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by Susan Stroman and John
Weidman
Written by John Weidman
Time Magazine hailed CONTACT "for "kicking the dust off a tired old Broadway." Syndicated columnist Liz Smith called CONTACT "one of the rare absolutely perfect things I have ever seen in the theater," adding that "not since Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett has a choreographer-director made such an intelligent, creative impact on the American musical scene. You'll be sitting on the edge of your seat, electrified." And The New York Times exclaimed, that contact "restores the pleasure principle to the American musical. It is that rareDirection and Choreography by Susan Stroman Music by Benny Goodman, The Beach Boys, Robert Palmer, Dion,
The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Van Morrison, Rodgers and Hart,
Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Bizet and Stéphane GrappelliWinner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical.
CONTACT tells sensual tales of people in the wild pursuit of love.Evening performances Tuesday through Saturday at 8 pm - Sunday at 7:30 pm
Matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm
Additional performances Monday Evening, March 11 at 8 pm
and Wednesday Matinee, March 13, at 2 pmTICKET PRICES FOR ALL PERFORMANCES
Orchestra & Mezzanine Rows A-K $75
Mezzanine Rows L-M $60
Balcony Rows A-D $60
Balcony Rows E-J $35
A $1.25 facility fee will be added to the price of each ticket.The National Theatre welcomes persons with disabilities.
Narrated Performance - Sunday March 3 Matinee
ASL Signed Performance - Sunday March 10 MatineeCONTACT was the first show Susan Stroman choreographed and directed. The evening consists of three thematically-linked short stories told mostly through dance. In each story, the central character expresses a longing to make a romantic connection.
STORY #1: "SWINGING," has as its source an 18th century painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard set in a bucolic forest clearing, where a beautiful young woman soars on a swing while two men look on. In Stroman and Weidman's version, they are a servant and his master vying for the young lady's affection. The Rodgers & Hart song "My Heart Stood Still," as recorded by jazz violinist Stephan Grappelli, provides the aural bed for the sexy romp in the French countryside.
STORY #2: "DID YOU MOVE?" takes place in 1954 in Queens, New York, at an Italian restaurant. The heroine is a soft-spoken woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who tries to escape her verbally abusive husband through a series of romantic and comic fantasies. Imagining herself a prima ballerina, she dance with the headwaiter, the busboys and the restaurant's other customers to the grand melodies of Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Bizet.
STORY #3: "CONTACT" is set in present-day New York, and is the story of Michael Wiley, a wildly successful advertising guy in his 40s who is wildly suicidal about his personal life. He is mysteriously drawn to an after-hours club in Manhattan's meat-packing district, where he tries to engage a beautiful young woman in a yellow dress who keeps appearing and then disappearing into the crowd of sinuous couples swing-dancing to the music of Benny Goodman, The Beach Boys, Robert Palmer, Dion, and the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
The inventive designs for CONTACT are by Thomas Lynch (sets), William Ivey Long (costumes), Peter Kaczorowski (lights) and Scott Stauffer (sound).
Dancers shown are from the New York Company and are not necessarily performers who will appear in the touring production at the National Theatre.
CONTACT runs two hours
and 10 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.
This attraction may
be inappropriate for ages 15 and younger.
SUSAN STROMAN (Director, Choreographer, Author) Ms. Stroman won the 2000 Tony award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Circle Critics Award for outstanding choreography for Contact. She won the Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding director for Contact. She is the director-choreographer for the recentl Thou Shalt Not on Broadway, as well as the phenomenally successful The Producers. Her choreography for Broadway’s Crazy For You won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, and the Olivier Award for London’s West End production. Her choreography was honored again with the Olivier Award for the Royal National Theatre’s production of Oklahoma! Other Broadway productions include Showboat (Tony and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards), Big, Steel Pier and Picnic. She choreographs Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular event A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway she choreographed Flora, the Red Menace and several shows for New York City Opera including Don Giovanni, A Little Night Music and 110 in the Shade. She gained an Outer Critics’ Circle Award for the Off-Broadway production And the World Goes ‘Round (co-conceiver/choreographer). She created Blossom Got Kissed for New York City Ballet’s 50th Anniversary season and choreographed the ballet But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company. Her choreography received an Emmy nomination for the HBO presentation Liza- Stepping Out at Radio City Music Hall, starring Liza Minnelli. She directed An Evening with the Boston Pops- A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein, and co-conceived/choreographed Sondheim--A Celebration at Carnegie Hall for PBS. Her choreography may be seen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film Center Stage. Ms. Stroman is the proud recipient of the Astaire Award.