Contact
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Contact is a dance-theater musical by Susan Stroman and John Weidman that blends staged movement and storytelling, best known for its acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Contact canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13129354 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Contact Context triple: [Lincoln Center Theater, producedWork, Contact]
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Contact
Contact is a science fiction novel by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s first communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence and the intersection of science, faith, and politics.
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Contact
Contact is a 1997 science fiction film, based on Carl Sagan’s novel, that follows a scientist’s first-contact encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence.
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C.
Contact
Contact is a large-scale immersive art installation by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson that explores perception, light, and spatial experience.
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Contact!
"Contact!" is the follow-up studio album by the French electronic music duo Blue, continuing their blend of synth-driven pop and dance sounds.
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Contact Press
Contact Press was a small but influential Canadian literary publishing house known for championing early works by major poets, including Leonard Cohen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Contact Target entity description: Contact is a dance-theater musical by Susan Stroman and John Weidman that blends staged movement and storytelling, best known for its acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production.
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A.
Contact
Contact is a science fiction novel by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s first communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence and the intersection of science, faith, and politics.
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B.
Contact
Contact is a 1997 science fiction film, based on Carl Sagan’s novel, that follows a scientist’s first-contact encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence.
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C.
Contact
Contact is a large-scale immersive art installation by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson that explores perception, light, and spatial experience.
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D.
Contact!
"Contact!" is the follow-up studio album by the French electronic music duo Blue, continuing their blend of synth-driven pop and dance sounds.
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E.
Contact Press
Contact Press was a small but influential Canadian literary publishing house known for championing early works by major poets, including Leonard Cohen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance-theater work
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stage musical ⓘ |
| award |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
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Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| bookWriter | John Weidman ⓘ |
| broadwayTransferDate | 2000-03-30 ⓘ |
| characterRole | lonely advertising executive ⓘ |
| choreographer | Susan Stroman ⓘ |
| closedDateOnBroadway | 2002-09-01 ⓘ |
| controversy | debate over eligibility as a musical due to lack of original score ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
John Weidman
ⓘ
Susan Stroman ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by New York theater critics ⓘ |
| genre |
dance play
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dance-theater musical ⓘ theatrical revue ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Contact” (third story)
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“Did You Move?” (second story) ⓘ
linked to:
Did You Move?
“Swinging” (first story) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstMajorProduction | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Michael Wiley ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending staged movement and storytelling
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minimal spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| notableSongUsage |
“Beyond the Sea” (La Mer)
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linked to:
“Beyond the Sea”
“My Heart Stood Still” by Rodgers and Hart ⓘ “Runaround Sue” by Dion ⓘ “Simply Irresistible” by Robert Palmer ⓘ “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadwayAt | Vivian Beaumont Theater ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayLeadPerformer |
Boyd Gaines
ⓘ
Deborah Yates ⓘ Karen Ziemba ⓘ |
| partOf | Lincoln Center Theater season 1999–2000 ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1999-09-09 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City
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linked to:
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
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| producer | Lincoln Center Theater ⓘ |
| runType | open-ended Broadway run ⓘ |
| setting |
18th-century French painting-inspired world in “Swinging”
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1950s Italian restaurant in “Did You Move?” ⓘ 1990s New York City in “Contact” ⓘ |
| structure | three loosely connected stories ⓘ |
| transferredTo | Vivian Beaumont Theater ⓘ |
| uses | pre-existing recorded music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Contact Description of subject: Contact is a dance-theater musical by Susan Stroman and John Weidman that blends staged movement and storytelling, best known for its acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production.
Referenced by (7)
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