NEW YORK (AP) β Chicago has landed a musical with enough talent to make Broadway blush: Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole starring in a show about makeup pioneers by the team that created “Grey Gardens.”
The Goodman Theatre said Thursday that it will produce the world premiere of “War Paint,” about the arch-rivalry of cosmetics entrepreneurs Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. LuPone will play Rubinstein and Ebersole plays Arden.
Michael Greif will direct, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie will create the score, and Doug Wright will supply the book. All four men last teamed up on “Grey Gardens.”
The musical is inspired by the book “War Paint” by Lindy Woodhead and the documentary film, “The Powder & the Glory” by Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie Reisman.
The show starts June 28.
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