The critically acclaimed play based on the popular Netflix sci-fi series “Stranger Things” will make its way from the West End to Broadway, with performances beginning March 28 at Marquis Theatre.
Based on an original story by show creators Matt and Ross Dufferalong with playwright Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is “rooted in the mythology and world of Netflix’s global phenomenon,” according to Tuesday’s announcement.
British power manufacturer Sonia Friedman — whose credits include this season’s Broadway hit “Stereophonic” and global productions of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” — partnered with Netflix to bring the show to the Great White Way.
Multi-Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry has been tapped to direct, along with the original “Stranger Things” director Justin Martin.
Casting will be announced at a later date.
Since the premiere in 2023 on Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End, “The First Shadow” has broken box office records and won two Olivier Awards in 2024, including Best Entertainment Play.
The stage show – like the spooky streaming series – takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. But this time it’s set in 1959 decades before popular characters Eleven, Mike Wheeler, Will Byers and their crew entered the Upside Down.
According to the official synopsis, Hawkins is just “an ordinary town with ordinary concerns”, where Jim Hopper, Bob Newby and Joyce Maldonado (later Joyce Byers) are themselves students facing everyday problems.
But “when new student Henry Creel arrives, his family discovers that a fresh start is not so easy … and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.”
The Broadway production begins preview performances on Friday, March 28, ahead of the official opening on Tuesday, April 22.
Advance tickets will be available on September 13th for those who sign up on the program’s official website. Tickets go on sale to the public on September 17.