First Date

Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner, and Austin Winsberg’s contemporary musical comedy 'First Date' arrived at the Longacre Theatre in 2013, running for a successful 174 performances and capturing the hearts of New York theatergoers. The sharp, high-energy narrative unfolds entirely in real-time inside a bustling Greenwich Village restaurant, tracking Aaron, a straight-laced corporate banker, and Casey, a bohemian artist, as they are set up on a high-stakes blind date, causing their inner anxieties, past exes, and judgmental parents to manifest as singing characters. Directed by Bill Berry, the production starred Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez.