Andréa Burns, Mateo Ferro, David Garrison, Helen Hunt, Christopher Jackson, Javier Muñoz, and Tracie Thoms deliver vibrant portrayals of a wide range of American workers, from the proud waitress and the tired millworker to City Center’s own staff who “pulse with a vitality and human detail that makes you think, ‘Tell me more’” ( The New York Times).
The new, revised 2012 version includes updated lyrics, a streamlined book and two new songs.“REMINDS YOU OF THE SERENDIPITOUS PLEASURES OF HEARING SOMEONE DESCRIBE WHAT SHE OR HE DOES FOR A LIVING.”īased on the best-selling Studs Terkel book of the same name, Working: A Musical celebrates the vital roles played by those who make our country run. With extremely modest set and orchestra requirements, universal subject matter, and featuring a diverse ensemble cast of variable size, Working is one of the most accessible, relevant and substantive musicals ever created. This raw adaptation only enhances the realistic and relatable nature of the subject matter. This new version of Working allows the audience to get a rare glimpse of the actors and technicians, working to put on a show. The show, still set in contemporary America, contains timeless truths. While most of the professions have been updated, the show's strengths are in the core truths that transcend specific professions the key is how people's relationships to their work ultimately reveal essential aspects of their humanity, regardless of the trappings of the job itself. This new 2012 version of Working is a musical exploration of 26 people from all walks of life. Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age, featuring new songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Micki Grant, and more. Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife, just to name a few.
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