Working (musical)

Working
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Music	Stephen Schwartz Craig Carnelia Micki Grant James Taylor Mary Rodgers
Lyrics	Stephen Schwartz Craig Carnelia Micki Grant James Taylor Susan Birkenhead
Book	Stephen Schwartz Nina Faso
Basis	Working by Studs Terkel
Productions	1977 Chicago 1978 Broadway 1982 American Playhouse 1999 New Haven 2008 Sarasota 2009 San Diego 2010 Melbourne 2011 Chicago 2011 Los Angeles

Working is a musical with a book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead.

The musical is based on the Studs Terkel book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (1974), which has interviews with people from different regions and occupations.

The musical was first staged at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago from December 1977 through February 1978.

It then was produced on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre, opening on May 14, 1978 where it ran for 24 performances and 12 previews. It was directed by Schwartz and choreographed by Onna White, with a cast featuring Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Joe Mantegna, Lynne Thigpen, David Patrick Kelly, Robin Lamont, Steven Boockvor, Rex Everhart, Bobo Lewis, Lenora Nemetz, Brad Sullivan, Matt Landers, David Smyrl,Terri Treas and Arny Freeman, an actor who was interviewed in the book. In 1982, Schwartz and Nina Faso adapted the show for a ninety-minute telecast on the PBS series American Playhouse, directed by Schwartz and Kirk Browning and introduced by Terkel.