If you were looking forward to a future Patti LuPone who’s not in the kinky new season of American Horror Story: NYC, you may have to wait a while. LuPone announced via Twitter that she “gave up” her membership in Actors’ Equity, the union that represents actors and stage managers. According to union rules, all Broadway performers must be a member of the union or receive special permission from the union. Through a statement from a spokesperson to TheaterMania, LuPone, who recently starred in the gender-swapped version of Company, explained that her decision to step away from the stage began earlier this year. “When the run of Company ended this past July, I knew I wouldn’t be on stage for a very long time. And at that point I made the decision to resign from Equity,” she shared in the statement. Maybe, during her free time, LuPone will include an updated spooky-basement tour as she shifts her focus from the stage to the slasher.
