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 centr…

Summer marches on in New York City, and so do all the hit shows lining the streets of the Theater District. Check out the latest on this week's episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. See Tony nominee…

Performer, Host, and Social Media star Frankie Grande visited the cast of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW on Broadway backstage at the Marquis Theater on Thursday, July 24th. Check out photos below! The broth…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 24, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: Good morning, theatre fans! Welcome to Wake Up with Bro…

An all new trailer has been released for the Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, including never-before-seen production footage featuring the original Broadway cast led by 2024 Tony nomine…

A prequel to the Netflix series is performing live on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/20/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

A newly released trailer is the best look yet at the Netflix series' stage prequel.

Now running at the Marquis Theatre.

An all new trailer has been released for the Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, including never-before-seen production footage featuring the original Broadway cast led by 2024 Tony nomine…

THE MOST TONY AWARD®-WINNING PLAY OF THE YEAR Broadway just got turned Upside Down. Critics hail STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW as “a jaw-dropping, must-see theatrical marvel” (Entertainment Weekly) t…

On Saturday, July 19, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW celebrated its 100th performance at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway. See photos from the event here! ...

Schnapp visited the Marquis Theatre ahead of the release of the fifth and final season of the Netflix series that inspired the play.

Noah Schnapp, star of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” attended a performance of the Broadway prequel, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, ahead of the release of the final season of the show coming later this …

He may be a frightening figure on the stage, but in real life, this Irish actor is a bright-eyed 21-year-old excited to begin his career.

Age: 20 Hometown: Los Angeles, California by way of Miramar, Florida: “I like to say that I'm an Angeleno,” said Nevaeh, who moved to SoCal when she was 12. “I grew up in L.A. and spent all of my years t…

In the spirit of celebration and community, WICKED will host a Broadway Pride Block Party this Friday, June 27 from 1PM – 4PM in the breezeway of the Gershwin Theatre. WICKED will bring together Broadway fans…

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The director of Jodie Comer’s tour de force is now staging Inter Alia, another legal drama by Suzie Miller. He talks about steering Stranger Things: The First Shadow, resisting the classics and his double act…

Paul Arditti accepts the 2025 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annual Tony Awards The Amer…

Miriam Buether and 59 accept the 2025 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annual Tony Awards …

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At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone & Edward Pierce took the stage to accept a Special Tony Award for their work on the Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger …

At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Miriam Buether and 59 Studio (Benjamin Pearcy) took home a Tony Award for 'Best Scenic Design of a Play' for their outstanding work on Stranger Things: The First Shadow. After…

At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Jon Clark took home a Tony Award for 'Best Lighting Design of a Play' for his outstanding work on Stranger Things: The First Shadow. After leaving the stage at Radio City Musi…

It's no picnic being Henry Creel. Every night at the Marquis Theatre, Louis McCartney is bringing the troubled teen to life in Stranger Things: The First Shadow- the spectacular origin story for the beloved Net…

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone & Edward Pierce took the stage to accept a Special Tony Award for their work on the Illusions & Technical Effe…

They’ve made Mary Todd Lincoln proud! Cole Escola has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for their role in Oh, Mary! Escola beat out fellow nominees George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck,…

The Illusions & Technical Effects team of Stranger Things: The First Shadow is congratulated by Bonnie Milligan at the Tony Awards First Impressions Cam presented by City National Bank, backstage at the 78th An…

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Miriam Buether and 59 Studio (Benjamin Pearcy) took home a Tony Award for 'Best Scenic Design of a Play' for their outstanding work on Stranger Things: The First …

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Jon Clark took home a Tony Award for 'Best Lighting Design of a Play' for his outstanding work on Stranger Things: The First Shadow. After leaving the stage at Ra…

The 78th Tony Awards are underway at Radio City Music Hall and Broadway.com is here to give you the latest news from the winner's circle. The evening kicks off with The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Maybe …

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Now for the second half of my predictions for Sunday’s Tony Awards honoring the best of the 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended at the end of April . It was indeed one of the richest and most competitiv…

The 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended April 30 — was one of the richest and most competitive seasons in years. While there hasn't been been a megahit of the likes of “Hamilton” or “The Producers,�…

The Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone & Edward Pierce) accept their 2025 Special Tony Award. -- Watch the 78th Annual Tony Awards …

Just like the Netflix series, Broadway’s “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is full of terrifying monsters, breath-taking special effects and it’s up for several top prizes this award season. After deb…

It was an incredible night celebrating the best of the New York theatre season at NYU Skirball at the 2025 Drama Desk Awards. Maybe Happy Ending won big with six awards including Outstanding Musical. Boop!, Str…

Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek interviews Louis McCartney about his Tony-nominated turn as Henry Creel in STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW. Get tickets to STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW: https:…

A roundtable with the full design team of Broadway’s “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”

The Tony nominations are here—and what a season it’s been. Corpses and Obsolete Robots and Demogorgons – oh my! 🎭 Host Patrick Pacheco is joined by top theater critics and journalists Helen Shaw (Th…

Earlier this month, The Outer Critics Circle announced the winners for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The awards ceremony was held on Thursday, Ma…

Broadway News Broadway Real Estate: Current and Future Theatre Bookings Keep track of the shows booked into each Broadway theatre. Like to keep track of which show is book…

Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell…

She had just finished working with Steve McQueen and was starting on the Stranger Things stage show when she had a stroke. But the movement director is determined to come back stronger The movement director Cor…

Broadway alum Matarazzo stars in the Netflix series, which is prequel-ized by the current Best Play Tony nominee.

