'Birthday Candles' Review: Another Year, Another Cake, Another Profundity - The New York Times

Debra Messing expounds on the preciousness of life in a production that aspires to convey eloquent whimsy, but too often feels methodically sentimental.

As she bakes, the details of her life fill in around her: Family members and friends enter and exit, are born and die. With a chime her high school crush, Matt (John Earl Jelks), becomes her husband.… [+1151 chars]

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