
‘Stranger Things' Netflix cast reunites at play's Broadway opening night
'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' opened on Broadway in NYC on April 22, 2025. Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp and more stars from the hit Netflix series posed on the red carpet to support the new play.
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17 Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Brett Gelman and Matthew Modine attend the Broadway opening.
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17 Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton on the red carpet.
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17 Natalia Dyer, who plays Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton, who plays Jonathan Byers, pose together.
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17 Chloe Schnapp and Noah Schnapp.
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17 Jamie Campbell Bower poses on the red carpet.
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17 Brett Gelman and Rawan Mahdi attend the opening night of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow.'
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17 Matthew Modine strikes a pose.
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17 T.R Knight attends the opening night of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow.'
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17 Brooke Shields poses on the carpet.
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17 Martha Stewart smiles on opening night.
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17 Charlie Heaton and Logan Gould.
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17 Christopher Meloni on the red carpet in NYC.
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17 Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer and Noah Schnapp.
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17 Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Brett Gelman and Matthew Modine.
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17 Jamie Campbell Bower, Ari Dayan, and Brett Gelman attend opening night.
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17 The cast take a bow onstage during opening night of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow.'
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