On Friday, May 16th, the Tony-nominated production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW welcomed a familiar face back to the world of the Upside Down. Gaten Matarazzo, who portrays “Dustin Henderson” in the…

Louis – he pronounces it Louie – McCartney had only recently learned the name of the young actor who, 28 years before McCartney was born in Nothern Ireland, won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. “I…

Ready to see your next Broadway show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting May 12, 2025. Check out five Br…

The Outer Critics Circle has announced the winners for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The big winners included Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor is…

Although we have not previously shown great acuity in Tony prediction, here we are again. Hope springs eternal! This year’s list of Tony nominees reveals a healthy, exciting season. Looking at who wasn’t no…

Stranger Things: The First Shadow – 06 May 2025 A high intensity ride through the life of possibly possessed Henry Creel (Louis McCartney), Stranger Things tells a story taking place in multiple dimensions …

Straight Play Round Up: PURPOSE JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLIAN THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Reviewed by David Spencer Because the renovation of the Aisle Say website a few seasons a…

The Broadway Theatre Review: Stranger Things: The First Shadow By Ross “We are dead in the water,” they cry, as sweeping visual effects envelop the Broadway stage, making the air feel thick and tense with a…

Well, big weekly grosses and even bigger stars can’t guarantee a Tony Awards nomination. Broadway does what Broadway wants, so no Best Play nominations (or anything else) for huge moneymaker Othello, and no B…

By Stuart Miller... The surefire crowd-pleaser offers everything fans of the TV series could want.

There's only 001 show to see on Broadway this season. Now playing at the Marquis Theatre.

"Stranger Things: The First Shadow" concludes with a Netflix joke that, besides being pretty funny, also represents a bit of chest-thumping for the play's outsized number of developers who manage to successfull…

“When I first read The Crucible, I think it was in high school, and I was just trying to make it through the year, honestly” shares Sadie Sink with a laugh. The actress stars in the new Broadway play John P…

In the Netflix stage spectacular Stranger Things: The First Shadow, stage and screen actor T.R. Knight plays Victor Creel, a World War II veteran suffering PTSD who is also father to seriously troubled teenager…

A beloved Netflix show is now a Broadway hit. Stranger things have happened! Earlier this week, the Marquis Theatre was the place to be as Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel story to the hit series, c…

By David Sheward April 28, 2025. If you’ve been waiting for the must-see production of the Broadway season to justify plunking down your hard-earned bucks, wait no more. Stranger Things: The First Shadow, no…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 28 to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. This was the fourth and final time this season that the Tony Awards …

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the Netflix sensation-turned-theatrical spectacular, opened at the Marquis Theatre on April 22. The show explores the backstory of series antagonist Henry Creel, hauntingly …

The cast of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW celebrates bringing the prequel to the fan-favorite series to Broadway on opening night. Get tickets to STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW: https://www.broadway.co…

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By Samuel L. Leiter April 27, 2025. Before seeing Broadway’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow, originally produced on London’s West End in 2023, and now at the Marquis Theatre, I thought I’d binge on th…

With both “Stranger Things” Season 5 and “Star Wars: Starfighter” on the horizon, “Deadpool & Wolverine” director Shawn Levy knows he will have to keep a secret or two. “‘Stranger Things’ …

Louis McCartney (Henry Creel) and Gabrielle Nevaeh (Patty Newby) in STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW; CREDIT: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about …

The 2024-2025 theater season ends on Sunday with the dual openings of the musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves. And I’m exhausted. But it’s the kind of good exhaustion that comes from doing some…

Stranger Things: The First Shadow just recently opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 22, 2025. See below for photos of the cast from opening night! 

In the lobby gift shop of the Marquis, where Netflix’s Broadway version of “Stranger Things” has opened, there is a Demogorgon plushie for sale for thirty dollars. It’s not called a Demogorgon; the pric…

The Broadway play offers numerous surprises and scares for longtime fans and newcomers to Hawkins, Indiana.

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Aw…

Nominations have been announced for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Death Becomes Her leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Maybe Happy Ending with nine, BOOP! The Musical with eight, and�…

It's Awards Season! Today the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees for the 20…