See it if you want to see top performers at their best. The acting in this show is mesmerizing and intelligent and moving.
Don't see it if you like shows with a happy ending.
See it if you want to see three beautiful performances conveying Pinter at his most articulate, stripped of any extraneous distraction.
Don't see it if you like your stories told in chronological order on a fully decorated stage complete with costumed characters and changing scenery. Read more
See it if you consider the domino effect our actions have on others in our lives, and believe there is as much power in what is not said as what is.
Don't see it if you need your plays need and tidy, or if you need to see an elaborate stage. This is a spare production, and all the more effective for it. Read more
See it if You are ok seeing a dramatic play stripped of everything save the actors.
Don't see it if You are looking for an evening of mindless entertainment.
See it if you love the stars, want to see a brilliantly acted piece where every silence matters, and don’t mind a plot in reverse.
Don't see it if You don’t like non traditional plays, or the weakest scenes being at the end, or minimalist sets, or paying attention to what’s not said.
See it if you enjoy well-written plays where every word is important and the actors deliver every syllable and expression perfectly in great staging.
Don't see it if you want these actors to be what you have seen in recent movies - here it is not about the actions but listening to the action they describe
See it if you love Pinter plays and stories about marriages in trouble
Don't see it if you like linear shows, since this one is told in the present and then goes backward bit by bit.
See it if excellent acting staging And pinter. A penetrating picture of marital betrayal starting in the present with the divorce and moving back
Don't see it if Your’e looking for a light action packed play
"Memories? Dreams? Sessions with a psychotherapist? There are many ways to parse the latest Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's oft-revived and endlessly fascinating 1978 play 'Betrayal,' opening tonight at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in a brilliantly choreographed production."
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4/5 Stars "Pinter's Web of Deception Returns to Broadway, Incisively: Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox, and Zawe Ashton star in Jamie Lloyd's London transfer"
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5/5 Stars "Less Is More in This London-Born Revival: Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox make a beguiling love triangle in Harold Pinter's backward-spinning drama"
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"To Lloyd’s credit, and that of this spectacular cast, we never lose sight of the ways in which these three lives are ineradicably interwoven, giving more power to the emptiness and emotional wreckage their actions have wrought – despite their best attempts to be so very British about it all."
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"After the misfires of previous productions, someone finally gets this play right."
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"A love triangle turns inward in ‘Betrayal’"
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"Hiddleston as Robert far surpasses his most famous reputation as Loki in both Thor and The Avengers, giving a nuanced and ever-changing performance, and Cox as Jerry also finds subtleties that elude most actors, as their characters undergo constant changes."
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"Jamie Lloyd directs a compelling, minimalist take on Pinter's play with impressive Broadway debuts by Zawe Ashton, Charlie Cox, and Tom Hiddleston."
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