Birthday Candles is a poignant new play by Noah Haidle’s staring Debra Messing making its Broadway debut this spring.
Show InformationPreview: Apr 02, 2020
Opening: Apr 21, 2020
Closing: Jun 21, 2020
Duration: TBA
Group InformationGroup Minimum: TBA
CAST
Ernestine: Debra Messing
Matt: Andre Braugher
Kenneth: Enrico Colantoni
Joan/Alex/Beth: Crystal Flinn
Alice/Madeline/Ernie: Susannah Flood
Billy/John: Christopher Livingston
CREATIVE STAFF
Written by: Noah Haidle
Director: Vivienne Benesch
Sets: Christine Jones
Costumes: Toni-Leslie James
Lights: Jen Schriever
Sound: John Gromada
Original Music: Kate Hopgood
SYNOPSIS
Debra Messing returns to the stage as Ernestine Ashworth, who spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. Five generations, dozens of goldfish, an infinity of dreams, one cake baked over a century. What makes a lifetime…into a life?