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Broadway star Patti LuPone had choice words for audience members not adhering to mask policy following a performance of "Company" on Tuesday, May 10, at New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Video captured by an audience member shows LuPone confronting a theatre-goer during a post-show talkback. "Put your mask over your nose, that's why you're in the theater," LuPone admonishes. "That is the rule. If you don't want to follow the rule, get the f*** out," she continues. "I'm serious. Who do you think you are, if you do not respect the people sitting around you?" "I pay your salary," the audience member responds. "You pay my salary?" shoots back LuPone. "Bulls***, Chris Harper pays my salary." Harper, the lead producer of 'Company', released a statement in support of LuPone, according to https://deadline.com/2022/05/patti-lupone-company-broadway-mask-1235021298/ Deadline . "Over the course of her storied career, Patti has always had an unshakable bond with the audience, and she takes their role as seriously as her own," said Harper. "She is also a fierce advocate for the entire theatrical workforce. We stand with Patti and support her efforts to keep our entire community - from patrons to ushers, cast to stage crew - safe and healthy so we can keep Broadway open." LuPone https://twitter.com/PattiLuPone/status/1497934256617705476 said she tested positive for COVID-19 in February. (Footage by Anonymous/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)