<P><BR>Susan Stroman's "Contact" wins musical Tony:<P> <A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000605/en/stage-awards_1.html" TARGET=_blank>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000605/en/stage-awards_1.html</A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/2000/06/05/STYLE2744.dtl" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/2000/06/05/STYLE2744.dtl</A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/05/DD5674.DTL" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/05/DD5674.DTL</A>

Contact is scheduled for SF May 2001:<P> <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/07/DD55497.DTL" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/07/DD55497.DTL</A>

<P>Susan Stroman clutching her Tony nominations<P><BR>Ben Brantley pays another visit to Susan Stroman's "Contact":<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>More than most shows, however, it relied almost entirely on the kinetic exuberance of its performers, who danced their stories to recorded classical and pop music. "Contact" didn't have the built-in automatic pilot of spectacle-driven works like "Les Misérables" or "The Lion King." And who honestly expected its ensemble to maintain those high spirits night after night after night?<P>Yet a recent visit to "Contact," which has moved to the larger Vivian Beaumont Theater and picked up a bucketful of Tony Awards, found the show in a robust, muscle-flexing state of health that takes the chill right out of the flu season. This three- part, self-described "dance play" has ripened into mellowness, with a newly relaxed expansiveness that doesn't dilute its intoxication factor.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/05/arts/05CHOI.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/05/arts/05CHOI.html</A>

Another interview with Stroman:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Making `Contact' -- Unconventional dance/play/musical begins tour in SF</B><P>Chad Jones, Ang Newspapers<P>Director-choreographer Susan Stroman recently found herself in the Bay Area with something rare and precious - a day off.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://buzz.insidebayarea.com/baliving/IndexStory.ASP?puid=4403&spuid=4403&Indx=869537&Article=ON&id=56553430&ro=2" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>

Other threads on Susan Stroman and Contact:<P> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000034.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000034.html</A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000039.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000039.html</A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000048.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000048.html</A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000181.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000181.html</A>

A review:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Intriguing blend of story, dance make `Contact' special</B><BR>Three stars - Full-bodied `Contact' <P>Chad Jones, Ang Newspapers<P>``Contact" could turn even the most ardent dance-phobic into an enthusiast - at least for the duration of the show's two hours.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://buzz.insidebayarea.com/baliving/IndexStory.ASP?puid=4403&spuid=4403&Indx=883899&Article=ON&id=57723393&ro=1" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>

Another review:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>The body electric</B><BR>THROBBING DESIRE AND FLYING SWEAT: TONY-WINNING `CONTACT' OPENS IN S.F.<P>KAREN D'SOUZA, San Jose Mercury News <P>When no one listens anymore, the only way to make ``Contact'' is to move your body.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/arts/docs/contact24.htm" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>

Another:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>'Contact' is simple, stunning, pure and exuberant</B><P>Pamela Fisher, SF Examiner<P>This is an era when simplicity sells. "Simple Living" is one of the hottest new magazines and book titles like "101 to Simplify Your Life" and finding your Zen zone bust the best-seller charts. Meanwhile, as the last millennium wound down, Broadway bustled with frou-frou extravaganzas like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Lion King."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://63.78.169.150/ex_files/default.jsp?story=X0524CONTACT1" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>

Also for a discussion on the <I>yellow dress</I> go to the <a href=../../../ubb/Forum8/HTML/000107.html target=_blank><B>Costume Design for "Contact"</B></a> thread in Backstage.