequals.com/2012/07/08/army-wives-battle-scars-season-6-episode-16/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> LuPone appeared in the 2013 film ''[[Parker (2013 film)|Parker]]'', an action-thriller.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-cast-in-new-film-parker-taylor-hackford-directs-com-181556 "Patti LuPone Cast in New Film "Parker"; Taylor Hackford Directs"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926095543/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153433-Patti-LuPone-Cast-in-New-Film-Parker-Taylor-Hackford-Directs |date=September 26, 2013 }} Playbill, August 5, 2011, Retrieved December 5, 2021</ref> She voiced the character Yellow Diamond in the [[animated series]] ''[[Steven Universe]]'' (2013–2019) and ''[[Steven Universe Future]]'' (2019–2020).
In 2013, LuPone was cast in the [[American Horror Story: Coven|third season]] of the FX series ''[[American Horror Story]]'' as [[Joan Ramsey]], a religious mother with a hidden past,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-horror-story-coven-books-521404 | title='American Horror Story: Coven' Books Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=May 12, 2013 | access-date=May 12, 2013 |
In 2023 she played Beau's mother, Mona, in the [[Ari Aster]] [[surrealist]] [[horror film|horror]] film ''[[Beau Is Afraid]]''. The film stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Richard Kind]], and [[Amy Ryan]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/beau-is-afraid-plot-details-cast-release-date/|title= Everything to Know About Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid' Starring Joaquin Phoenix|website= [[IndieWire]]|accessdate= February 12, 2023}}</ref> LuPone received critical acclaim for her performance with David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' writing "[the film] features fabulous performances...most of all, LuPone in all her magnificent, scenery-chomping glory."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/beau-is-afraid-review-joaquin-phoenix-ari-aster-1235369262/|title= 'Beau Is Afraid' Review: Joaquin Phoenix Grapples With Mother Issues in Ari Aster's Bonkers Freudian Freakout|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= April 11, 2023|accessdate= April 16, 2023}}</ref> Anthony Lane of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' also praised LuPone performance, comparing her role of an imperious mother to that of [[Angela Lansbury]]'s in ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (1962).<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/beau-is-afraid-movie-review-everything-went-fine|title= "Beau Is Afraid" 's Wearisome Excess|magazine= [[The New Yorker]]|date= April 14, 2023|accessdate= April 16, 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, LuPone revealed that she will play the role of Lilia Calderu in the
▲In 2023, LuPone revealed that she will play the role of Lilia Calderu in the MCU's upcoming Disney+ series Agatha: Coven of Chaos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Savannah |date=2023-04-18 |title=WandaVision's Agatha Spin-off Show: First New Character Announced |url=https://thedirect.com/article/wandavision-agatha-spin-off-show-character |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=The Direct |language=en}}</ref> Calderu is a Romani character in the comics.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Will Salmon |date=2023-04-19 |title=Who is Lilia Calderu? Meet the mysterious witch who may be key to Agatha: Coven of Chaos |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/lilia-calderu-the-witch-who-be-vital-to-agatha-coven-of-chaos/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}</ref>
==Views on theater conduct==
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On May 10, 2022, during a live conversation with the [[American Theatre Wing]] and her ''Company'' co-stars, LuPone called out at audience members who were not wearing their [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face masks]] "properly" during the event and not adhering to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts|COVID-19 safety protocols]] implemented by [[The Broadway League]] yelling, "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 fuck out. I'm serious. Who do you think you are if you do not respect the people sitting around you?" When an audience member called out in response, "I pay your salary," LuPone replied "You pay my salary? Bullshit. Chris Harper [the producer of ''Company''] pays my salary".<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2022/legit/news/patti-lupone-company-anti-mask-covid-1235264323/|title = Patti LuPone Shuts Down Anti-Mask Audience Member: 'Who Do You Think You Are?'|last = Chapman|first = Wilson|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = May 11, 2022|accessdate = May 16, 2022}}</ref> After the incident, a spokesperson for the show said in a statement: "We stand with Patti [...] support her efforts to keep our entire community—from patrons to ushers, cast to stage crew—safe and healthy so we can keep Broadway open". This also resulted in the League extending the mask guideline end date from May 31 to June 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/patti-lupone-blasts-broadway-theatergoers-not-adhering-mask-policy-rcna28384|title = Patti LuPone blasts Broadway theatergoers for not adhering to mask policy|work = [[NBCNews.com]]|date = May 11, 2022|accessdate = May 16, 2022|last = Hemedy|first = Saba}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/broadway-covid-mask-mandate-june-1235028945/ | title=Broadway Extends Audience Mask Mandate Through June | date=May 20, 2022 }}</ref>
In an interview, LuPone later explained that prior to her dispute with the patron, the patron had already been approached by the theater's
==Personal life==
LuPone is married to Matthew Johnston. The couple's wedding ceremony was on the stage of the [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] at the Lincoln Center on December 12, 1988, after filming the TV movie ''LBJ''; Johnston was a cameraman.<ref>(AP).[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zdwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4679,3289361&dq=patti-lupone&hl=en "People:Patti LuPone marries miniseries cameraman"], ''Gettysburg Times'' (news.google.com), December 15, 1988.</ref> They have one child.<ref name="times1990" /> They reside in [[Edisto Beach, South Carolina]],<ref>Rapkin, Mickey.[https://www.out.com/entertainment/2010/08/15/patti-lupone-ladys-night "Patti LuPone: Lady's Night"] ''Out Magazine''. Retrieved December 5, 2010.</ref> and [[Kent, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Gerard | first = Jeremy | title = In 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone Creates Diva Role She Was Born to Play | work = Bloomberg News | publisher = [[Bloomberg L.P.]] | date = March 4, 2008 | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ac.p_ucxg550 | access-date = May 11, 2011}}</ref>
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|<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/rosalie-craig-and-patti-lupone-star-in-gender-swapped-company-opening-in-london-october-17# "Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone Star in Gender-Swapped ''Company'', Opening in London October 17"] Playbill, October 17, 2018</ref>
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|rowspan=2|<ref>Franklin, Marc J.[http://www.playbill.com/article/meet-the-cast-of-broadways-gender-bent-revival-of-company# "Meet the Cast of Broadway's Upcoming Revival of ''Company''"] Playbill, October 26, 2019</ref>
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| The Producer
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