Here's everything you need to know about Patti LuPone's controversy with fellow Broadway stars like Audra McDonald, Kecia Lewis, and Lillias White.

On May 30, over 500 Broadway artists and professionals signed an open letter calling for a formal reprimand of LuPone, citing her “scathing” and “demeaning” language. The letter specifically condemns what it describes as racialized and gendered targeting of McDonald and Lewis, both acclaimed Black women artists.