One of the possible dads, Harry Bright, is played in this tour production by native St. Louisan Michael Aaron Linder. I caught up with Linder, a new father, to chat about his homecoming and first national Broadway tour.

We're going for what I'd call a renaissance. The thing that makes this tour exciting is that it's all new material.

There was definitely a lot of energy in the air as each of the competitors brought a following from their home base bars.