EditorialJohn Earl Jelks and Debra Messing during rehearsals for Noah Haidle’s Broadway play “Birthday Candles” at the American Airlines Theater in New York, March 17, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialKeegan Messing of Canada competes in the free skating portion of the men’s single skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialKeegan Messing of Canada competes in the short program portion of the men’s single skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialWendell Pierce and Debra Messing during the 74th Annual Tony Awards at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York on Sunday night, Sept. 26, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialJanet Momjian performs for a GoFundMe video for the West Bank Cafe at the restaurant in Manhattan, Dec. 22, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialBrian O’Byrne, left, as Anthony and Debra Messing as Rosemary in the play "Outside Mullingar" at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in New York, Jan. 3, 2013. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)