In a new video two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole discusses the late cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden, the woman she portrays in the world-premiere musical War Paint, now playing a limited engagement at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.

About Arden, singing actress Ebersole says, “It's mostly admiration that I have… Really, what she was up against, what she faced, she kind of defied all the odds, so I really do admire her for that.”

Watch the interview below:

The new musical, which co-stars two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone, opens July 18 and continues through August 21.