Patti LuPone opens up about why she left the Actors' Equity Association

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Just one day after revealing through a tweet that she was leaving the stage performers union Actors' Equity Association, Patti LuPone opened up about her decision.The 73-year-old three-time Tony Award winner tweeted on Monday, 'Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.

Gave up my Equity card; no longer part of that circus. Figure it out.'She clarified in a Deadline interview on Monday that she resigned from AEA in July after finishing her run on Company, though she also added more in another interview with People where she called the AEA, 'the worst union.' Opening up: Just one day after revealing through a tweet that she was leaving the stage performers union Actors' Equity Association, Patti LuPone opened up about her decision Worst union: She clarified in a Deadline interview on Monday that she resigned from AEA in July after finishing her run on Company, though she also added more in another interview with People where she called the AEA, 'the worst union''They accepted my resignation and told me that if I ever wanted to rejoin, I'd have to be approved,' LuPone said.'And it's the perfect reason I withdrew from Equity.

Fifty years to this year ... I've been a card-carrying member of Equity, and they don't know who I am basically,' the theater legend continued. 'They just said, "Fine, but if you want to rejoin, we're going to have to approve you,"' LuPone added.