tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12751581198973831262024-03-14T04:49:31.707-04:00Curtain Up Cookie DesignCustomizing cookies for Broadway and beyond.Curtain Up Cookie Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311745227361173419noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-53695651824587568002016-07-28T14:00:00.000-04:002016-07-28T14:00:18.701-04:00Introducing Curtain Up Crafts!I have some exciting news!<br />
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It is a little bittersweet as it means I am shifting away from cookie decoration, but I have a new endeavor!<br />
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Introducing Curtain Up Crafts!</div>
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I have been bit by the embroidery bug and have had so much fun creating and experimenting with cross stitch and embroidery.<br />
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Last Friday was the grand opening of my Etsy store!<br />
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Use Code <b>CURTAINUP20</b> for 20% off your order until the end of July!</div>
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Here is a sneak peak at some of the items in the store. Some are Broadway related and some are not. Some are already sold out, as people snatched them up right away, but I will try to restock and add new items weekly!<br />
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I also do custom orders, so please contact me here or on the Etsy store for more information!<br />
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Visit my Etsy store here: curtainupcrafts.etsy.com</div>
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<br />Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-45990861292246333012015-01-01T17:53:00.000-05:002015-01-01T17:53:09.139-05:00A Curious Holiday : Winter Pups & Rats for The Curious Incident...<br />
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Right before the holidays, I dropped off some treats to the company of <a href="http://curiousonbroadway.com/">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime</a> on Broadway; cookies of the two furry stars of the show, Toby the rat and Watson the puppy!</div>
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The puppies grow so quickly that they bring in a new one every 4 weeks! Animal trainer & wrangler for the show, Lydia DesRoche has each of the animals drawn by a friend as a graduation gift. </div>
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When we discussed the cookies, Puppy #4: Watson had just graduated, so we decided to use his drawing. How cute is he?!? </div>
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Now they are on Puppy #6! Happy to report that all of the graduated puppies have been adopted since their star turn.</div>
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The best part was that when I dropped off the cookies, I got to meet Toby! </div>
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She was so sweet and really loved the cookies!</div>
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Follow Lydia on instagram (@lydia.d) for more pictures of all the adorable Broadway animals she cares for, and a great video of how Toby liked her cookie.</div>
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Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!</div>
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Here's a look back at this year in cookies!</div>
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Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-83651475433573112042014-12-29T19:16:00.000-05:002014-12-29T19:19:05.984-05:00Chrismukkah Cookies!<div style="text-align: center;">
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A friend of mine has been asking me to make holiday cookies for her family for years. </div>
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Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-47408811852738871582014-12-20T16:14:00.002-05:002014-12-20T16:18:17.205-05:00Rhapsody Collective Collabaret!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love getting the chance to donate my cookie talents to a friend's cause! On Thursday night, <a href="http://www.rhapsodycollective.com/">Rhapsody Collective</a>, a group of young New York City artists collaborating to create new plays, held a fundraiser called their Collabaret. Or is that what we're calling the finale song on The Colbert Report...? Topical humor! Yay! Anyway, my good friend Michael Bradley Block is the founder and artistic director of Rhapsody Collective. I've really enjoyed watching this group grow and expand throughout its three years, and I jumped at the chance to help by donating a batch of cookies to their Tricky Tray raffle.<br />
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It's easy to raffle off a batch of custom cookies for the lucky winner to order later on, but I always think it's more fun to have the cookies at the event so people can see them first hand, and so the winner can eat them right away! Instant gratification! So, I found these cute "cabaret" silhouettes to coincide with the event.<br />
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The Collabaret was a big hit, and let me tell you, Rhapsody has some crazy talented members that are going to be making headlines real soon! WOW! Check out some of the performances on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RhapsodyCollective">facebook page</a> and keep an eye out for the collective's third cycle of plays coming in April 2015!<br />
