More than 500 Broadway artists have signed an open letter “calling-in” Tony Award winner Patti LuPone following shocking comments she made in an interview with The New Yorker earlier this week. In the interview,

LuPone's shocking response to Broadway veteran Kecia Lewis, who accused her of microaggressive behaviors, spurred a lot of chatter — and experts have thoughts.

LuPone starred in The Roommate opposite Tony-nominated Mia Farrow earlier in the Broadway season when she took issue with the loudness of their neighboring show, the Alicia Keys jukebox musical, Hell’s Kitchen. The sound was reportedly bleeding through from theater-to-theater, causing an issue for LuPone.

Broadway icon Patti LuPone spoke out about her falling out with fellow performer Audra McDonald, telling The New Yorker this week that McDonald is “not a friend.” The awkward comment came up when LuPone,