Louis McCartney News

Meet the full Year 2 cast of Stranger Things Broadway! The Tony-winning play begins new performances March 31 at the Marquis Theatre.

Broadway's Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the prequel play to the Netflix series, will be filmed this week for a future release on the streamer. Performances from Tuesday, February 10 to Saturday, February 14 have been canceled to accommodate.

Get ready, Hawkins. New principal cast  members are getting ready to join the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW as the production begins its second year on Broadway.

A new block of tickets will go on sale for the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW.

As we ring in the new year, BroadwayWorld is looking back at 2025 and the incredible performers who made their mark on Broadway!

The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW broke the 9-performance house record at the Marquis Theatre with a gross of $2,510,948.00 for the week ending Sunday, December 28, 2025. 

Stranger Things: The First Shadow broke the 9-performance house record at the Marquis Theatre with a gross of $2,510,948.00 for the week ending Sunday, December 28, 2025. Get the latest scoop on the Broadway show.

Audiences are now deep in the dangerous depths of the Upside Down, with the ongoing fifth season of Stranger Things now streaming. Find out more about the new season, how it connects to the Broadway play, and more in our new guide!

Stranger Things: The First Shadow might be all about thrills and chills, but its cast still gets warm and fuzzy during the holiday season. Two of its stars, Louis McCartney and Alex Breaux told us about two Christmas films that they can't get enough of every year.

Watch a video of Jamie Campbell Bower surprising the audience for the final scene of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW for the final scene of the production, reprising his role as “Henry Creel.'

Stranger Things has officially returned to Netflix for its fifth and final season. While fans tune in this holiday season to find out what's happening in Hawkins, anyone who has headed to the Marquis Theatre recently is already privy to some very exciting backstory. Stranger Things: The First Shadow is now in its ninth month on Broadway, and there has never been a better time to find out what went down before the events of Season 1. Watch in this video.

Juan Carlos, one of the original cast members of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, is set to return to the show after recovering from an injury he suffered on stage in June.

Red Bucket Follies will transform six weeks of fundraising into two afternoons of one-of-a-kind songs, skits and dances created by Broadway’s best. Kristin Chenoweth, Jonathan Groff and more are set to join.

After nearly a decade, the hit Netflix television series, Stranger Things, will be coming to a close with Season Five. But fear not, fans - there is still the stage version, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, running in the West End. The play is a prequel to the events on screen, showing some of the older characters in high school and exploring the origins of the show’s main villain, Vecna. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Jack Christou, who plays the role of Henry Creel. We discussed what it is like to be part of the stage adaptation of such a popular television series, how he prepared for the role and even what he hopes audiences take away from the show as a whole.

The stars STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW attended the LA premiere for the final series of the Netflix global phenomenon. See photos of Louis McCartney and more.

Explore photos of Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, and the full cast at the STRANGER THINGS 5 world premiere event in Hollywood.

The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction returned Sunday, September 21, 2025. See photos from the event here and learn more about the Broadway Flea Market!

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will be hosting a panel at New York Comic Con this year titled “Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Bringing Iconic Characters & the World of the Upside Down to Life on Stage.”

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 5, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Some performers chose not to read critical reviews. That's not the case for Stranger Things: The First Shadow star Louis McCartney. In fact, he takes it a step further. he explains why he takes the Stranger Tings fans' opinions seriously.