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<br />Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-71682336678768750312014-12-10T14:10:00.002-05:002014-12-10T14:12:31.662-05:00My 3 Favorite Non-Cookie Holiday Treats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As much as I'd love to, I can't decorate cookies for every holiday party I go to. Since I spend most of my pre-holiday time working on batches of cookies for others (stay tuned!), I have a few go-to party treats that are easy to whip up for my friends, and are guaranteed to be a huge hit!<br />
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These simple truffle balls are to die for! And with so many different types of Oreos and Trader Joe's Joe-Joe's out there (I used TJ's Candy Cane Joe-Joe's - SO GOOD!), the flavor combinations are endless!<br />
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1 regular-sized package of Oreos or Joe-Joe's<br />
1 8oz. package of cream cheese (room temperature)<br />
1 10oz. bag of easy-melt chocolate<br />
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1. REMOVE the cookies from the package and place in a large Ziploc bag.<br />
2. Make sure the Ziploc bag is completely closed with little air inside. CRUSH the cookies up.<br />
3. POUR the crushed cookies into a medium bowl. ADD the room-temperature cream cheese. MIX the cream cheese with the cookies until completely combined. There should be no dry cookie pieces at the bottom of the bowl.<br />
4. LINE a cookie tray with parchment paper. SHAPE the "dough" into 1-inch balls and place on the parchment. PLACE the full cookie sheet in the freezer while you prep the chocolate. This helps the balls stay together when they are dipped in the chocolate, and helps the chocolate harden more quickly after dipping.<br />
5. MELT your chocolate.<br />
<b>In a double boiler: </b>Fill a pot with about 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Place the double boiler over the pot and pour half of the melting chocolate in. STIR the chocolate until it is evenly melted. Put the heat on low; just enough to keep the chocolate melted, but avoid burning it.<br />
<b>In the microwave: </b>Pour half of the melting chocolate into a microwave-safe bowl. Put the chocolate in the microwave for 30 second. Stir the chocolate and repeat in 30-second increments until the chocolate is fully melted. Be careful not to over cook, as the chocolate can burn.<br />
6. REMOVE the Oreo balls from the freezer and dip them, one by one, into the chocolate. I found it easiest to poke them with a skewer and cover them with chocolate using my stirring spoon (and you can leave the skewer on for a cake pop vibe!)<br />
7. PLACE the chocolate-covered Oreo ball back on the parchment paper. ADD any toppings before the chocolate hardens. POUR the second half of the melting chocolate into the double boiler/bowl and melt once you're running low.<br />
8. CHILL the truffle balls in the refrigerator for 1 hour.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;">CHOCOLATE TOFFEE BARK (Medium - but also pretty easy)</span></b><br />
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Your guests will not be able to get enough of this addictive sweet treat!<br />
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1. PREHEAT the oven to 350 degrees. LINE a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. SPRAY the foil with cooking spray. FILL the cookie sheet with a single layer of crackers.<br />
2. MELT the butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. WHISK in the brown sugar and bring to a boil. Allow mixture to boil until the sugar is fully dissolved.<br />
3. POUR the butter-sugar mixture over the crackers, using a spatula to make sure it is spread evenly.<br />
4. BAKE the crackers in the oven at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes until the toffee on top is bubbling.<br />
5. REMOVE from the oven and immediately sprinkle the chocolate chips on the crackers. Allow the chips to melt for a bit, then SPREAD the melted chocolate over the entire tray of crackers with a clean spatula.<br />
6. SPRINKLE any toppings over the chocolate.<br />
7. COOL in the refrigerator for 1 hour.<br />
8. When cool, remove aluminum foil and BREAK toffee into pieces.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>CINNAMON PUMPKIN PULL-APART BREAD with Buttered Rum Glaze (Hard - but don't let it scare you!)</b></span><br />
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This is a recipe that I found last year from <a href="http://www.sunnysideupsd.com/2011/09/pull-apart-cinnamon-sugar-pumpkin-bread/">Sunny Side Up</a> that looked unbelievable, but every time I read it, I cowered in fear. I have never made bread before, and it was very intimidating. But Thanksgiving rolled around and I could not get it off my mind. So I went for it. And it didn't go horribly wrong! I had to do the 1st step three times before getting it right, but after that it was surprisingly smooth sailing. So, trust me, if I can do it, you can do it. Just give it a try. And no matter how it comes out, it will taste amazing!<br />
