Overview
Synopsis
Working concerns the hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American. In the course of one twenty-four hour workday, the audience meets and hears stories of various workers including the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the waitress, the mill worker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman and the housewife.
Show Information
- Book
- Stephen Schwartz
- Music
- Stephen Schwartz
- Lyrics
- Craig Carnelia
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Late Teen, Elderly Characters, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Songs
Act 1
- All The Livelong Day – Company (Stephen Schwartz)
- Traffic Jam - People in Traffic (James Taylor)
- Lovin' Al – Al and His Ladies (Micki Grant)
- Nobody Tells Me How - Rose Hoffman (Susan Birkinhead & Mary Rodgers)
- I'm Just Movin' - Babe & Other Checkers (Schwartz)
- Un mejor Dia Vendra - Roberto Nunez & Migrant Workers (Taylor, Matt Landers, & Graciella Danielle)
- Neat to be a Newsboy – John Rushton and Newsboys (Schwartz)
- Just A Housewife - Kate Rushton and Housewives (Craig Carnelia)
- Millwork- Singer & Millworkers (Taylor)
- If I Could've Been - Company (Grant)
Act 2
- The Mason – Anthony Coelho (Carnelia)
- Brother Trucker - Frank Decker, Dave McCormick & Truckers (Taylor)
- It's an Art - Delores Dante and Customers (Schwartz)
- Joe – Joe (Carnelia)
- Cleanin' Women - Maggie Holmes & Women Company (Grant)
- Fathers & Sons – Mike Dillard & Male Company (Schwartz)
- Something to Point To - Company (Carnelia)
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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