The Olivier Award winning stage adaptation based on the Netflix series will be heading to New York in 2025.
It has been announced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions that Stranger Things: The First Shadow will be heading to Broadway’s Marquis Theatre from the 28th March, with official opening night set for 22nd April 2025.
Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, this stage adaptation based on the hit television series is a new play written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin.
Pre-Sale tickets for those who sign up on the official website will go on sale Friday, September 13, 2024. Tickets for the general public will go on sale at 11:00am on Friday, September 17, 2024.
Before the world turned upside down. 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 out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy…and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow opened at the Phoenix Theatre at the end of last year, where it is currently booking until the 16th February 2025. It has won several awards including: two Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Best Set Design, the Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Set Design and Most Promising Newcomer, and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play.
The creative team behind this stage adaptation includes: set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, original music composition, orchestration, arrangements and supervision by D.J. Walde, illusions design & visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher, video design & visual effects by 59, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page,wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, casting by Jim Carnahan.
Casting for the Broadway production has yet to be announced.
To sign up for further information on the Broadway run visit: https://broadway.strangerthingsonstage.com/