Theatre to watch in New York FT critics review the latest shows on Broadway and beyond Fire in Dreamland, Public Theater, New York — a dramatic flame that fizzles out Rinne Groff’s new play is centred around a 1911 amusement park blaze Thursday, 19 July, 2018 Carey Mulligan gets gritty in Girls & Boys at Minetta Lane Theatre, New York The star exudes self-deprecating charm in Dennis Kelly’s sharply observed one-woman play about modern romance Thursday, 28 June, 2018 Cyprus Avenue, Public Theater, New York — pitch-black satire David Ireland’s play explores sectarian hatred in contemporary Northern Ireland Tuesday, 26 June, 2018 Skintight, Laura Pels Theatre, New York — bracingly cynical Vanity and hypocrisy are exposed in Joshua Harmon’s new black comedy Friday, 22 June, 2018 Othello, Central Park, New York — a shift of focus from race to gender This open-air Shakespeare is uneven, but the performances suggest a bold re-reading Tuesday, 19 June, 2018 Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf, Abrons Arts Center, New York — consistently hilarious The cast navigates playwright Kate Scelsa’s zany twist on Edward Albee with deadpan flair Friday, 15 June, 2018 More from this Series The Boys in the Band, New York — Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto get nasty A birthday party full of gay men descends into cruel jibing in this tightly wound staging of Mart Crowley’s play at the Booth Theatre Friday, 1 June, 2018 The Iceman Cometh, Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York — played by the book Starring Denzel Washington and Colm Meaney, this is a production that needs to take more risks Friday, 27 April, 2018 Harry Potter comes to Broadway in a thoroughly rewarding production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre delivers theatrical thrills — and a touching tale of adolescence and fatherhood Monday, 23 April, 2018 Carousel, Imperial Theatre, New York — going round in circles Renée Fleming provides emotional subtlety but sounds a little underpowered in Jack O’Brien’s old-fashioned staging Friday, 13 April, 2018 Mean Girls, August Wilson Theatre, New York — a deficit of nastiness Tina Fey has toned down the material in her musical adaptation of the teen comedy Monday, 9 April, 2018
