They were the brand name on every woman's lips. Goodman Theatre announces it will produce the world premiere of War Paint, a new musical that charts the ascent and arch-rivalry of cosmetics entrepreneurs Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. Patti LuPone, who generates more raw excitement than any other performer on Broadway The New York Times, and Christine Ebersole, a first-class, revitalizing master of period style The New York Times, respectively star as Rubinstein and Arden, the brilliant innovators with humble roots who shrewdly navigated the 1930s male-dominated business world to forever change the business of beauty. Directed by Michael Greif Rent, Next to Normal, IfThen, Grey Gardens, War Paint reunites Scott Frankel and Michael Korie-the acclaimed composer and lyricist team of Grey Gardens and Far From Heaven-with Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright Grey Gardens, I Am My Own Wife, The Little Mermaid. The musical is inspired by the book,...
- 11/12/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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