{"id":38128,"date":"2025-12-21T00:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/watch-stranger-things-star-jamie-campbell-bowers-surprise-appearance-at-broadway-spinoff-stranger-things-the-first-shadow\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T00:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:21:23","slug":"watch-stranger-things-star-jamie-campbell-bowers-surprise-appearance-at-broadway-spinoff-stranger-things-the-first-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/watch-stranger-things-star-jamie-campbell-bowers-surprise-appearance-at-broadway-spinoff-stranger-things-the-first-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 star Jamie Campbell Bower\u2019s surprise appearance at Broadway spinoff \u2018Stranger Things: The First Shadow\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jamie_campbell_bower.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/stranger-things\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Stranger Things<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0<\/i>star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jamie-campbell-bower\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Campbell Bower<\/a> has made a surprise appearance at the Broadway spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/stranger-things-unveils-first-look-at-spin-off-stage-show-3543410\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The First Shadow<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 watch below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"465\" data-list-defn-props='{\"335552541\":1,\"335559683\":0,\"335559684\":-2,\"335559685\":720,\"335559991\":360,\"469769226\":\"Symbol\",\"469769242\":[8226],\"469777803\":\"left\",\"469777804\":\"\uf0b7\",\"469777815\":\"hybridMultilevel\"}' data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/tv-reviews\/stranger-things-season-5-volume-1-review-millie-bobby-brown-david-harbour-3912866\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 season five, volume one review: the big, bold beginning of the end<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stage prequel to the hit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> show has been running at New York\u2019s Marquis Theatre since April, and on Friday night (December 19), Campbell Bower, who plays Henry Creel\/Vecna in the show, made a one-off appearance on the stage during the show\u2019s final scene.<\/p>\n<p><i>Stranger Things: The First Shadow\u00a0<\/i>is set in 1959 and follows younger versions of Jim Hopper, Bob Newby and Henry Creel, but on this occasion, Campbell Bower showed up as an adult version of Henry, to a rapturous reception from the Broadway audience.<\/p>\n<p>In the scene, the adult Henry comes face-to-face with the young Eleven at Dr. Brenner\u2019s lab. Watch footage of Campbell Bower\u2019s appearance and the audience\u2019s reception of the moment here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrangerThings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#StrangerThings<\/a> star Jamie Campbell Bower made a surprise, one-night appearance during Friday\u2019s performance of \u201cStranger Things: The First Shadow\u201d at the Marquis Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Bower appeared as Henry Creel in the final scene, which sees Dr. Brenner introduce him to Eleven. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tHC2adaEzt\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tHC2adaEzt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/2002222111008358501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sup NY x <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Y6VncKTST\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/1Y6VncKTST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamie Campbell Bower (@Jamiebower) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jamiebower\/status\/2002245906893037738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Talk about a jump scare. Jamie Campbell Bower surprises fans at Stranger Things: The First Shadow by playing Henry Creel in the final scene of the play.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f4f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/>: Evan Zimmerman <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zYMAwPJKzz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zYMAwPJKzz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stranger Things on Broadway (@STonBroadway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STonBroadway\/status\/2002273316141236497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamie Campbell Bower surprises audiences appearing as Henry Creel in Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrangerThings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#StrangerThings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WuNzrmZjqt\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WuNzrmZjqt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jordan Williams (@jordan_w126) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordan_w126\/status\/2002219556438183944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Louis McCartney, who plays the younger version of Henry in the show, introduced Campbell Bower during the curtain call, saying: \u201cTo have him here tonight to share this moment with you all \u2013 with all of us on stage \u2013 and to invite you into this moment at the Marquis stage, man, it is such an honour. You\u2019re such an inspiration. You\u2019re such a support to me, to the show, all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenry Creel is the dynamite of\u00a0<i>The First Shadow.<\/i> Without you, nothing is possible. This is not possible without you, man. Your love, your talent, your devotion \u2013 everything you\u2019ve put into this, all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/stranger-things-unveils-first-look-at-spin-off-stage-show-3543410\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The First Shadow\u00a0<\/i>premiered in 2023 at London\u2019s Phoenix Theatre<\/a>, with an official synopsis reading:\u00a0\u201cHawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper\u2019s car won\u2019t start, Bob Newby\u2019s sister won\u2019t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn\u2019t so easy\u2026 and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the TV show, volume one of the fifth and final season dropped on November 26, with episodes five, six and seven set to arrive at 5pm PT on Christmas Day (1am on Boxing Day in the UK), while the series finale will premiere at the same time on New Year\u2019s Eve (1am on New Year\u2019s Day in the UK).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/tv-reviews\/stranger-things-season-5-volume-1-review-millie-bobby-brown-david-harbour-3912866\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a four-star review of volume one<\/a>,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cPerhaps inevitably, volume one feels a lot like an\u00a0appetiser\u00a0for the rest of the season. But even in piecemeal form,\u00a0<i>Stranger Things <\/i>has a flair for epic and emotionally resonant storytelling. After all those years, this smart, big-hearted sci-fi show still has the power to turn your head upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/watch-stranger-things-star-jamie-campbell-bowers-surprise-appearance-at-broadway-spinoff-stranger-things-the-first-shadow-3919618\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 star Jamie Campbell Bower\u2019s surprise appearance at Broadway spinoff \u2018Stranger Things: The First Shadow\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stranger Things\u00a0star\u00a0Jamie Campbell Bower has made a surprise appearance at the Broadway spinoff The First Shadow\u00a0\u2013 watch below. READ MORE:\u00a0\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 season five, volume one review: the big, bold beginning of the end The stage prequel to the hit\u00a0Netflix show has been running at New York\u2019s Marquis Theatre since April, and on Friday night (December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 17:18:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}