Contact
E1023290
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.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance-theater work
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| award |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| bookWriter | John Weidman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayTransferDate | 2000-03-30 ⓘ |
| characterRole | lonely advertising executive ⓘ |
| choreographer | Susan Stroman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closedDateOnBroadway | 2002-09-01 ⓘ |
| controversy | debate over eligibility as a musical due to lack of original score ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
John Weidman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Susan Stroman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by New York theater critics ⓘ |
| genre |
dance play
ⓘ
dance-theater musical ⓘ theatrical revue ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Contact” (third story)
ⓘ
“Did You Move?” (second story) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Swinging” (first story) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstMajorProduction | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Michael Wiley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Choreography NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending staged movement and storytelling
ⓘ
minimal spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| notableSongUsage |
“Beyond the Sea” (La Mer)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
“My Heart Stood Still” by Rodgers and Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ “Runaround Sue” by Dion NERFINISHED ⓘ “Simply Irresistible” by Robert Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” by Louis Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadwayAt | Vivian Beaumont Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayLeadPerformer |
Boyd Gaines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deborah Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Ziemba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lincoln Center Theater season 1999–2000 ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1999-09-09 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Lincoln Center Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runType | open-ended Broadway run ⓘ |
| setting |
18th-century French painting-inspired world in “Swinging”
ⓘ
1950s Italian restaurant in “Did You Move?” ⓘ 1990s New York City in “Contact” ⓘ |
| structure | three loosely connected stories ⓘ |
| transferredTo | Vivian Beaumont Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses | pre-existing recorded music ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.