Birthday Candles Reviews

Daily Herald - Highly Recommended

"...Howard’s performance was moving. But she outdoes herself in “Birthday Candles,” the affecting Noah Haidle dramedy that concludes the company’s 39th season, giving what may be one of the best performances of her career in director Steve Scott’s warmhearted production."

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...After leaving Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's sweet little play Birthday Candles last Sunday, another story that also looks at the sweep of time soon rushed to mind: Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner, a play he completed in 1931 that probes how time affects a family over many decades. What stays the same. What changes. And asking us in the end to assess the significance of the impact. It's all portrayed from the vantage point of a very stolid and elegant dining room that never alters in the one-act's timeline of 90 years."