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\"\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Jewish Theater will close out their 2024 season with the romantic musical
\ncomedy First Date, with a Book by Austin Winsberg, and Music and Lyrics by Alan
\nZachary and Michael Weiner. Running Thursday, Nov. 21 through Sunday, Dec. 8,
\nperformances will take place in the J\u2019s Wool Studio Theatre.<\/p>\n

The idea for a musical that chronicles the highs and lows of a blind date was hatched in<\/p>\n

the L.A. coffee bars where the three writers and friends gathered to commiserate about their love lives.
\nThe show\u2019s World Premiere in 2012 at Seattle\u2019s ACT Theatre, was so successful that
\nit transferred quickly to Broadway where a production starring Zachary Levi and
\nKrysta Rodriguez appeared in 2013. This will be its first production in the St. Louis
\narea. The story follows blind date newbie Aaron (Mitch Henry-Eagles), who is set up
\nwith serial-dater Casey (Molly Wennstrom). They meet for a casual drink at a busy
\nNew York restaurant that turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner.<\/p>\n

As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this
\nunpredictable evening. In a delightful and unexpected twist, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on<\/p>\n

a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform
\ninto supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, who sing and
\ndance them through icebreakers, appetizers and potential conversational land
\nmines.
\nFirst Date is directed and choreographed by Lee Anne Mathews, who previously
\ndirected Raging Skillet and Imagining Madoff for NJT. The Musical Director is Larry
\nD. Pry, who won the 2023 St. Louis Circle Award for Best Music Direction for NJT\u2019s
\nInto the Woods. The cast is led by Henry-Eagles (making his NJT debut) and
\nWennstrom (returning to NJT after appearing in Into the Woods, Dear Jack, Dear
\nLouise, and Jerry\u2019s Girls). Will Bonfiglio is making his way back to the NJT stage as
\nthe Waiter after his recent one-man performances in Every Brilliant Thing and Fully
\nCommitted.
\n\u201cFirst Date\u201d at the J\u2019s Wool Studio Theatre (2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis,
\nMO 63146), running Nov. 21 to Dec. 8. Performances are on Thursdays at 7:30 pm,
\nSaturdays at 4pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 2 pm, except for Thanksgiving weekend
\nwhere there will be no Thursday show, but a special \u201cBlack Friday Getaway
\nMatinee\u201d at 2 pm on Nov. 29. Individual tickets are $27- $58. Tickets are available by
\nphone at 314.442.3283 or online at newjewishtheatre.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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