It's Official: Stranger Things Is Bringing the Upside Down to Broadway

The long-rumored Broadway transfer for London's Stranger Things: The First Shadow has finally become official. Inspired by and serving as a prequel to the hit Netflix series, the Kate Trefry-penned play will cross the pond to Broadway's Marquis Theatre, with performances beginning March 28, 2025. Opening night will be April 22.

What remains unconfirmed is reports that the play is planned to be the first of a trilogy, with London and Broadway productions of two follow-up titles in the works. Stay tuned.

Pre-sale tickets for the Broadway run will go on sale September 13 with registration at StrangerThingsBroadway.com. A general sale will follow September 17.

Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin will direct the Broadway bow after staging the London premiere and have re-assembled their full creative team, including scenic designer Miriam Buether; costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel; lighting designer Jon Clark; sound designer Paul Arditti; composer, orchestrator, arranger, and music supervisor D.J. Walde; illusion designers Jamie Harrison and Chris Fisher; video designers 59; choreographer Coral Messam; movement director Lynne Page; and wig, hair, and make-up designer Campbell Young Associates.

Casting, by Jim Carnahan, is to be announced.

See a trailer for the upcoming Broadway premiere, featuring the original West End cast, below:

The play explores when Henry Creel first moves into Hawkings, Indiana, in 1959, following how he becomes the eventual ruler of the Upside Down. The play also features high school versions of Stranger Things characters Jim Hopper, Bob Newby, and Joyce Maldonado. The work premiered in and has been performing at London's Phoenix Theatre since 2023, but official sources are protecting spoilers by keeping mum on further plot descriptions.

See reviews for the West End production here.

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions are producing, with The Duffer Brothers serving as creative producers. 21 Laps Entertainment is associate producer.