Local Bakeries Compete in Bucks County Playhouse's 'Cake Off'

It was Cupcakes Galore on August 16, when the best of Bucks County bakeries competed in a Cupcake-Off, the first ever cupcake competition at Bucks County Playhouse, according to a press release.

Broadway, TV and Film star Justin Guarini, taking on the role of his character in Cake Off, the new musical at the Bucks County Playhouse that opened on August 20, hosted the competition while the rest of the cast and the Alex Fraser, Producing Director of BCP, judged, the release states.

The bakeries that competed included:

· Maryanne’s Pastry Shoppe, Doylestown
· The Lucky Cupcake, Pipersville
· Maison Blanc, Allentown

Maryanne’s Pastry Shoppe and Maison Blanc tied for first place, winning, in the process, four tickets to see Cake Off with a refreshment package (or drink tickets).

The Lucky Cupcake, in turn, won two tickets to see Cake Off.

About Cake Off:

Broadway, television and film star Justin Guarini returns to Bucks County Playhouse when he joins Tony-nominee Euan Morton, Barrymore winner Michele Ragusa and 14-year-old newcomer Aidan J. Lawrence at Bucks County Playhouse for Cake Off, a new musical by Sheri Wilner, Julia Jordan and Adam Gwon. Cake Off, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, will preview on August 19, 2016 with opening night on Saturday, August 20. It will run through September 10, 2016.

Based on the original play Bake Off by Sheri Wilner, Cake Off features a book by Sheri Wilner and Julia Jordan and lyrics by Adam Gwon and Julia Jordan. Gwon has written the musical’s score. Cake Off received its world premiere last year at Signature Theatre in New York.

Image courtesy Cake Off.