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Netflix Takes Broadway: How ‘Stranger Things’ Play ‘First Shadow’ Is Key to Season 5 Plot and Streamer’s Larger Live Experiences Biz
Variety goes behind the scenes of the "Stranger Things" Broadway play "The First Shadow" ahead of opening night at the Marquis Theater
They’re so connected that the Duffers were sending notes on changes made to the series finale to Trefry during her multiple rewrites of the initial version of the play, which debuted on the West End in December 2023. Some serve to clarify story points and others are due to technical changes and scaling up production for Broadway — but some are just for extra fun, like a nod to Netflix’s iconic “Watch Credits” or “Next Episode…” option, which flashes up on the stage’s LED screen just before curtain call at the end of the show. Friedman takes pride in the stat that more than 70% of “The First Shadow” audience members are first-time theatergoers, and that’s solely based on the West End performance and Broadway previews ahead of opening night Tuesday.
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