Stranger Things has a canon stage play, First Shadow, that reveals the truth about how Vecna got his otherworldly powers.

Broadway shows setting Christmas Week records were Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Ragtime, Just In Time and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

The First Shadow is still running on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre. Get updated run dates (through June 28, 2026), showtimes (7 p.m. plus 1 p.m. matinees), holiday-week changes, and ticket prices from $59.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 1 and Stranger Things: The First Shadow. While Stranger Things season 5 brings the Hawkins gang closer to their inevitable face-off with Vecna, the show didn’t quite explain how the Broadway ...

The Top 10 earners for the week were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, $3,038,963; Wicked, $3,001,721; Hamilton, $2,983,979; The Lion King, $2,754,103; Mamma Mia!; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Chess, $1,727,978 ; MJ, $1,659,386; Aladdin, $1,602,12; and Art, $1,590,503, which recouped it investment this month.

“Stranger Things 5” draws near. The conclusion to Netflix’s flagship series is being released in three sections across the holidays – on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve – and the streaming service has just released a teaser trailer ...

Oh, Joyce. Our favorite over-protective mother has WAY over-corrected. She’s gone from insisting that Will can’t even so much as blink in Vecna’s direction to deciding it’s time to put him RIGHT in the thick of it in our first clip from Stranger ...

The first clip for Stranger Things season 5 volume 2 has arrived – and Joyce is feeling a little overzealous. However, after the ending of volume 1 episode 4... we can't really blame her.

The story is set between seasons two and three and follows familiar Hawkins kids - Eleven, Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin and Max - as they confront new monsters from the Upside Down and work together to solve a frightening paranormal mystery threatening their town.

The first episode delivers one of the series’ strongest openers. Low narrative stakes due to the refusal to kill the main characters. Essential move toward answering definitive narrative questions. Pacing suffers from the overly expansive cast and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. Spoilers ahead, so proceed with caution if you haven’t watched Volume 1 yet. It’s been a few days since Volume 1 of ...