'First Date' Announces Last Performance No need to pick out invitations or hire a caterer: the musical comedy "First Date" will finish its Broadway run on Jan. 5 after 34 previews and 174 regular performances, the producers announced late Wednesday. The show came to Broadway after a successful 2012 debut in Seattle, where it was jointly produced by the 5th Avenue Theater and A Contemporary Theater. In New York the lead roles were recast, with Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and Krysta Rodriguez ("Smash") playing a couple whose initial meeting is interrupted by memories of former lovers and other figures in their lives. Austin Winsberg wrote the book, Alan Zachary and Micahel Weiner the music and lyrics. Bill Berry was the director. The show opened at the Longacre Theater to mediocre reviews and a sluggish box office performance, with much of the praise reserved for Mr. Levi's Broadway debut.