Broadway Star Kecia Lewis Says Patti Lupone Calling ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Show ‘Too Loud’ Is ‘Bullying’ & ‘Racially Microagressive’

Broadway Star Kecia Lewis Says Patti Lupone Calling ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Show ‘Too Loud’ Is ‘Bullying’ & ‘Racially Microagressive’

Broadway’s Kecia Lewis has a message for actress Patti Lupone. 

In a six-minute video shared to Instagram on Sunday (November 3), Kecia Lewis called out Patti Lupone after she called the Hell’s Kitchen show “too loud.”

Kecia Lewis, who won a Tony Award after starring in the production as Miss Liza Jane, broke down a few instances involving Patti Lupone and said,

“The first one is that you contacted our theater owner about changing a couple of our sound cues because you found them to be too loud. You also, after our sound design was adjusted, sent flowers to our sound and stage management team thanking them.”

She added,

“I wanted to address this because, Ms. LuPone, these actions, in my opinion, are bullying. They’re offensive, they are racially microaggressive, they’re rude, they’re rooted in privilege. And these actions also lack a sense of community and leadership for someone as yourself, who has been in the business as long as you have.”

She ended by telling Patti Lupone, 

“I respectfully submit to you that you owe us an apology — not flowers.” 

 

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As of now, it doesn’t look like Lupone has issued a public apology.

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