Jarethan said: "I actually think Kecia Lewis is a drama queen. When Lupone asked for the volume to be lowered, she was not being racist. I have heard of Lupone being accused of a lit of things, but never racism.
While watching dramas, I have heard music from adjoining theatres in the past, and they were from not musicals that blared like HK. I actually wore ear plugs during part ofAct 2 to muffle the volume a little, since it had given me a headache. I can imagine that that would be distracing for an actor, particularly in the case of the Shubert / Booth, where the stages essentially back each other,
I think she has gotten a little full of herself."
I think both of them were/are being drama queens. I think they they were/are respectively wrong. But Patti's problems are all about ego and entitlement (not white privelege; diva privilege, perhaps), not racism. Nor do I think anyone here criticizing Kecia is being racist. But that a couple of posters would lob attacks was pretty predictable. None of it is worth anyone getting seriously upset about (I don't think most people are).