War Paint - 2017 Broadway History , Info & More
Nederlander Theatre (Broadway)
208 W. 41st St. New York, NY 10036
War Paint tells the remarkable story of cosmetics titans Helena Rubinstein (Patti LuPone) and Elizabeth Arden (Christine Ebersole), who defined beauty standards for the first half of the 20th Century.
Brilliant innovators with humble roots, both women were masters of self-invention who sacrificed everything to become the country's first major female entrepreneurs. They were also fierce competitors, whose 50-year tug-of-war would give birth to an industry that would forever change the face of America. From Fifth Avenue society to the halls of Congress, their intense rivalry was ruthless, relentless and legendary- pushing both women to build international empires in a world dominated by men.
War Paint - 2017 - Broadway Cast
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LuPone and Ebersole, together in the footlights, in Broadway’s ‘War Paint’
8 / 10
That 'War Paint' takes pains to reveal this parallel emptiness speaks to one of the musical's worthiest achievements: making room on a stage, to a degree virtually never seen, for star turns by two sublime female veterans of the musical theater. When Rubinstein and Arden were in their 60s, they were nowhere near ready to be ushered into the wings. And neither, thank goodness, are LuPone and Ebersole.
War Paint starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole – review at Nederlander Theatre, New York
8 / 10
The fierce, always formidable lightning rod that is Patti LuPone, plays a heavily accented, not always vocally distinct Rubinstein, while the vital, vivacious Christine Ebersole plays Arden. The production becomes a spellbinding study in the competition of wills. It also explores the difficulties of that their confidantes - Douglas Sills as Rubinstein's gay associate and John Dossett as Arden's husband - faced, as men in a women's world. Michael Greif's production is a multi-layered, extraordinarily textured story of the business of beauty and fashion that lets the women put, as the show has it, their best faces forward. As Arden says, 'Every woman has a God-given right to loveliness!'
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War Paint History
Other Productions of War Paint
| 2016 | Chicago |
Goodman Theatre World Premiere Production Chicago |
| 2017 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
War Paint - 2017 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Christine Ebersole |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Catherine Zuber |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Michael Korie |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Bruce Coughlin |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair | David Brian Brown |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway of Off-Broadway Musical | War Paint |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Christine Ebersole |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Catherine Zuber |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Kenneth Posner |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Catherine Zuber |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Christine Ebersole |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Patti LuPone |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | David Korins |
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