On the stage of the Marquis Theatre, inside Broadway’s Tony-winning production Stranger Things: The First Shadow, something unexpected steals the spotlight: a grounding, fiercely human love story. “It was always my dream to play a young Black girl where the story doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with her being Black,” Cymone tells MadameNoire. When Stranger Things: The First Shadow made its leap from London’s West End to New York, Cymone was right there at the foundation. Source: Evan Zimmerman and Matthew Murphy / Evan Zimmerman and Matthew Murphy Sustaining those horror screams alongside deep emotional intimacy requires immense vocal discipline, Cymone explains. RELATED CONTENT: ‘The Power Of Possibility’ — Broadway Star Runako Campbell On Reimagining ‘The Outsiders’ Through A Black Woman’s Lens [Exclusive]