A desperate dentist comes face to face with a fleeting shot at real happiness and a more meaningful life in Rocket to the Moon. Written by great American playwright Clifford Odets (Waiting for Lefty, Awake and Sing!), this powerhouse play centers on Stark, a dentist with a failing business and an equally troubled marriage, during a long, hot summer in 1938 New York City. His life heats up as a love affair with a young dental assistant threatens to develop -- and just maybe give him a shot at true happiness. It makes for an unusual story about lives at their crossroads and the desire to get more out of the human experience.
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Rocket to the Moon Reviews
| Star Tribune - Highly Recommended
"...All this unhappiness, these unsavory creatures and their little forays into life make for a deliciously funny, poignant, memorable play. Thanks to Gremlin for bringing such vitality to Odets. It is indeed a singular opportunity."
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"...Still, Odets's plays produce real pleasure. Characters are rich, dialogue is deft and witty, the plays are chockful of laugh-out-loud comedy. Genuine passion makes itself felt throughout. Awake and Sing! (don't forget the exclamation point), about an impoverished Jewish family in the Bronx, is Odets's acknowledged masterwork; productions of Awake And Sing! emerge with increasing frequency. His Waiting For Lefty is oft-anthologized but seldom produced. Other plays, well, they go largely begging. Certainly in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul."
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