Sullivan to Direct Postponed Homecoming; Old Times No More

According to The New York Times, there will be no productions of Harold Pinter plays this season.

The Roundabout Theater Company had announced a planned revival of the Nobel Prize-winner's play Old Times, but Roundabout artistic director Todd Haimes has announced that the company will no longer be presenting the play due to casting problems.

A second revival of a Pinter play--The Homecoming--was also announced for this season.  However, producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel decided to postpone the production to next season in deference to Old Times.  Despite the cancellation of Old Times, the producers plan to go forward with The Homecoming, which Richards says will be directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole, Proof).

First presented on Broadway in 1967 after a premiere at London's Aldwych Theatre (presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company), The Homecoming concerns Teddy and Ruth, a married couple who come home for a gathering with Teddy's family. Ruth quickly becomes a pawn of the men in the family--or so it seems. The play was also revived on Broadway in 1991.