Will & Grace star Debra Messing returns to Broadway in a literal role for the ages.

How do you measure, measure a lifetime of years?

Messing bakes the cake consistently, a tiny bell tolling to signal the transition of time.

BIRTHDAY CANDLES

‘Will & Grace’ star Debra Messing returns to Broadway in the play ‘Birthday Candles’.Joan Marcus

Sometimes we jump ahead single years, and other times, multiple ones.

But it’s also one that preventsBirthday Candlesfrom shining bright.

It’s hard not to wish Haidle had used that time to adjust some of the play’s ingredients.

BIRTHDAY CANDLES

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Scaling back to a few years and offering longer scenes might have been a better choice.

Personally, I was more upset about the cake’s fate than Ernestine’s.C

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