Tudum—Stranger Things: The First Shadow Joins the Netflix and Broadway Universes on Opening Night

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by Broadway.com Staff • Apr 23, 2025

Producer Shawn Levy, co-director Justin Martin, show creator Matt Duffer, playwright Kate Trefry, producer Sonia Friedman, show creator Ross Duffer and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos (Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com)

Stranger Things: The First Shadow turned Broadway upside down on opening night at the Marquis Theatre. The prequel story, following the Creel family in 1959 Hawkins, drew out the stars of the hit Netflix series, which is preparing for its fifth and final season. Meanwhile, the Broadway stars got to celebrate launching this epic new adventure on the New York stage (the play is written by Kate Trefry from an original story by Trefry, show creators Matt and Ross Duffer and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playwright Jack Thorne).

See Louis McCartney (Henry Creel), Rosie Benton (Virginia Creel), Alex Breaux (Dr. Brenner), Juan Carlos (Bob Newby), Andrew Hovelson (Principal Newby), Alison Jaye (Joyce Maldonado), T.R. Knight (Victor Creel), Burke Swanson (James Hopper Jr.) and Gabrielle Nevaeh (Patty Newby) walk the red carpet alongside some familiar faces from your TV screen.

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