Stephen Daldry News

Matt and Ross Duffer will be honored with the Visionary Tribute for Netflix’s global phenomenon Stranger Things at the Third Annual Gotham Television Awards.

The Drama League has announced the 2026 Drama League Awards Nominees, which include Chess, Heathers, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Titanique, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), and more. Check out the full list here!

New production photos have been released from STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, featuring the new cast for Year 2 of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production. Check out the photos here!

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Suzie Miller’s new play, Inter Alia, will be coming to Broadway this Fall for a strictly limited engagement, starring Rosamund Pike. We have all of the details here!

Nominations for the 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the  only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – were  announced by Amber Gray and Harvey Guillén. Check out the full list of nominees here!

​To mark its 25th anniversary, the Genesis Foundation will host a limited-ticket showcase and drinks reception at the Royal Court Theatre. The event will bring together work from artists and organisations it has supported over 25 years.

The Citizens Theatre and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh will present Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat, directed by Joanna Bowman, opening in May.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation welcomed theater artists and industry leaders to Gotham Hall this past Monday for its annual Gala, where Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher was honored with the Mr. Abbott Award. See photos of the event.

Bucks County Playhouse has appointed director, producer and arts leader BT McNicholl as the organization’s new Producing Artistic Director. McNicholl will assume his role as producing artistic director beginning summer 2026.

Proctors Theatre will present a new lineup of National Theatre Live screenings this spring, bringing acclaimed British theatre productions to its screens. The event series will feature The Audience, and The Playboy of the Western World.

Theatre Aspen will present Pen Pals: A New Play by Michael Griffo, playing at Paepcke Auditorium. The production will star three-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Emmy nominee Kate Burton and Outer Critics Circle nominee Patricia Kalember

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

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL will embark on a national tour, opening at Sunderland Empire on 4 November 2026 where it will play until 28 November 2026 before ts first return to the West End in over 10 years.

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.

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!

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.'