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<i>Recipe copied and adapted from <a href="http://www.sunnysideupsd.com/2011/09/pull-apart-cinnamon-sugar-pumpkin-bread/">Sunny Side Up</a> (I edited some steps with techniques I found helpful):</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Bread</u><br />2 Tbsp unsalted butter<br />1/2 cup milk<br />2 1/4 teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry yeast<br />3/4 cup pumpkin puree<br />1/4 cup </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">granulated</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> sugar<br />1 tsp salt<br />2 1/2 cups bread or all-purpose flour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Buttered Rum Glaze </u><br />2 Tbsp unsalted butter<br />1/8 cup brown sugar<br />1 1/2 Tbsp milk<br />3/4 cup powdered sugar<br />1/2 Tbsp rum </span></div>
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<a href="http://hollerifyahearme.com/">Holler If Ya Hear Me</a> started off the 2014-2015 Broadway season last week!<br />
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of Fiat of Manhattan to thank the dealership</div>
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Birthday cookies for a 15 year old Rangers fan just in time for playoffs! </div>
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Will they get that shiny silver cookie??</div>
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<a href="http://thegreatcometof1812.com/">Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812</a> is an amazing, interactive Off-Broadway musical based on War and Peace. They are playing their closing performance today, but on Friday they celebrated their 300th show! And Curtain Up Cookie Design was part of the celebration!</div>
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Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-56137209878172353372014-02-17T11:46:00.000-05:002014-02-17T11:48:42.845-05:00OPENING NIGHT COOKIES: Dinner with Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working on <a href="http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Dinner-With-Friends.aspx">Dinner with Friends</a> by Donald Margulies<br />
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and on Thursday night we opened the show! </div>
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Now that I have a day off, I can finally post the cookies pics!</div>
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Opening Night was so much fun! </div>
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We run through April 13. <a href="http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Dinner-With-Friends.aspx">Come check it out!</a> It's a beautiful play.</div>
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Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-84206209649286271902014-02-15T17:49:00.000-05:002014-02-15T17:51:54.244-05:00Valentine's Love Birds<div style="text-align: center;">
Here are a few shots of the Love Bird cookies I whipped up for my mom's office.</div>
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Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-24247484531698149572013-12-01T15:00:00.000-05:002013-12-01T15:00:12.672-05:00The Book of Mormon: Lawrence's Last Show<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2012/12/broadway-project-november-book-of-mormon_2.html">My friend Lawrence Stallings</a> is an Original Cast Member of The Book of Mormon, </div>
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and today he is playing his last show! </div>
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As a thank you to the incredible cast and crew he has worked with for the past three years, </div>
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he asked me to make some Goodbye cookies.</div>
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He wanted them to be themed to the show, but more specifically to his character, </div>
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so we had a big brainstorming session and came up with some fun designs.</div>
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He wears a wig with dreadlocks in the show, so we thought that would be a good centerpiece.</div>
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Lawrence is in the ensemble and plays one of the villagers who the Mormons are helping on their mission.</div>
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Lawrence's character holds a chicken throughout the play, so I was like, "I can make chicken cookies!"</div>
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This was the first time I've painted on cookies, and I was really excited to try it. </div>
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He also shouts "He has risen!" in the show, </div>
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Most notably, and perhaps gruesomely, Lawrence's character gets shot in the head by a warlord, </div>
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Tonight my friends at Facing Page Productions are holding a fundraiser for their 2014 Company's Marathon. </div>
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The Company's Marathon involves reading all 37 of Shakespeare's plays through without stopping!</div>
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An autobiographical exploration of Bechdel's relationship with her father and what she discovers about him after his death, as well as her discoveries about her own sexuality, Fun Home (her nickname for the funeral home her father runs) is a deeply moving play that is definitely on my <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/search/label/RUN%20AND%20SEE">Run and See</a> list </div>
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(currently playing through November 17)!</div>
