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Backstage Bite with Katie Lynch: HEAD OVER HEELS's Jeremy Kushnier Finds The Beet!
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Nov 2, 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!
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This episode of Backstage Bite is brought to you by the In The Raw family of sweeteners
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Woohoo! Whoa, Daffodil! Good morrow, Squire. I am Lady Katie of Backstage Bite
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I seem to have lost my way. I am searching for the kingdom of Arcadia
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I have been summoned by Sir Jeremy Kushner. He is expecting me post-tense
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What's that you say? Follow the beat. Oh, it seems Daffodil has found the beat
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Oh, good model! We have Jeremy Kushner! Hello
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Nice to see you. Oh my goodness! I'm so happy to have you in my kitchen
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I'm really excited. Good, you came to the right place. Good. What were you like as a little kid? Shorter. Yeah
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You know, always sort of doing this, like with a video camera in our living room. and like me and my brothers. Sorry RuPaul, but we were doing Drag Race way before you were in my living room
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I remember like we would like dress up and we would lip-sync songs
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It was always like either Cyndi Lauper or Madonna. I mean, so what did your outfit look like
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I mean, it was like straight out of like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, like straight out of that video
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So it was like, you know, like one glove mesh with some kind of wig that we found like from a Halloween store
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Well, now it's like literally drawn you into the perfect show now. Now I'm back, yeah
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And I definitely get the prettiest costume in the show, I'm not going to lie. The straight white old man gets the prettiest costume in Head Over Heels
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How much do you know about cooking and baking? I love cooking and baking
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I haven't cooked a lot recently, but I love cooking at home. I love cooking, I like baking
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Well, today we are going to make... We've got the beet chips
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Awesome! I love it. I love beets. I'm Ukrainian by Heritage. Really
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So beets and potatoes, that's basically all they eat. Yes! Ready. Let's do it
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Alright, sir, I'm gonna start you off real easy. Please. Peel the beet
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Speaking of beets. Yes. Oh, my finger! That's awful. That was so mean because the beet is really red
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The beet is really red. The beet is what drives them. What drives you
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They got the beet you got the Vodka What drives me Yeah Love It true I have two little girls who I love with my whole heart You do They amazing Pamela and Philoklyn
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Pamela and Philoklyn. Actually, they are very much like Pamela and Philoklyn. So yeah, so love of them, love of work
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love of the arts, love of... Yeah, that was really nice. So now comes the fun time
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You are going to shred your beet into nice, thin chips. All right. Yeah! Nice
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I feel like I work in a deli. I mean, you've been in this industry for a long time
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New York for 20 years, you were in Rent. Do you have a favorite career memory
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Yeah, the people that I've gotten to meet along the way is really absurd to me. You know, like, the other day the Go-Go's came on stage and they performed with us at
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the end of the show, but they were doing their soundcheck before the show and there I am and there's Jane Weedlin and Charlotte Caffey and Belinda and they're like, oh hey Jeremy
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how are you doing? I'm like, Go-Go's know my name. I'm out and Belinda Carlisle knows my name
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So I need you to move these around in the water because we're trying to get some of the starch out
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I can't wait to get on the subway after this and be like, what happened
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There's such funny names in this show. I know, it's great names, aren't they? They're fun. I love them
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Wait, you have to come up with your personal Greek name. My own
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Yeah. Jeremilius Maximus. Jeremilius Maximus, king of? Beats. All right, sir
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Yes. Now we're going to prep for our frying. Over medium heat, I need you to give me like this much oil in the bottom of your pan
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So essentially like two cups. Alright so while we wait for this to heat up, so Musadoris dresses as a woman
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So if you had to gender bend with another female currently on Broadway, who would you change with
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One of them would be Bernadette Peters. But for sure Rachel York is pretty cool
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either the girls at Frozen, I think both of those girls are amazing
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Kasey and Patty I think are incredible. Which role would you rather play
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They probably cast me as an Elsa and I'd be like, You've got the icy blue eyes
