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Any seasoned New York City theatergoer<\/a> knows that if you take your phone out or get a little too chatty during a show, there is a nonzero chance that Patti LuPone<\/a> is going to yell at you. Usually this happens while she\u2019s onstage \u2014 where she famously once snatched the phone<\/a> right out of someone\u2019s hand \u2014 but just because she\u2019s in the audience does not mean disruptive patrons\u00a0are safe from her wrath. One chatty audience member apparently found this out the hard way this weekend at a performance of Drew Droege\u2019s Messy White Gays.<\/p>\n According to \u201cPage Six,\u201d<\/a> LuPone was in the same audience as a woman who a source said was LuPone apparently \u201ccornered\u201d this woman and told her, \u201cNever go to the theater again!\u201d The eyewitness told \u201cPage Six\u201d that the woman \u201cquailed under the diva\u2019s stony gaze and apologized.\u201d As she should!<\/p>\n This is a nice end-of-year redemption moment for LuPone, who found herself in hot water<\/a> this spring when she went after Broadway veterans Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis in the pages of The New Yorker. LuPone called Lewis a \u201cbitch\u201d and shaded McDonald\u2019s performance in Gypsy, sparking enough of an outcry that she eventually apologized<\/a> for her \u201cdemeaning and disrespectful\u201d remarks. Blessedly, she\u2019s now aiming her lasers at the people who actually deserve them: those who can\u2019t shut up during a play. Thank you for your service, Ms. LuPone.<\/p>\n Stay in touch.<\/p>\n Get the Cut newsletter delivered daily<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n
\u201cmore primed for a bachelorette party than Off Broadway.\u201d During the show, the woman fired off \u201can inebriated cavalcade of four-letter words\u201d and at least one \u201cYes, bitch!\u201d While most of us would probably resign ourselves to just being annoyed or maybe try to flag down an usher, LuPone reportedly took matters into her own hands after the curtain call.<\/p>\n