Betrayal (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%

(446 Ratings)

Positive

84%

Mixed

12%

Negative

Members say

Great acting, Absorbing, Slow, Intelligent, Great staging

About the Show

Harold Pinter's classic play, which tells the story of an extra-marital affair in reverse order, comes to Broadway starring Tom Hiddleston ('The Avengers'), Zawe Ashton ('Velvet Buzzsaw'), and Charlie Cox ('Daredevil').

From the show:

Betrayal, the sold-out London hit starring Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox comes to Broadway for a strictly limited engagement.

Direct from a standing-room-only hit run in London, Betrayal is the story of an illicit affair that unfolds in reverse—from the end of a marriage to the first forbidden spark. Starring Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Zawe Ashton (Velvet Buzzsaw) and Charlie Cox (Daredevil) in their Broadway debuts, this stunning production features the daring vision of one of the UK’s most acclaimed directors.

Show-Score Member Reviews (446)

Riveting, Must see, Masterful, Intelligent, Probably the best production of "betrayal" that you will see

See it if you have never seen a production of "Betrayal". This version lets you focus on the play itself. Great acting from the 3 performers.

Don't see it if you do not enjoy Pinter or plays that move backwards in time.

Clever, Intelligent, Great direction, Great acting

See it if you love great acting and direction.

Don't see it if you're expecting a straight forward revival of a Pinter Play. I'm not a huge fan of Pinter, but this production was excellent.

Great directing, Must see, Great staging, Great acting

See it if You appreciate relationship dramas at their best.

Don't see it if You have low tolerance for plays that demand your complete attention for 90 minutes without an intermission.

Masterful, Intense, Intelligent, Sexy, Great acting

See it if you want to see three great actors at the top of their game.

Don't see it if you're expecting a lot of bells and whistles in the scenery department.

Must see, Masterful, Great acting, Great staging, Absorbing

See it if You want a superbly acted, brilliantly staged, play. It’s Pinter, which can often be slow and stodgy, and I found myself leaning forward...

Don't see it if You don’t like Pinter. The joy of this was being pulled in to the action, but in Pinter, there’s not a lot. If you want linear story lines. Read more

Ambitious, Clever, Absorbing

See it if Wonderful adaptation of Pinters play. Clever to tell the story backwards. Keeps you absorbed in the story.

Don't see it if If you have trouble concentrating or prefer musicals.

Profound, Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if You want to see a great performance by a talented set of actors. You enjoy deep, heartbreaking stories. Kept me interested throughout it!

Don't see it if You want to see a comedy, a musical or a big elaborate set. The staging is minimal but brilliantly well used!

Terrific performances. terrific pinter.

See it if You appreciate Pinter and good theatre.

Don't see it if You don’t appreciate Pinter.

Critic Reviews (35)

"Stylish, earnest, but off-the-mark... Director Jamie Lloyd and the cast decided to drag Pinter's subtext out of the shadows and plop it center stage...It's the fanciest acting class in the world, getting Pinter wrong."
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3/4 Stars. "A sexy Tom Hiddleston leads Broadway’s ‘Betrayal’"
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B+ "Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox, and Zawe Ashton command a smart, stripped down 'Betrayal'"
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3.5/4 Stars "Jamie Lloyd, cast triumph with superb Harold Pinter revival on Broadway"
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"'Betrayal' is an engrossingly intimate portrait of spouses and friends in the throes of adultery. By play's end, it's poignantly clear that the three characters will have to pay a steep price for their dishonesty. What could so easily come off like soap opera in lesser hands rises in this production to the level of modern tragedy."
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"Broadway Continues Its Love Affair With 'Betrayal' — I Try to Understand It"
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"Director Jamie Lloyd's Subtle Way With Harold Pinter's 'BETRAYAL' Makes For Riveting Storytelling: Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox bring their tightly wound London performances to Broadway"
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"Jamie Lloyd's staging lays bare the play's elegant bones, the tightly knotted network of lies and evasions in which its characters are so unhappily entangled. As Lloyd and his excellent trio of actors make devastatingly clear, the use of the singular in the title is an understatement; this is a drama rife with betrayals…"
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