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Burke Swanson Watched Stranger Things in the Dark, Now He's Lighting Up Broadway by Mara Reinstein

Life can be strange. Consider: Less than a decade after Burke Swanson first binged Netflix's sci-fi smash Stranger Things on the couch with his sister, he's on stage at the Marquis Theatre eight times a week playing James Hopper Jr. in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Set in 1959, the immersive, chilling yet heartfelt origin story follows the students at Hawkins High. Hopper helps investigate a series of animal dea…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM on August 11, 2025

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