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

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

Cyprus Avenue, Public Theater, New York — pitch-black satire

David Ireland’s play explores sectarian hatred in contemporary Northern Ireland

Skintight, Laura Pels Theatre, New York — bracingly cynical

Vanity and hypocrisy are exposed in Joshua Harmon’s new black comedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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