Old Acquaintance, a play by John Van Druten. American Airlines Theatre, presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company, starring Margaret Colin and Harriet Harris. If, like us, you've ever wanted to see a performance from the so-called "golden age," the age of sophisticated Broadway fare with Kit Cornell, Ethel Barrymore, Roz Russell, Jane Cowl and Peggy Wood, Roundabout's superb revival of the 1941 "Old Acquaintance" by John Van Druten is your chance. The roles taken by Cowl and Wood in the original are most ably filled by Margaret Colin, warm and lovely, and Harriet Harris, who is sensational as the high strung author of best sellers, Mildred Watson Drake. Harris prowls the stage with vibrant assurance, at once satisfyingly vicious and yet believably vulnerable so that you understand her friend's loyalty. She has a priceless bit with a telephone which is high physical comedy. The production is picture perfect, the sets almost distractingly detailed, and the acting by the entire cast finely calibrated. Several critics clearly didn't understand the point of reviving this slender drawing room comedy, but we thought it says something about women's friendships and relationships that is timeless, even if it is securely and stylishly anchored in literary New York of the 1940's . We've seen a lot of John Van Druten's work lately in Princeton: "The Voice of the Turtle," "Bell, Book and Candle" and now this first rate revival on Broadway which is a rare chance. If you know "Old Acquaintance" only from the Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins film , which is more soap opera than comedy, then you're in for a treat. The play is warm, funny, and quite a theatrical time machine. We give "Old Acquaintance" a Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test grade of B+.