On Friday, March 28, Stranger Things: The First Shadow officially began performances at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre. The enthusiastic audience was filled with fans who were eager to be the first to see the Broadway production of the Olivier Award-winning play. Creators of the “Stranger Things” TV series, Matt and Ross Duffer, attended the first preview and congratulated the cast backstage after the performance.
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.
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?
