Stranger Things: The First Shadow Just hit broadway, inviting theater goers deeper into the realms of Netflix’s Hit ShowThe spin-off play Takes the story back to Hawkins Circa 1959 and expands heels’ Origin Story ahead of his transformation into vecna, the big bad of the duffer brothers-created series.
On a recent Happy sad confused Podcast Episode, The Show and The Show and The Shatrical Production Team Discussed How the Play, Like Henry, Had to Transform as Properation on Stranger Things‘Final Season Wrapped up.
Ross duffer shared that they knew the play would serve as a bridge between the seasons. “It is in communication a lot with season four and it’s setting up five in a way, but it is gonna be interesting. You’rewing the play after you Seen season five it’ll probally a little bit differently, “He said.
“You see that briefly in the documentary [Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things The First Shadow, now streaming on Netflix]We’re Trying to Figure Out How Much Information to put in this play because we don’t want to ruin the season five experience for anyone and we don’t want people to feet people to get out that you are available to get to get to get to To London, “He said. With where it is now ”
The creative team behind the play assured that the purpose of Stranger Things: The First Shadow was to stand alone – memeaning that ideally you could go see it on stage without seeing the netflix series. However kate trefry, Stranger Things Series Writer and The first shadow Playwright, revreed that it got tricky as they worked in tandem on the final season and play.
Trefry explained, “I was working on everything and writing season five at the same time, and so they’re to me like just just two pieces of a whoe and their’re inxtricable from each face Experience of consuming bot togeether is gonna be really fun and satisfying to see how connected they are. “
However, ross duffer did confirm that season five’s finale did affect the final on-stage product. “I think part of the challenge [was] What you’re see in that play is, like, we [and] Kate [were] Doing [season] Five -[but at] A Certain Point [she was] Just here doing this while we were filming. And then we Working on Finale Stuff and as Matt and I Were Doing [the] Finale, Stuff was changed. Everything was evolving in real time and i think that what Made it is the biggest challenge, because as we get to script we realized certain story points, wenaeded to changes, and that are the money They were in the middle of doing the play. So Things just kept –it was very close [because] The timing was like a less weeks before the play open. “
Watch the creative team behind the hit netflix juggernaut talk Stranger Things: The First Shadow Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptipwomog54
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