A New York Metropolis stage legend is becoming a member of the women of “Sex and the City.”
On Friday, Leisure Weekly confirmed that Patti LuPone, 75, is becoming a member of the “Sex and the City” spinoff, “And Just Like That,” for Season 3.
In line with the outlet, her position is a secret, however government producer Michael Patrick King mentioned that she’ll have “an arc on our show this season.”
“It’s a lot of ‘new’ within the familiar, but even the familiar characters are going through new things,” King mentioned about Season 3.
“It’s more than Carrie [Sarah Jessica Parker] that has a new apartment. Miranda [Cynthia Nixon] has a new apartment. We feel that there’s a lot of newness in the world right now, especially for these characters. We wanted to tell new stories and put them through new obstacles.”
LuPone joins different introduced new forged members, together with “Law & Order” star Mehcad Brooks, Logan Marshall Inexperienced and Rosie O’Donnell. In the meantime, forged member Sara Ramirez, who performed Miranda’s controversial love curiosity, Che Diaz, won’t return.
The present follows the buddies of “Sex and the City” – together with Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) by means of life, love, work and household points of their 50s. Notably, Kim Cattrall’s Samantha Jones will not be within the present, though she did get a short cameo in Season 2.
Cattrall has lengthy been rumored to be in a feud along with her former “Sex and the City” co-stars, though Parker as soon as advised The Publish in 2018, “I don’t have a disagreement with Kim, there’s no catfight … I’ve only ever expressed admiration and gratitude for everything she contributed — and I still feel that way.”
LuPone is a Broadway staple. Most just lately, she’s been performing in “The Roommate” with Mia Farrow, and he or she was additionally nominated for Tonys for her roles in “The Robber Bridegroom” (1976), “Anything Goes” (1988), “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2003), “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (2011), and “War Paint” (2017). She additionally received Tonys for “Evita” (1980) “Gypsy” (2008) and “Company” (2022).
LuPone has had her share of controversies, too.
In November, Kecia Lewis, 59, launched a six-minute Instagram video the place she referred to as out LuPone, 75, for the way she allegedly handled the manufacturing of “Hell’s Kitchen,” which Lewis stars in as Miss Liza Jane.
“Hell’s Kitchen” is on the Shubert Theatre, which shares a again wall with LuPone and Mia Farrow’s present “The Roommate” on the Sales space Theatre.
Lewis then addressed “a couple of situations that have gone on in the last few weeks” involving the “Agatha All Along” actress.
“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,” Lewis claimed. “You also, after our sound design was adjusted, sent flowers to our sound and stage management team thanking them.”
Lewis’ video confirmed a clip of LuPone outdoors the theater telling a fan she wouldn’t signal a “Hell’s Kitchen” playbill as a result of the present is “too loud.”
“These actions, in my opinion, are bullying,” mentioned Lewis. “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.”
“The Roommate” producers responded to Lewis’ video in an Instagram assertion the next day.
“We are grateful to everyone at ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ for adjusting their cues to prevent sound bleed into our theater, which was affecting backstage, onstage and into the audience,” the assertion learn. “On Broadway, these historic buildings were built long before the existence of modern amplification and sit side by side, playhouses sharing walls with musical houses. These kinds of sound accommodations from one show to another are not unusual and are always deeply appreciated. We’re proud to share Shubert Alley with ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and wish our neighbors continued success.”
Season 3 of “And Just Like That” will premiere on Max at an unannounced date in 2025.
