The Mind Flayer has come to Broadway. I don’t mean the giant, spider-like creature of Netflix’s science-fiction series “Stranger Things” — though that nasty fella is here, too — but ...

Stranger Things: The First Shadow takes us back to a different decade than the series, as we trade the ’80s for 1959. The show aims to immerse its audience right from the very first moment it ...

“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” misses that mark, and only manages to achieve a sci-fi, comic-book experience, writ large, on stage. Popular on Variety ...

The cast of "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman The Broadway show is a mash-up of genres: horror and monster movie, mystery of the week, shadowy government ...

Stranger Things: The First Shadow takes place in Hawkins in 1959, aka 24 years before the events of Stranger Things Season 1. Henry Creel—who will grow up to become Vecna, ...

A Demogorgon Gave Gabrielle Nevaeh a Concussion on Stage During 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' (Exclusive) first ...

Following a critically acclaimed debut in London's West End in 2023, Stranger Things: The First Shadow will have it's opening night April 22 at the Marquis Theatre in New York. This prequel to the ...

Season 5 of “Stranger Things” doesn’t come out until later this year, but the Broadway play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is officially open. The play, written by Kate Tefry, is a ...

Bryce Dallas Howard, Leslie Odom, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, a Stranger Things: The First Shadow special presentation and more come to 92nd Street Y this spring. Get full details on the events!

Sarah Bahr saw “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” in London last year and has watched every episode of the TV series. Published April 9, 2025 Updated April 23, 2025.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow is a stand-alone prequel to the series, and its creators say the play is, in fact, canon to its mythical universe, ...