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Birthday Candles
- BY Noah Haidle
- DIRECTED BY Marc Masterson
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SHOW DATES
11/11/2027 thru 12/19/2027
- PREVIEW DATES 1st Thursday
- OPENING GALA 1st Saturday
- SUNDAY MATINEES @2pm on 11/21, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12, 12/19
Ernestine Ashworth 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, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century.
Nominated for two Outer Circle Critics Awards, this poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks and extraordinary moments that make up one woman’s ordinary life.
For my money, Birthday Candles is precisely why people go to the theater, which is to think about their families, ponder their past romantic mistakes, stare down the demons of their futures and commune with those they have loved and lost.
A truly must-see show. Epic and beautifully written.
A true gift.
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BIRTHDAY CANDLES is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York