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

About Rubinstein, Olivier winner LuPone says, “She knew who she was, and she knew what she wanted in a period of time when women were subservient to men.”

Watch the interview below:

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