Stranger Things Play Review: First Shadow Brings Netflix Show to Life
Stephen Daldry directs a bravura production of virtuoso, state-of-the-art stagecraft, telling a story that serves as a prequel to the hit series.
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Stephen Daldry directs a bravura production of virtuoso, state-of-the-art stagecraft, telling a story that serves as a prequel to the hit series.
This origin story has all the dark mystery of the Duffer Brothers’ Netflix series and delivers one coup de theatre after another
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, currently opens tonight at the Phoenix Theatre. Read the reviews!
The prequel play has now opened in London's West End. So... is it any good?
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the streamer’s freshman attempt at a stage play is a huge embarrassment. Mega-fans of the TV series, like me, will be extremely disappointed by how the live show, which opened Thursday night at the Phoenix Theatre in London, epically fails to conjure the magic and small-town charm of the Duffer brothers’ popular creation.