Contact (Lincoln Center Theater production)

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Contact (Lincoln Center Theater production) is a critically acclaimed dance-theater musical revue directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman that blends storytelling with movement set to pre-existing music.

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instanceOf dance-theater production ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
theatrical revue ⓘ
awardReceived Drama Desk Award ⓘ
Lucille Lortel Award ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
bookBy John Weidman ⓘ
broadwayRunType limited engagement extended due to success ⓘ
choreographer Susan Stroman ⓘ
collaborator John Weidman ⓘ
controversy debate over eligibility as a “musical” due to lack of original score ⓘ
costumeDesignBy William Ivey Long ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Susan Stroman ⓘ
criticalReception praised for Susan Stroman’s choreography ⓘ
praised for innovative use of dance to tell story ⓘ
director Susan Stroman ⓘ
genre dance-theater ⓘ
musical revue ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn subsequent dance-driven Broadway productions ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic blends storytelling with movement ⓘ
critically acclaimed ⓘ
features little to no spoken dialogue ⓘ
narrative told primarily through dance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lightingDesignBy Peter Kaczorowski ⓘ
musicSource various pre-recorded popular and classical pieces ⓘ
notableSegment fantasy sequence involving a woman in a yellow dress ⓘ
story of an advertising executive contemplating suicide ⓘ
“Swinging” segment set in a 1950s-style bar ⓘ
notableSongUsed “Beyond the Sea” ⓘ
“My Heart Stood Still” ⓘ
“Runaround Sue” ⓘ
linked to: Runaround Sue

“Simply Irresistible” ⓘ
linked to: Simply Irresistible

“Sing, Sing, Sing” ⓘ
linked to: Sing, Sing, Sing
openedOffBroadwayInYear 1999 ⓘ
openedOnBroadwayInYear 2000 ⓘ
originallyPresentedBy Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater ⓘ
presentedAt Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
producer Lincoln Center Theater ⓘ
setDesignBy Thomas Lynch ⓘ
soundDesignBy Abe Jacob ⓘ
structure three one-act stories ⓘ
subjectMatter emotional isolation ⓘ
human relationships ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ
transferredTo Vivian Beaumont Theater ⓘ
usesMusicType pre-existing music ⓘ

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Susan Stroman → notableWork → Contact (Lincoln Center Theater production) ⓘ