Gaten Matarazzo Has A 'Stranger Things' Reunion On Broadway

“Stranger Issues” actor Gaten Matarazzo traded the spooky environs of Hawkins, Indiana, for the footlights of Broadway this week, and two of his co-stars from the smash Netflix sequence had been there to cheer him on.

The actor made his debut efficiency within the smash musical “Pricey Evan Hansen” Tuesday because the title character’s greatest pal, Jared Kleinman. His opening night time viewers included Maya Hawke and Sadie Sink, who star alongside him on “Stranger Issues.”

Whereas backstage visits at Broadway theaters are nonetheless prohibited as a part of ongoing COVID-19 protocols, Hawke and Sink congratulated their pal from the entrance row of New York’s Music Field Theatre after the present.

The trio fortunately posed collectively for footage, too.

Maya Hawke (left) and Sadie Sink (proper) go to their "Stranger Issues" co-star Gaten Matarazzo after his efficiency in Broadway's "Pricey Evan Hansen."

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In response to Folks, Tuesday night time’s viewers included many “Stranger Issues” followers, who greeted Matarazzo with “enormous entrance applause” when he stepped on stage.

As for Hawke and Sink, the 2 ladies “liked the present.”

Hawke (left) and Sink "liked the present," based on Folks.

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“Pricey Evan Hansen” opened on Broadway in 2016, successful six Tony Awards and catapulting Ben Platt, who originated the title function, to stardom. The musical follows a shy, socially anxious teen who achieves viral fame within the wake of a classmate’s loss of life.

Previous to “Stranger Issues,” Matarazzo was a longtime younger actor in New York theater circles. At age 9, he made his Broadway debut in “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” He additionally appeared as Gavroche in a 2014 manufacturing of “Les Misérables.”

"I’m certain there are going to be individuals who don’t essentially like this character, however I believe that’s type of the purpose, in a bizarre approach," Matarazzo stated.

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“I’m so stoked to be again, particularly in a present I really like a lot,” he informed Playbill in a video interview this week. “It’s fairly the problem, however I hope getting again on jogs my memory of how a lot I want this expertise and find it irresistible a lot.”

“I’m certain there are going to be individuals who don’t essentially like this character, however I believe that’s type of the purpose, in a bizarre approach,” he continued. “It’s humorous to have a personality that you simply’re laughing at a lot that's fairly clearly and presently not making good selections, and is especially conscious of that.”