Despite tying directly into the final season of “Stranger Things,” the only way to see the prequel play Stranger Things: The First Shadow is live on Broadway or London’s West End — but that’s about to change.
Collider reports that the Broadway production is being professionally filmed for a future release on Netflix, with this week’s performances cancelled to facilitate filming.
Based on an original story by “Stranger Things” creators the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), and Kate Trefry (“Stranger Things”), the prequel play tells Vecna’s origin story and features younger versions of several of the series’ characters.
In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Initially, things go well — he finds friendship and joins the school play.
But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is there something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him?
As this thrilling mystery races forward, shadows of the past are unleashed, relationships are tested, and the town of Hawkins faces the ultimate question: can the power of friendship outshine the darkness within?
Produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, Stranger Things: The First Shadow is directed by Stephen Daldry, co-directed by Justin Martin, and written by Trefry.
Louis McCartney stars as Henry Creel alongside Rosie Benton, Alex Breaux, Andrew Hovelson, Alison Jaye, T.R. Knight, Gabrielle Nevaeh, Burke Swanson, Juan Carlos, Ayana Cymone, Dora Dolphin, Ted Koch, and Eric Wiegand.
The show opened on the West End in 2023 before beginning its Broadway run in April of last year. It went on to win four Tony Awards: Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design, and a special award for the Illusions & Technical Effects.
Tickets for Stranger Things: The First Shadow are on sale now.