{"id":92279,"date":"2025-01-24T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=92279"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T20:18:07","slug":"additional-casting-announced-for-the-olivier-award-winning-theatrical-event-stranger-things-the-first-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/24\/additional-casting-announced-for-the-olivier-award-winning-theatrical-event-stranger-things-the-first-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Casting Announced for the Olivier Award-Winning Theatrical Event &#8220;Stranger Things: The First Shadow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92281\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stranger-Things-The-First-Shadow.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stranger-Things-The-First-Shadow.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stranger-Things-The-First-Shadow-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>The cast for the Broadway production of the Olivier Award-winning, &#8220;mega five-star hit&#8221; (Sunday Times) play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, which is now in rehearsals in New York. 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Critics hailed it as &#8220;a game-changing experience&#8221; (Daily Telegraph) that makes the unimaginable real and &#8220;takes theatre to the next dimension&#8221; (The Observer). From Netflix and multi-award-winning Broadway producer Sonia Friedman Productions, and directed by three-time Tony Award\u00ae winner Stephen Daldry alongside Justin Martin, this pulse-racing new adventure will turn Broadway upside down.<\/p>\n<p>Are monsters born&#8230; or made?<\/p><div id=\"morty-2285544958\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. 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