‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Will Close on Broadway in January and in London on Dec. 27

Producers of Netflix’s stage prequel “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” announced that the production will end its runs on both sides of the Atlantic this holiday season. The show will close at London’s Phoenix Theatre on December 27, 2026, and it will conclude on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on January 3, 2027, according to industry reports published June 9.

On Broadway, the date marks the end of a run that began after an initial engagement at the Marquis Theatre and later continued through multiple extensions, with producers now setting a final curtain for early January. The Broadway schedule will run into the New Year period, changing calendar planning for theatre staff, unions, and downstream businesses that depend on holiday audience traffic.

In London, the Phoenix Theatre closing will land shortly before Christmas, affecting season subscribers and tourists who have planned around West End show calendars. Theatre industry reporting has described the West End and Broadway productions as having substantial attendance, with TheWrap citing that nearly 1.6 million tickets have been sold across both productions and that the shows have reached more than 1,500 performances.

The show’s Broadway and London schedules come about a year after the December 2025 finale of the “Stranger Things” television series, which helped renew attention on the stage adaptation, Deadline reported. That renewed profile contributed to the stage production’s visibility in weekly box office figures, though producers have not publicly stated that the investment has fully been recovered.

Deadline also reported that the Broadway staging cost more than an estimated $20 million and has not recouped its capitalization. The accounting details were framed as production-level financial results rather than a statement of eventual recovery, leaving open whether recoupment could occur through future licensing, touring arrangements, or ancillary deals.

The announcement arrives as theatre producers manage transition work for both venues. In the coming weeks, cast and crew scheduling, marketing inventories, and theatre programming will need to adjust for the late-December West End close and early-January Broadway close, with staff assignments and contracts typically governed by separate agreements and union rules.

Neither Netflix nor the production’s creative team has said publicly what will follow the show at the Marquis Theatre or the Phoenix Theatre. In the near term, ticketing policies will shift to reflect the final performance dates as audience demand is consolidated toward the closing weeks.

For fans of the “Stranger Things” brand, the closing dates also mark the end of a stage storyline tied to the franchise’s on-screen universe. Entertainment reporting has previously described the production as a prequel to the Netflix series, and organizers are expected to issue final public communications for the last-week performances leading into the holiday period.