'Stranger Things' Broadway Play to Be Filmed for Netflix Streaming Release

The Broadway play Stranger Things: The First Shadow will be filmed for a streaming release on Netflix.

The play originally opened in London and has been running on Broadway for the past year. Following the launch of Stranger Things season five, the play has received an uptick in interest and has been playing to sold-out audiences.

Now, Netflix is filming the play before the original cast departs the production. It was just announced that many of the lead actors, including Tony nominee Louis McCartney as Henry Creel, are leaving the show on March 29.

THR has confirmed that public performances are not happening this week while the cast films the production in private. Fans can attend performances again beginning on February 15.

Here is the synopsis of the play: “Are monsters born… or made? In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Initially, things go well — he finds friendship and joins the school play. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is there something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him? As this thrilling mystery races forward, shadows of the past are unleashed, relationships are tested, and the town of Hawkins faces the ultimate question: can the power of friendship outshine the darkness within?”

Jamie Campbell Bower recently made a surprise appearance in the play!