Betrayal Revival
One hour and 30 minutes, no intermission
Betrayal - 2019 Broadway History , Info & More
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Broadway)
242 West 45th St. New York, NY
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.
Betrayal - 2019 - Broadway Cast
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ENTERTAINMENT 'Betrayal' review: Jamie Lloyd, cast triumph with superb Harold Pinter revival on Broadway
9 / 10
I am hard-pressed to think of a better production of a Harold Pinter drama to play New York in over a decade than this sharp and absorbing London revival of 1978's 'Betrayal.' Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the relationship drama stars Tom Hiddleston (Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe), Charlie Cox ('Daredevil') and Zawe Ashton ('Velvet Buzzsaw'). All three are making their Broadway debuts.
Betrayal
6 / 10
Director Jamie Lloyd's production, the play's third Broadway revival in 18 years, is capably acted but spare, gray and chilly; there is no set but two wooden chairs, a small folding table and a back wall that sometimes moves forward or backward. In each of the two-person scenes, the absent character lingers onstage like a gloomy ghost, sometimes nursing a drink. Everything seems intended to suggest the very English repression of great passions that the play never actually conveys. At the performance I attended, Hiddleston's icy facade cracked-during the scene in which he discovers his wife's adultery-to release a physical outpouring of fluid so profuse that it seemed like a magic trick, as though the actor had swiftly turned on and off a faucet that was hidden in his face. It was a strange and incongruous moment, and it provided a welcome burst of surprise in a production that is otherwise a chic and dreary affair.
Betrayal History
Other Productions of Betrayal
| 1980 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 2000 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
| 2013 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2019 | West End |
London Revival at Harold Pinter Theatre West End |
| 2019 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
Betrayal - 2019 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tom Hiddleston |
| 2020 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Betrayal |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hiddleston |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Jamie Lloyd |
| 2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Betrayal |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jamie Lloyd |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Hiddleston |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Betrayal |
| 2020 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Soutra Gilmour |
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