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The London stage production based on the hit Netflix series Stranger Things announced its cast and set preview dates, and its formal opening date. Stranger Things: The First Shadow is a prequel to the series, set in 1959. The play’s logline reads: “Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s (Lloyd) car won’t start, Bob Newby’s (Buckley) sister (Williams) won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado (Pappas) just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel (McCartney) arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy … and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.”

Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith are splitting after nearly 4 years of marriage. Jodie and Joshua tied the knot in 2019, one year after meeting at Usher’s 40th birthday party. It was the first marriage for both.

The Ambassador Group and producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland announced that revival of the stage musical ‘The Wiz,’ starring Wayne Brady in the title role, will hit Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on April 17. The national tour of the show premiered September 22 in Baltimore. Preview performances for the show, which producer’s called an “entirely reimagined revival,” will begin on March 29.

Katy Perry is joining the cast of the popular children’s show Peppa Pig to celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. The pop star will join as a guest star, voicing a new character called Mr. Leopard.  Perry is no stranger to voicing animated characters; she has previously voiced characters in The Simpsons and The Smurfs movie.

Prime Video announced that Donald Glover’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” will premiere in 2024.