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My friend Alexandra Socha, who I worked with on <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2011/03/opening-night-dream-of-burning-boy.html">The Dream of the Burning Boy</a>, </div>
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plays Alison at age 19, and requested cookies to celebrate their Opening Night!</div>
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On Sunday, the incredible run of Tarell McCraney's <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2013/06/what-im-up-to-choir-boy.html">Choir Boy</a> came to a close,<br />
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Two of my best friends from High School are getting married this Fall! </div>
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The minute I saw the artwork for <a href="http://www.cinderellaonbroadway.com/">Cinderella</a>, I wanted to make it into a cookie!</div>
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Wednesday night we celebrated the opening of <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2013/03/what-im-up-to-assembled-parties.html">The Assembled Parties</a> at Manhattan Theatre Club to <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/theater/reviews/the-assembled-parties-at-the-samuel-j-friedman-theater.html">rave reviews</a>! I am so proud to be a part of this production, and was so excited to give everyone a sweet opening night treat. I created two designs significant to the show. </div>
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In both acts, Julie Bascov (Jessica Hecht) is hosting Christmas dinner for her family. </div>
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Once a film actress herself, she is also the daughter of a famous clothing designer, </div>
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I knew I had to recreate this gorgeous gown in cookie form! </div>
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<br />Catherine Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609310459806753106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-47313386817051833252013-04-14T18:20:00.000-04:002013-04-14T18:23:38.457-04:00RUN AND SEE: 3 Rockin' Off-Broadway MusicalsOff-Broadway is nailing it this season! There have been a lot of great shows Off-Broadway lately, but two new musicals and a revival new to me have really stood out from the pack.<br />
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I would consider this Jason Robert Brown musical a contemporary classic. First produced in 2002 (which is more than ten years ago, people!! What?!), I feel like every musical theater kid knows it backwards and forwards (literally)<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Except for me! When I found out that Second Stage was reviving it this spring, I knew I had to go see it. Lucky to snag a ticket to the nearly sold out run, I now know what all the fuss is about.<br />
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The show follows a couple through the five years in which they meet, date, get married, and divorce, but while we see this all unfold chronologically from Jamie's point of view, his counterpart, Cathy, tells her story interspersed with his, but in reverse. Betsy Wolfe (Cathy) and Adam Kantor (Jamie) are both perfect in their roles. That's all I can say. The music is so beautiful, I've been singing it for weeks, and the story develops in such a compelling way that I can only describe it as beautifully devastating. It has just extended for it's third and final time, through May 18, so <a href="http://www.2st.com/plays/viewPlay/0/169/">RUN AND SEE THIS</a>!<br />
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If you missed this daring, new rock opera at <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2012/12/run-and-see-3-off-broadway-shows-for.html">Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage II</a> last fall, fret not. This everywoman's story gone awry will come back for nine weeks this summer at the Union Square Theater. A rather commonplace story of an Upper West Side mom who gets tempted away from her mundane life by an old fling, the show is told through rousing rock ballads that make it anything but ordinary. <br />
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Set in a bar (fully functional!), you may choose to watch the story unfold from the sidelines, but the place to be is at the bar tables in the center of the set, with the action taking place all around you, and maybe even on top of your table! I'm really looking forward to seeing this again, and with such an incredible cast (Will Swenson, Rebecca Naomi Jones, John Ellison Conlee, and Caissie Levy replacing the divine Karen Olivo as the woman), you can't miss it! It starts up again on May 7th, so <a href="http://www.murderballad.com/">RUN AND SEE THIS!</a><br />
