Test your knowledge of the award-winning musical Contact with these fascinating trivia facts. How well do you know the dance play that captivated Broadway and redefined the genre with its unique, non-traditional format? From its Tony-winning run to its memorable three-act structure, Contact brought storytelling to life through choreography, without live singing or original music. Dive into these intriguing tidbits to find out how much you really know about this groundbreaking production.
International Productions
- Regional and international productions of Contact have been directed by Tome Cousin, an original cast member, in locations including Virginia, Massachusetts, Florida, Budapest, London, and Seoul.
Musical Composition
- Despite containing no original music or live singing, Contact won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2000, which led to the introduction of a new Tony Award category the following year: Best Special Theatrical Event.
- Contact consists of three separate dance plays titled 'Swinging', 'Did You Move?', and 'Contact', each set to pre-recorded music featuring artists ranging from Tchaikovsky to The Beach Boys.
Production Facts
- Contact is a musical termed as a 'dance play', created by Susan Stroman and John Weidman, featuring choreography and direction solely by Stroman, and ran on Broadway from 1999 to 2002.
- The musical Contact debuted at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center on September 9, 1999, before moving to Broadway on March 30, 2000, where it played for 1,010 performances.
- The final Broadway performance of Contact was broadcast on the PBS program 'Live from Lincoln Center' and subsequently won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program.
- The inspiration for Contact came from Susan Stroman's experience at a dance club in New York's Meat Market district, where she was captivated by a woman in a yellow dress dancing with various partners.
