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Backstage Bite: Barks Whips Up Lady Fingers of the Night!
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Oct 31, 2022
In Backstage Bite with Katie Lynch, come into Katie's kitchen with some of Broadway's brightest as they eat, drink and merrily mix it up. See your favorite stars out of their element as they whip up dishes inspired by their Broadway show. Watch what happens when these actors trade belting for baking! In this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by the star of Pretty Woman, Samantha Barks! Check out the recipe for Katie's Lady Fingers of the Night below!
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This episode of Backstage Byte is brought to you by the In The Raw family of sweeteners
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Woohoo! You guys, this week we have Samantha Barr! Hi! I'm so happy to have you
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Oh my god, thank you so much for having me. Oh my gosh. You're amazing in the show
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Thank you. You sound phenomenal as Vivian in Pretty Woman the Musical
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but do you know what my favorite part about you in the show is? Uh-huh. That dimple. Oh yeah
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Oh I love it so much! The dimples are, you know, they've got a life of their own
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Were you always, as a kid, into acting and singing and- Yeah, like, things like that
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Like my parents, they let me move to London on my own when I was 16 because that was where I wanted to go to drama school
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So it's all to do with them. I just get to do it. It's all thanks to them. And I mean, your talent and personality and beauty and
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and the dimple apparently. The dimple! But we really need to get down to business here
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How much do you know about cooking and baking? Okay, so I am a very enthusiastic baker
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That doesn't say I'm a great one. Okay. So I wanna learn. Amazing
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So thank you. Thanks for having me. Well, today we're making something perfect for you
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We are making lady fingers of the night. Oh, hello. Lady fingers
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Filled with whipped cream and of course strawberries. Oh my god. We're gonna test your skills to start us off. Okay
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I need three egg yolks and four egg whites. Great. Yeah. Yeah
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Beautiful, yeah. You are clearly an aficionado at separating your yolks from your eggs
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And Vivian is quite the secret aficionado of cars. Oh yeah, for sure
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What do you want to be an aficionado of? Oh, do you not be really handy? Like, absolutely astonishing at like
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doing your taxes or something? Wouldn't that, you know what I'm saying? Yeah
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they teach you that in school. Now we get to add my favorite ingredient sugar in the raw Oh yeah So we need a fourth a cup of sugar into your eggs please OK Perfect
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So here on the show, whenever we mix them together, we mix belts. Yep
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Which you just informed me you don't know what that is. I know what it is. I'm just not fully
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But you belt and you have a voice. There's no in between
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I think so. So it's time to mix them! That was totally a mix them
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Yes it was! Get to get in. I think this is looking good. I think it looks really nice
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So now we are taking your four egg whites, and we are going to start the process of making a marae. Great
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Now that this has a nice little fluff to it, I need you to add a fourth of cup in one steady stream
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of sugar in the broth. See, and now I feel like we're at a rock concert
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like a Bryan Adams concert or something. Because it's annoying. Yeah. Oh yeah
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Speaking of Bryan Adams and being a rock star, if you could choose any rock star to write a musical
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about your life, who would you choose and what would the musical be called? Oh wow. Blondie. Ooh
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It's gonna be female. Like I want it to be female. Yeah, definitely. It's gonna be like a rom-com, but like where
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like she's always a mess. Rom-com and musical written by Blondie. Yeah
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It's a working tile. It's standing perfectly. Yeah, you're meant to put it over your head
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Should I try it? There you go! You did it! I'm so happy
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So now you're going to combine your eggs. Oh my god, I'm so excited about how it's gonna taste already
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What's the funniest thing that's happened to you in Pretty Woman? If you've seen the movie of Pretty Woman, you'll know that there is a scene where
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Vivian Edward get intimate on top of a piano. One day in previews, I'm there, Andy puts me back on piano, and he stands up
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but his braces have attached to the bench, and he stands up, and the whole bench is attached to his bench
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and then just attach to his bum. And we're like, and he's like
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gum gum gum gum Trying to poke over the counter but he literally got a whole bar so attached It was so funny That is really funny Oh my god Next you are going to add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract
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Finally, I need you to sift one cup of flour. They say in the show, strawberries make everything taste better
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What in your mind makes everything taste better? Salt. I love salt so much
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I put it on everything. I put it on anything sweet, anything ice cream, chocolate
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Oh, oh. Dreams can come true. Really well with it though. Okay. Yeah
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Do you have a moment that you wish you could go back and have the Vivian big mistake interaction
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I mean, it's probably gonna be it to a guy. Like probably, could that be fun? Yeah
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Now you are going to pipe your little fingers. Oh God, the pressure
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You learned so much about how she grows as a person, how he grows as a person
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What have you learned from the show? Knowing your self-worth is a really important thing
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And like standing up for yourself and being like, no, absolutely not. Just knowing your self-worth and believing in yourself
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Because, you know, sometimes you've got to fight for you because no one else is fighting for you
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Which is totally a lesson that we can all be reminded of in our lives. Absolutely
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Now, we are going to put these in the oven at 375 for 10 minutes
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Oh, easy. And while we do that, we're going to get to know you super duper fast in the game
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Ready to call Quick Fire Questions. Oh my god. 30 seconds on the clock
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Ready, set, go. Morning person or night owl? Night owl. Celebrity crush
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Draco Malfoy used to be. What's your sign? Libra. Big spoon or little spoon
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Little spoon. Skydiver bungee jump? No. No. Cluck is irregrateful. I'm grateful
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First car Fiat 500 Phone call or text Say something in a foreign language Bonjour Half full or half empty Half full Late night snack
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Ooh, Halo Top vegan. Lovely. Wash dishes or cook dinner? Cook dinner, please
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10 minutes, ohhhh! Those were good! These look really cute. Oh, thank you
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And now we're gonna make them into sandwiches. Ah! That's too loud
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This is technically your Broadway debut. 100% my 100% yeah. Which blows my mind
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You seem like such a veteran to me. Oh, thank you. You're welcome
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There's been a couple of occasions where fate changed my path, and so I'm so happy that it was with this show and this part
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I hope you hear and understand when I say you truly are amazing in this show
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Thank you so much. You're really welcome. Like, more than the dimple. Ah
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Should the musical be called the dimple effect? The dimple effect! Blondie, I'll call you later. Cheers! Cheers
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Oh my god. Mmm, it's so nice. I'm glad we have our napkins
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It's really enjoyable. I'm not even bigging up my own work here, but. I would like to know how to follow you
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because I just want to be a part of your life now. On social media. Just me. Good
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At Samantha Barx on Twitter and Instagram. Super simple. At Pretty Woman to be updated with all things
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Pretty Woman related. And don't forget to follow us on all the platforms
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at just Backstage Bite. Thank you so much for being here. Oh my god, thank you for having me
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You are a dream. This is like my ideal, talking, baking, Broadway, everything
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Everybody, make sure to go see the amazing Samantha Barks as Vivian
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in Pretty Woman the Musical at the Needlander Theater. Thank you. Duh
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See you next time. A backstage bite. Woo
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