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Oprah was hyping up the theater scene at the 2025 Tony Awards -- but some couldn't help but feel as if she threw some major side-eye at Patti LuPone over her whole beef with fellow Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald.

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00:00and now TMZ presents Joni B starring no no way off it's Oprah Winfrey and

00:09Patti LuPone and if you don't know who Patti LuPone is she's most famous because

00:15she's in Wicked she wasn't in Wicked so we have to take your card back your

00:20actors equity card that is no Patti's a Broadway legend but in a recent

00:25interview she shaded actresses Keisha Lewis and Audra McDonald which many

00:29perceived as racist and degrading Patti apologized but Oprah just had to stir

00:34the pot at the Tony Awards last night our celebration of this astounding year in

00:40live theater turns to the women whose work sparked lively conversations among

00:48theater fans

00:51Oprah you're lucky Patti wasn't there and that nobody gives a crap about Broadway

00:57kidding lots of big stars were there Keanu Reeves Katie Holmes George Clooney

01:02Nicole Scherzinger won for Sunset Boulevard and Darren Criss won for some show we'll

01:07never see but this all raises one important question

01:11do the Tonys have after parties they do and they contain a lot of jazz hands no we

01:16meant did Patti learn her lesson who knows but we definitely learned something

01:21what a play is I thought all plays have music no musicals have music straight

01:28people what are you gonna do right

01:32you

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