Related: Balls, bats and brawn: Broadway’s ‘Take Me Out’ hits a home run (l to r) Susannah Flood, Enrico Colantoni, Debra Messing, Christopher Livingston, John Earl Jelks and Crystal Finn in Birthday Candles.
SUSANNAH FLOOD AGE SERIES
In this regard, Ernestine’s journey might strike a chord as she navigates births, child-rearing, infidelity, death, and caring for a series of pet goldfish over the decades each named Atman, a Hindu term often associated with the eternal self. We all know what happened next - the events of the past two years have profoundly shaped how we value our brief time spent on earth. Like many Broadway shows this season, Birthday Candles was originally supposed to run as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2019-20 season, with rehearsals having just begun on March 3, 2020. We’re all subject to it these days, with Facebook incessantly populating our feeds with its memory posts claiming, “We care about you and the memories you share here.” But the magic of Haidle’s premise eventually wears thin because, like real life, some moments we relish and others we’d prefer to forget. With the ding of a bell, the years go by. The play’s heightened exploration of what it means to live, love, and lose offers the Emmy-winning actress plenty of dramatic fodder to chew on, including a birthday cake baked in real-time, permeating the audience with the waft of a potentially delicious bite of theater that ultimately feels like it’s missing an ingredient.
The Rundown:ĭebra Messing evolves from age 7 to 107, portraying Ernestine Ashworth from a stubbornly optimistic child to a well-worn great grandmother in playwright Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles.
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