War Paint | |
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Music | Scott Frankel |
Lyrics | Michael Korie |
Book | Doug Wright |
Basis | 2004 book War Paint by Lindy Woodhead 2007 film The Powder & the Glory by Ann Carol Grossman & Arnie Reisman |
Premiere | July 18, 2016: Goodman Theatre, Chicago |
Productions | 2016 Chicago 2017 Broadway |
War Paint is a musical with music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, and a book by Doug Wright. It is based both on Lindy Woodhead's 2004 book War Paint and on the 2007 documentary film The Powder & the Glory by Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie Reisman.
The musical focuses on the lives of and rivalry between 20th-century female entrepreneurs Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.