On the Red Carpet with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole in War Paint
Moments after the curtain came down on their opening-night performances, the Tony-winning actors spoke with Playbill on the red carpet.
Moments after the curtain came down on their opening-night performances, the Tony-winning actors spoke with Playbill on the red carpet.
The new musical at the Nederlander Theatre casts the two-time Tony winners as rival cosmetics giants.
War Paint's Broadway company always looks their best, but on April 6, they got super glam for opening night. Check out the glitzy guests who attended the powerful performance at the Nede…
Starring two-time Tony Award winnersPatti LuPoneandChristine Ebersole,War Painttells the remarkable story of cosmetics titans Helena Rubinstein LuPone andElizabeth ArdenEbersole, who defined…
In 2006, composer Scott Frankel, lyricist Michael Korie, and playwright Doug Wright teamed up to create the musical "Grey Gardens," one of the most praised original musicals in recent theatr…
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Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole star in a new musical about feuding titans of the beauty industry.
The historic rivalry of two cosmetics empresses, Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, told in song (and a bit of dance).
Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole find the human factor in a repetitive musical about battling cosmetics magnates.
You don't have to go in search of a magnifying glass to discern the active ingredients in the new musical "War Paint," at the Nederlander Theatre, a dual biography of the dueling cosmetics d…
The last half-hour or so of War Paint, the beguiling but frustrating new musical about beauty legends Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, is just about everything you could want from a Br…
David Stone and Marc Platt, lead co-producers of Wicked, return to Broadway with a new musical featuring another pair of duelling divas.
Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole star as rival makeup titans Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden, respectively. read more
Patti LuPone's voice glistens in many dark shades of steel -- shards with sharp points and astonishing smooth edges. Christine Ebersole sounds classy and creamy, but cream that bites and sti…
A show about queens of the beauty business is barely skin deep.
Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole play rival cosmetics queens Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden in 'War Paint,' a new musical from the team behind the Tony-winning 'Grey Gardens.' read…
“War Paint” is a musical about Catherine Zuber’s fabulous costumes and magnificent hats, as modeled by the great Patti LuPone as Helena Rubenstein and her Highness, Christi…
It must have seemed an inspired idea: Cast competing divas to play the business titans who created rival women-centered businesses. And could the timing for the Broadway opening have been be…
"Every woman has the right to be beautiful," cosmetics titan Elizabeth Arden famously observed, speaking from somewhere behind her elegant Red Door, through which a wealthy-enough woman coul…
War Paint, a new musical, opens tonight at the Nederlander Theatre. Two-time Tony Award-winning legendsPatti LuPoneandChristine Ebersolejoin forces to portray the trailblazing cosmetic icons…
"War Paint" depicts the feud that changed the face of America's women. The cosmetics industry was born from the rivalry between two immigrants turned entrepreneurs: Elizabeth Arden, a WASP f…
The new musical officially opened April 6 at the Nederlander Theatre. Read reviews here.
The two stars play makeup titans Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden in an uneven, but worthwhile show; also reviewed, "Gently Down the Stream," starring Harvey Fierstein.
You don't need to be obsessed with beauty products to grasp the timeless axiom about makeup: Less is more.
Two of mightiest stage divas in world have returned to Broadway on the same bill. Tony winners Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole star in the new musical "War Paint." Â These theater lege…