Birthday Candles
American Airlines Theatre
Previews Began: March 18, 2022
Opening Night: April 10, 2022
Closing Night: May 29, 2022
Playwright: Noah Haidle
Music: Kate Hopgood
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? Noah Haidle makes his Broadway debut with a poignant new play as fearless in scope as it is tremendous in heart.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Debra Messing Ernestine Ashworth
John Earl Jelks Matt
William
Enrico Colantoni Kenneth
Crystal Finn Joan
Alex
Beth
Susannah Flood Alice
Madeline
Ernie
Christopher Livingston Billy
John