The Washington Post, September 4th, 2001
The terrific co-production between Theater J and Woolly Mammoth of the Clifford Odets play "Rocket to the Moon" is as combustible as the title suggests. It takes less than 10 minutes for Howard Shalwitz and Amy McWilliams, as harried dentist Ben Stark and his stifling wife, Belle, to paint a rich portrait of a pressure-packed American marriage, circa 1938 but hardly out of date. As a dramatist, Odets wore his heart on his sleeve, and his directness and immediacy are features that both Theater J and Woolly respond to. Longtime Woolly company member Grover Gardner directs with a sympathetic eye ...
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