Stranger Things on Stage
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Hits Broadway March 2025

(New York, NY) Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions are proud to announce that the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning, “mega five-star hit” (Sunday Times) play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will begin performances Friday, March 28, 2025 and officially open Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street). 

A scene from the London production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Photo by Manuel Harlan

Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, and rooted in the mythology and world of the Netflix global phenomenon, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is a new play written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin.

From the London premiere:

 

The Facts 

By Kate Trefry

Original Story by The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne & Kate Trefry

Based on the Netflix Series, ‘Stranger Things’, Created by the Duffer Brothers

Directed by Stephen Daldry

Co-Directed by Justin Martin

Creative Producers The Duffer Brothers

Associate Producers Shawn Levy & Dan Cohen for 21 Laps

Produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions

Performances Begin Friday, March 28, 2025

Officially Opens Tuesday, April 22, 2025

At Broadway’s Marquis Theatre

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The Show

Hailed by the Daily Telegraph as “The West End Event of the Year” and the recipient of nineteen 5-star reviews and twelve 4-star reviews, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW opened in its world premiere production at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, where it is currently breaking box office records and is now on sale through February 16, 2025. The West End production recently won several awards including two Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Best Set Design, the Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Set Design and Most Promising Newcomer, and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play.

A scene from the London production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Photo by Manuel Harlan

The story is a prequel to the Netflix TV series, and takes place in Hawkins in 1959. Jim Hopper is a young man who's car won't start, and Joyce Maldonado is looking forward to the day she can graduate high school and skip town for good...

There's also a flashback to 1943, when the US government first experiments with force fields and accidentally finds themselves in Dimension X.

The production features state of the art stagecraft that brings the sci-fi story and its period setting to vivid life.