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I do have the eyes, I do have the blue. There is that, so. We had to protect his beautiful blue shirt
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Yeah, I was realizing that I've made it this far without getting beets. And then you jinxed yourself
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Because we do have the beets. Okay sir I need you to start and literally we going to fry your beets So when they mushroom flip them and then they gonna fill with bubbles And when it stops bubbling is when you pull them out Good Oh great That easy Yeah That looks gorgeous Amazing
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Look at those beet chips. So there's an oracle. There is. In your show
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So if you went to an oracle, what would you want to know about your future
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I would want to know that I and the people around me were going to be happy and relatively successful in them and have not a lot of worries
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That would be one of the things I would want to know. Perfect. I would also hope that my kids were smarter than me
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Look at how good that looks. I know, they're beautiful. They really are. They're really gorgeous
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And the colors are actually even cooler than they were before. Now that these are out of the oil, you are going to let them sit for about 10 minutes to really dry out. Okay
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And while we do that, we are going to play my favorite game called Quick Fire Questions
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30 seconds on the clock. Okay. Ready? Yeah. Set, go! How do you take your coffee? Black
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Sweet or salty? Sweet. Clumsy or graceful? Clumsy. Favorite season? Spring. Phone call or text
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Text. Skydive or bungee jump? Skydive. Morning person or night owl? Night owl
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Favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni. Last thing you do before you fall asleep? Snore
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Boxes or briefs? Briefs. Favorite subject in school? Nothing. Salad or french fries
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Salad. How do you like your steak cooked? Medium. Ooh, drink of choice
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Martini. Inside or outside? Outside. Beer or wine? Beer. Tie or bow tie
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Bow tie. What do you order at Chipotle? Oh, you got there so many
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Add them to a big bowl and now it's time to season them super deliciously
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What to you is the message that you personally are going to take on the show
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I think that the understanding that people's gender or sexuality or however they choose to appear as their authentic selves in public
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whatever they feel comfortable, I feel like it's important to really make an effort to embrace that
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And then people like Peppermint who are teaching me to be more open to stuff outside of my purview
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So I'm really excited to be a better person after this show. And I'm not just saying that. That's lovely
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I really feel like that. Everybody get on the beat. We got the beat
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We know you can't answer. We got the beat. Jump and get down
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Round and round and round. We got the beat. We got the beat
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and you are going to season your chips with salt and cayenne pepper No measurements It to taste You in the show go on an epic journey
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If you were going on an epic, epic long journey, what are your three must-haves
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Music, for sure. I love... I like to have music with me all the time
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I love games. Me too! Yeah, some kind of board game and probably Settlers of Catan is one. Ah
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Oh, my loves. Oh. Yeah, for sure. That counts as one. That's good
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Yeah, I'll take one. It's time to mix all of these together. Oh
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And it's time to mix them! All right. Yeah! Here we go, we're mixing them. Whoo
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I feel like one of those salad guys. Yeah! Whoa, these look so good. Oh, they look amazing. Cheers
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Ooh, that one's pretty. Yeah. They're all pretty. Mm. Oh, that's really good
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I was ready to fake like, ooh, that's delicious. No, these are really delicious
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Those are actually so delicious, right? We got the sweet, we got the sweet beats
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That's good, yeah. Oh my God, how do I follow you? Oh, you can follow me just at Jeremy Kushner on Instagram and Twitter
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That's so simple. What about Head Over Heels? And Head Over Heels, you can follow Head Over Heels at H-O-H Musical
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both on Instagram and Twitter. So easy. Yeah. And don't forget to follow us
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Yeah, where did it? Backstage fight! So simple. Done. You are so much fun
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Thanks so much. Oh my gosh. Thank you for having me. You are so welcome
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You must, must go get your tickets. To go see Jeremy Kushner and Henry Hill's on Broadway
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at the Hudson Theater. Yes, come now. Yay! See you next time on Backstage Bite
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