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Stranger Things Prequel Scores Tony Wins Ahead of Final TV Season

Success on Broadway is reinforcing the franchise’s momentum ahead of the TV series’ last season.

Miriam Buether and 59 Studio accept Best Scenic Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, at the 78th Annual Tony Awards pre show in New York City, U.S., June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
Miriam Buether and 59 Studio pose with the award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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Overview

  • Stranger Things: The First Shadow won Tony Awards for scenic, lighting and sound design plus a special technical effects accolade.
  • Directed by Stephen Daldry and produced by Matt and Ross Duffer, the play debuted in London in 2023 before opening on Broadway in March 2025.
  • Set in 1959, the prequel explores young Henry Creel’s arrival in Hawkins and the origins of the Upside Down’s terror.
  • Netflix has scheduled the fifth and final season of Stranger Things to release in three parts on November 26, December 25 and December 31, 2025.
  • Actress Sadie Sink has hinted there may be narrative links between the Broadway prequel and Season 5, though no specifics have been confirmed.