Birthday Candles
Written by Noah Haidle
Directed by Vivienne Beseech
American Airlines Theatre/Roundabout Theatre Company
March 29, 2022
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💉💉💉 out of 5.

This play really had an affect on me and took me on quite an emotional rollercoaster.  The premise of the play is clear: we are going to show the passage of a woman’s life from being 18 to 91 in the very same kitchen.  Characters are going to play children and then they are magically going to age step by step to their grave.

At first I just hated this play.  To see Debra Messing wiggling her way playing an 18 year old girl talking about how bored she is with live – – I thought that this was going to be the LONGEST two hours in the theatre.  I was ready to tune out and focus on my watch.  BUT then I began to get invested in the transition from teenage years to adult years.