Betsy: Wisdom of a Brighton Whore NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if You want a powerful piece depicting Victorian England street life from the perspective of a mother struggling to get by.

Don't see it if You don't like frank sexual content or disturbing subject matter.

See it if You like monologues, British history, and terrific individual performances. Sommerville is engaging, stunning, and acrobatic in this role.

Don't see it if Are offended or disturbed by graphic language or depictions of sex and violence. Read more

See it if you want to see a great, energetic, demanding, one person performance that is well lit and has good sound effects to bring the story alive.

Don't see it if you don't like one person performances with multiple characters or you do not like frank sexual talk.

See it if You enjoy monologues, the actress has talent and speaks in multiple accents- both British and Scottish accents. Stage effects were well done

Don't see it if The topics of sex and prostitution make you feel uncomfortable. The actress performs an immersive expensive & talks directly to the audience

See it if you like short intense very well acted one woman plays about pre-Victorian era prostitution. Not a happy show from any normal perspective

Don't see it if you prefer lighter subjects or large productions, or if you need to know how a story ends (or begins) as this play is part 2 of 3 Read more

See it if A well written, acted and good direction play.

Don't see it if If you don't like language or explicit sexual plays.

See it if you want to see great acting and great staging in a show that fully understands the position of women in Victorian England

Don't see it if you need writing that has developed to the point where it has razor sharp focus on its subject Read more

See it if You love great acting in an intimate setting. A tour de force

Don't see it if You don’t like small theaters, historical dramas, or one woman shows