Contact (musical)

E1011391

Contact is a 1999 dance-theatre musical by Susan Stroman and John Weidman that blends minimal dialogue with choreography-driven storytelling across three thematically linked one-act narratives.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Contact (musical) canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dance-theatre work
stage musical
act Contact
Did You Move?
Swinging
awardReceived Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
bookWriter John Weidman
broadwayTheatre Vivian Beaumont Theater
choreographer Susan Stroman
controversy eligibility as a musical for Tony Awards due to lack of original score
countryOfOrigin United States
creator John Weidman
Susan Stroman
criticalReception widely acclaimed
director Susan Stroman
features non-singing principal roles
firstPerformanceYear 1999
genre dance-theatre
musical theatre
language English
musicSource pre-existing recordings
narrativeStyle choreography-driven storytelling
notableFor blending dance and narrative theatre
use of pre-recorded popular music instead of original score
openingDateOnBroadway 2000
originalBroadwayCastSize relatively small ensemble
premiereCity New York City
premiereLocation Off-Broadway
premiereTheatre Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
producer Lincoln Center Theater
settingOfAct Contact – a New York City bar
Did You Move? – a contemporary restaurant
Swinging – 18th-century France
structure thematically linked acts
three one-act narratives
subjectMatter human connection
isolation
romantic relationships
transferredTo Broadway
uses minimal dialogue

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlotte d'Amboise notableWork Contact (musical)
Susan Stroman notableWork Contact (musical)
subject linked to: Stroman
John Bolton (actor) notableWork Contact (musical)
subject linked to: John Bolton