“Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the streamer’s freshman attempt at a stage play is a huge embarrassment. Mega-fans of the TV series, like me, will be extremely disappointed by how the live show, which opened Thursday night at the Phoenix Theatre in London, epically fails to conjure the magic and small-town charm of the Duffer brothers’ popular creation.
Humungous projections, a big musical score, an onslaught of foam, dry ice and flares: this big-budget stage play from the ‘Stranger Things’ universe spares no bombastic effect to bring new audiences flocking to the West End
The Netflix sci-fi/horror mega-hit has branched out into the theatre with an original show premiering in London's West End. The result is a success in its own right.