You can understand why Debra Messing (of TV’s Will & Grace) was drawn to play Ernestine, the central character of Noah Haidle’s new multi-generational comic drama, Birthday Candles. The character spans 90 years – from age 17 to 107 – from high schooler to great-grandmother, from young love to heartbreak and divorce to unexpected late life romance. It is a role with built-in … [Read more...]