I have done the show twice. I like the idea of the window screen, but have never used it. Both times I got a local glass company to donate a thin peice of plexi glass. We set the glass in at an angle, so that it didn't reflect the stage lights. It was real easy to paint on, very light weight and easy to install. Good luck. It's a great show.

I've used Candy glass for breakaways. It is probably too off balance to use in a Picture window. (It works well in small panes.) It acts as a prism due to the sugar crystals. It breaks easily and messily.

In short, if you want it, OK. But make sure your Light designer likes you and your SM loves you.

I have used candy glass and it's not too hard to make in small pieces, just don't try to do anything too large with it. The key part of the recipie is the temperature, you get the best results between 310 and 320 degress, so you really got to keep an eye on the thermometer.

I used candy glass in one of may favorite stage effects. For a production of Corpse some needed to shoot a picture that was hanging on a wall. We put the candy glass and picture into a frame and secured it to the flat right over a small hole that was lined up with the middle of the picture. A stage had stood backstage and put a screwdriver throughout the hole so it was against the back of the picture/glass. When the character on stage fired the blank pistol the stage hand hit the screwdriver with a hammer, thus putting a hole in the picture and shattering the glass.

We could have used real glass for this, but the candy glass was much safer, especially since the scene went on for quite some time after not leaving time for cleanup. Also the glass made a nice shatter pattern, but since it is sticky it tended to stay in the frame which made for a nice effect.

Dan