Working | |
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Music | Stephen Schwartz Craig Carnelia Micki Grant Mary Rodgers James Taylor |
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 2011 Chicago 2011 Los Angeles 2017 London |
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.