Stranger Things: The First Shadow 'Unlocks' Season Five, Says Louis McCartney

You don’t need to have seen Stranger Things, Netflix’s supernatural teen horror series, to understand Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway. Firstly, says Louis McCartney, who plays the show's central haunted, haunting character Henry Creel, it’s a prequel. “But also,” he says, “we follow a narrative structure that’s very easy to understand. It’s very human. It’s very Greek.”

Then again, if you are a fan of the Netflix series—eagerly anticipating the upcoming final season—McCartney says the show "does unlock things for season five. I know you might think I’m lying when I say that, but I’m not. There is lore in this.”

Check out the video below for more of McCartney’s conversation at Dear Irving Broadway with Tamsen Fadal on The Broadway Show.