Recanati-Kaplan Talks: Stranger Things: The First Shadow

The Duffer Brothers’ Netflix series Stranger Things became a cultural phenomenon. And now its stunning new origin story is coming to Broadway.

Before the curtain goes up, don’t miss the creative team behind the new production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow — creators Matt and Ross Duffer, producer Sonia Friedman, writer Kate Trefry, director Stephen Daldry, and co-director Justin Martin — for a special documentary screening on the making of the award-winning play that astonished London’s West End. Set in 1959 in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, The First Shadow follows teenager Henry Creel as he seeks to make a fresh start and escape from his troubled past. But when a wave of shocking and mysterious crime hits the town, Henry wonders — is there a darkness within him that is connected to the darkness unfolding around him?

Following a special documentary screening about the making of the show, join the Duffers, Friedman, Daldry, Martin and Trefry for the secrets behind adopting the hit series for the stage, stories from backstage, and much more.