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If merely sitting in the center of the action isn't enough of a broken 4th wall for you, head on down to the Public Theater where you will be transported to a 1940's Philippines that is also a rave... Yes, you read right. It's like Fuerza Bruta with a storyline. AND IT'S AWESOME! For those who don't enjoy actor interactions and the occasional dance- and/or sing-a-long, there are box seats available on the upper level, but to fully experience this theatrical journey, you want to be down on the floor, partying to the DJ's beats, while the life and times of <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos are performed and projected a<span style="font-size: small;">ll around you. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ori<span style="font-size: small;">ginally deve<span style="font-size: small;">loped as a<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/here-lies-love">concept album</a> by </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">David Byrne and Fatboy Slim</span></span>, this staged version is nothing short of a party,<span style="font-size: small;"> and I learned a lot<span style="font-size: small;">, too! Unfamiliar with Marcos' story, I was equally engaged in <span style="font-size: small;">her</span> personal and politic<span style="font-size: small;">al journey,</span> as I was with the club atmosphere<span style="font-size: small;">. Not seemly compatible, the two were melded <span style="font-size: small;">seamlessly, providing a<span style="font-size: small;">n awesome time, a<span style="font-size: small;">s well as a<span style="font-size: small;">n important history lesson. With <span style="font-size: small;">great music<span style="font-size: small;">, beautiful choreography, and beyond<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>cl<span style="font-size: small;">ever stag<span style="font-size: small;">ing, this show is not to be missed<span style="font-size: small;">, and it </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">has<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>just extended through May 19, so seriously <a href="http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,1076">RUN AND SEE THIS!</a></span> I will be going ba<span style="font-size: small;">ck again for sure!</span><br />
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<br />Curtain Up Cookie Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311745227361173419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275158119897383126.post-79402393585912897092013-03-12T19:34:00.000-04:002013-04-24T01:16:19.906-04:00WHAT I'M UP TO: The Assembled Parties<div style="text-align: center;">
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This was the first project I was able to really put my new <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2013/02/gettin-crafty-my-new-kopykake-projector.html">Kopykake</a> to work! </div>
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I finally decided to buy a Kopykake projector! </div>
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The Kopykake is a projector used for decorating cakes and cookies. I bought the <a href="http://www.kopykake.com/cake-decorating/300xk.html">300XK</a> model at <a href="http://www.madisonartshop.com/">www.MadisonArtShop.com</a>! It projects an image onto the cookie that you can trace, making my life infinitely easier and saving me HOURS of work.</div>
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This is what it looks like all set up (excuse the mess).</div>
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You print out the image you'd like to have on the cookie and put it inside the projector box, where the light reflects it off of a mirror and onto the cookie.</div>
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Then you trace it! </div>
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My go-to for transferring images to cookies used to be printing the image (many times to find the right size), cutting it out of card stock, tracing it onto the cookie with a push pin, and going over the push pin marks with the icing. It did the trick, as you can see on the title cookies <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2012/03/broadway-project-march-once.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2012/05/broadway-project-may-peter-and.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2012/07/broadway-project-july-bring-it-on_27.html">here</a>, but it took forever. More recently I replaced the last step with a technique of spreading icing out over the stencil on top of the cookie, which was helpful for the lettering on <a href="http://www.curtainupcookies.com/2012/12/broadway-project-november-book-of-mormon_2.html">these</a>, but both methods were very time consuming.</div>
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The Kopykake allows you to resize the image by adjusting the lens, so I no longer have to kill trees trying to find the perfect sized stencil, and I can put my Xacto knives away!</div>
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I used the projector for the first time on my Valentine's cookies.</div>
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I could never write like that freehand. And doing multiples of the same design is so much easier!</div>
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I have a huge order in the works and the Kopykake has been a lifesaver! </div>
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Can't wait to share it all with you!</div>
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If you are interested in purchasing a Kopykake projector, here are some other great posts about the machine that helped me decide that I couldn't live without one:</div>
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<a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/blog/2012/07/using-a-kopykake-projector/">A really great tutorial from Sweet Sugarbelle</a> </div>
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<a href="http://sweetopia.net/2010/06/decorating-cookies-with-a-kopykake-projector/">An extremely thorough post from Sweetopia</a></div>
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