Monday, May 12, 2025

MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN, and More Take Home Outer Critics Circle Awards; Full List!

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 End…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM
Saturday, May 10, 2025

2025 Tony Predictions by Wendy Caster

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. Lookin…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:36PM
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Dimensions by Mason Pilevsky

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 …

SOURCE: Pages on Stages at 11:36PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Straight Play Round-Up by Admin

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 web…

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Sunday, May 4, 2025

Broadway’s “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Wows Visually and Dark Magically in the Upside Down by Ross

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 th…

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Tony Awards Nominations Snubs And Surprises: ‘Othello’, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal And Kieran Culkin Don’t Make The Cut by Greg Evans

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 moneymak…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:24PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Looms Large as a Broadway Hit by Admin

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

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow live on stage by Stranger Things On Stage

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

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Joseph Pisano

"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 m…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:40PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Sadie Sink on her character’s ’emotional rage’ in ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ and her reaction to ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ by David Buchanan

“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 …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PM

In Stranger Things: The First Shadow, T.R. Knight Peers Into the Abyss by Broadway.com

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 serious…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PM

Inside the 'Stranger Things' Opening Night on Broadway by BroadwayWorld

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 …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12PM
Monday, April 28, 2025

Stranger Things: The First Shadow *****, Real Women Have Curves ****, Becoming Eve **** by Barry Gordin

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: …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:13PM

Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility for Smash, Old Friends, John Proctor is the Villain and More by Darryn King

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 t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:24PM

See Stranger Things: The First Shadow's Horrifying Broadway Opening Night by Broadway.com

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 Henr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PM

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Turns Broadway Upside Down on Opening Night by Broadway.com

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: htt…

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

predicting the 2025 Tony Award Nominations | which Broadway plays and musicals will get nominated? by MickeyJoTheatre

get in person / live stream tickets to see MickeyJoTheatre LIVE at the Phoenix Arts Club: https://phoenixartsclub.com/events/mickeyjotheatre-live/ Join my channel to gain access to exclusiv…

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STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW **1/2 by Barry Gordin

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 thoug…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:22PM

Shawn Levy Says ‘Stranger Things’ Taught Him to ‘Keep My Mouth Shut’ for ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Spoilers: ‘I’m Really Grateful For T by Matthew Minton

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. “�…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:42PM

This Week on Broadway for April 27, 2025: Stranger Things: The First Shadow by James Marino

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 Por…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Celebrating the OCC's 75th Anniversary— and Its Nominees for the 2024-2025 Season by Jan Simpson

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 c…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 06:24PM

Photos: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Cast on Opening Night!

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! 

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PM

Stranger Things: The First Shadow Broadway Review. Horror (Season 4, Ep 7) on Stage. by Jonathan Mandell

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 …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:20PM
Friday, April 25, 2025

5 Reasons to See Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Meredith Taylor Ammons

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

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Death Becomes Her and Stranger Things: The First Shadow Lead OCC Nominations by Suzanna Bowling

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 Out…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:21PM

Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending and BOOP! Lead 2025 Outer Critics Circle Nominations by Hayley Levitt

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 Music…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM

DEATH BECOMES HER Leads OCC Nominations With 12; Full List Announced

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…

SOURCE: Theatrely at 11:25AM

Stranger Things: The First Shadow Darkness Revealed, Wonder Awakened by Suzanna Bowling

Not having seen the Stranger Things TV series, I walked into The First Shadow with no expectations—only a vague awareness of its cult following and retro-tinged mystery. I walked out stunn…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:16AM
Thursday, April 24, 2025

‘Stranger Things: First Shadow’: Louis McCartney on ‘creating a language through the movement’ to play the tortured Henry Creel by Sam Eckmann

“When I get out there, I'm not giving first,” says Louis McCartney on the exchange of energy between him and the audience each night at Stranger Things: The First Shadow. "They're there …

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre