Old Times at American Airlines Theatre

The New York Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...This "Old Times," too, might be described as an example of Pinter for the Hard of Understanding (i.e., Americans), or for audiences who might otherwise be bored by dialogue in which characters seldom say — or know — what they mean, and spend a lot of time saying nothing at all. Those celebrated Pinter pauses, which classically loom like a purpose-devouring black hole, are in this version plugged with electronic music by Radiohead's Thom Yorke."

Vulture - Somewhat Recommended

"...Perhaps that was Pinter's intent all along; he was not notably pro-anthropic. You have to think, though, that he'd want productions of his plays to make the best case for his characters as written, rather than offering, as here, a gorgeously worst-case scenario."

Time Out New York - Recommended

"...I say "if": The beauty and power of the 70-minute piece lies in how the idea of recalling one's past is a sort of betrayal, an act of violence against another. The weapons in this battle are memories—overlapping, contradicting, insinuating themselves into the present. Despite overdetermined design and asymmetrical performances, Pinter's precise, lyrical language comes through with crystalized, cutting force. Nothing here feels old; the blood flows freshly from new wounds."

Deadline - Recommended

"...Maybe Harold Pinter was yanking the actor's chain when he told him to "just do it," rather than fret about what Old Times meant. If the famously mysterious playwright did know, he wasn't about to share the intelligence with some actor, even if that actor was Anthony Hopkins. This was in 1984 and Hopkins was starring in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of the play, a three-hander about - well, about what we can only speculate. And speculate some more."