War Paint

• World Premiere (2016)
  Chicago, IL
• Original Broadway Production (2017)
  New York, NY

Inspired by the book "War Paint," by Lindy Woodhead, and the documentary film "The Powder & the Glory," by Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie Reisman

Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden defined beauty standards for the first half of the 20th Century. Brilliant innovators with humble roots, both 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. From Fifth Avenue society to the halls of Congress, their remarkable rivalry was ruthless, relentless and legendary—pushing both women to build international empires in a world dominated by men.