Louis McCartney will make his Broadway debut in Stranger Issues: First Shadow , reprising his function as Henry Creel within the Olivier Award-winning West Finish manufacturing.
“Louis is a tremendous actor and we’re extremely pleased with the unbelievable life he has dropped at the character of Henry Creel on the West Finish stage,” director Stephen Daldry and co-director Justin Martin mentioned. “From the second we first met him, we knew he was particular, and we’re excited that Broadway audiences can have the chance to witness his extraordinary efficiency.”
McCartney made his skilled stage debut as Henry Creel within the West Finish manufacturing of Stranger Issues: First Shadows, which earned him the 2024 Stage Debut Award for Finest Actor in a Play and Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer. November tenth was his final West Finish efficiency.
Further casting for Broadway’s “First Shadow” can be introduced at a later date.
The occasions described in “First Shadow” came about between Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) and the remainder of the forged of the Netflix sequence entered the Upside Down years earlier than they entered the world. The present’s synopsis reads: “Earlier than the world turned the wrong way up. Hawkins, 1959: An atypical city with fixed worries. Younger Jim Hopper’s automotive will not begin and Bob Newby’s sister will not take him severely radio present, whereas Joyce Maldonado simply desires to graduate and get out of city, and when freshman Henry Creel arrives, his household discovers {that a} new starting will not be really easy…and the previous. Shadows have a profound impression.
“First Shadow” is written by “Stranger Issues” scribe and government producer Kate Trefry. The sequence is predicated on an unique story by “Stranger Issues” creators Matt and Ross Duffer and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby” screenwriters Jack Thorne and Turfry.
“Stranger Issues: First Shadow” will play on the Marquis Theater on March 28, 2025, with previews starting on opening night time on April 22.
