This Broadway production delivers lots of spectacle as it winds back to the teenage years of Henry Creel, an antagonist from the Netflix series.

The First Shadow," a stage prequel to the popular Netflix series, comes the question: Will this stand-alone tale appeal - and then satisfy - audiences beyond its fan base? The answer will depend on whether one's love of spectacular effects - of which there are many - trumps

The First Shadow,” the stage spinoff of the popular Netflix series, feels uncannily like viewing a few episodes of the TV show. This seems intentional. The blood-red letters that flash the title across a scrim as the show opens replicate the font seen in the series’ title sequences.