AustLit

'Helena Rubenstein’s towering makeup empire is under constant threat. Staving off cunning attacks from her rivals Elizabeth Arden and Revlon, she holds fast to the principles that got her to the top: thrift, ruthlessness and a take-no-prisoners steely resolve. But when she finds an unlikely confidante in personal assistant Patrick, it dawns on her perhaps she isn’t such a hardened business woman after all.In John Misto’s new play, Rubenstein’s career is charted from humble beginnings in country Victoria to the intoxicating international heights of success.' (Summary)