Patti LuPone argues with anti-masker at Company talkback

What a queen

Shameful behavior of the audience member. What is "a patriot" doing at a Sondheim genderbent musical?

Reason number eleventy thousand that LuPone is an absolute badass.

I was there! I think she noticed the anti-maskers early on in the talk back and was motioning at them to mask up. Then later on called them out on mic, basically telling them how to wear a mask. They didn't do anything, and she kept giving them the evil eye and pointing them out. The guy behind them tried telling them too. Soon Patti called them out again, and the lady replies "where's your mask?" Patti gets pissed, is like "Was I wearing a mask during the show? But sure I'll go put one on" Something like that, but with more f-bombs. Then the twitter clip happens. After the clip, Patti went on for a bit more then walked off as an usher made the two leave.

For more context, throughout the talk back she was expressing (very rightful) frustration at current events that got brought up. So to me it seemed like a lot of built up frustration, and it sucks that Patti had to deal with this at a probably voluntary talkback after a show.

also before all this Marianne Elliott commented on how strong Patti had made the gin and tonics they were drinking.

LOVE. 

There is Audio floating around on Twitter with more of what happened - I can’t find it to share it at the moment though. It’s just over a minute long and starts slightly before that video starts. But Patti asks the audience to put the mask OVER their noses and the woman has the AUDACITY to ask “where are yours” (to the entire cast on stage). 

"Chris Harper pays my salary" I'm dead.. this needs to be bedazzled on a. tshirt .

 

Patti slays once again..

 

Just like Cease and Desist Bitch on Girls5EVA. 

sng said: "I don't want to jinx it but every time Patti Lupone yells "Who do you think you are?" at someone in the audience, she wins the Tony Awards."

The first time was at Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Katrina deserves a retroactive Tony nomination for her reaction in this video LOL

Here's an audio recording of the full interaction: https://twitter.com/JoshuaKilimnik/status/1524238253762781186

Stupid question - but what are talkbacks?  How often do they happen?  Are they on certain nights? I've been going to shows for about 20 years and I don't ever remember anything like this after a show.  Sometimes they have the auction stuff to raise money for Broadway Cares - but that's it.  

Yep. I've been part of several with a teachers group. Basically as everyone leaves the theater, you come up to the first couple rows. Actors come out usually once everyone else has left the theater. I doubt most people know they are even happening unless they are part of the group getting the talk back.