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Patti LuPone "WAR PAINT" Christine Ebersole 2016 Chicago World Premiere Playbill
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I'm currently listing a large number of playbills from out-of-town tryouts prior to the Broadway runs. Many are from early performances when revisions were common and include song titles that were cut before opening in New York. (See cut songs below) ....... Thisis a rare June 2016 "On Stage" playbill from the Pre-Broadway tryout and WORLD PREMIERE engagement of the
DOUG WRIGHT, SCOTT FRANKEL and MICHAEL KORIE musical "WAR PAINT" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. (The tryout engagement opened June 28th, 2016 and ran through August 21st, 2016. The production would open April 6th, 2017 at New York's Nederlander Theatre
and close November 5th, 2017 after 236 performances.) ..... Based on the lives and careers of cosmetic legends Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, the musical starred PATTI LuPONE and CHRISTINE EBERSOLE
and featured JOHN DOSSETT, DOUGLAS SILLS, PATTI COHENOUR,
JOANNA GLUSHAK,
MARY ERNSTER, BARBARA JO BEDNARCZUK, TOM GALANTICH, DAVID GIROLMO, CHRIS HOCH, MARY CLAIRE KING, ERIK LIBERMAN, BARBARA MARINEAU, LESLIE DONNA FLESNER, STEPHANIE JAE PARK, ANGEL REDA, STEFFANIE LEIGH and ROD THOMAS ..... CREDITS:
Book by DOUG WRIGHT ("I Am My Own Wife", "Grey Gardens", "The Little Mermaid", "Hands On a Hard Body", "War Paint"); Music by
SCOTT FRANKEL ("Grey Gardens", "War Paint")
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Lyrics by MICHAEL KORIE ("Grey Gardens", "Doctor Zhivago", "War Paint"); Sets designed by DAVID KORINS; Costumes designed by CATHERINE ZUBER; Musical Direction by LAURENCE YURMAN; Choreography by CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI; Directed by MICHAEL GREIF; Produced by the GOODMAN THEATRE
..... DETAILS: The 66 page playbill measures 6 1/2" X 9 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, individual photos and bios of each of the actors, bios of each member of the creative team and several pages of promotional and historical text with photos ..... CUT SONGS: The list of musical numbers includes "A Woman's Face" (which was retitled "Best Face Forward"), "Hope In a Jar" (which was retitled
"Inside of the Jar") and "A Working Marriage"
(which was retitled "My Secret Weapon")
and "War Paint" which was cut out-of-town ..... CONDITION: This playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.