Working

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Music

Craig Carnelia (47), Micki Grant (24), Mary Rodgers (38), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor [1] (21)

Lyrics

Susan Birkenhead (18), Craig Carnelia (47), Micki Grant (24), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor [1] (21)

Book

Nina Faso, Stephen Schwartz (211)

Additional Music

Craig Carnelia (47), Micki Grant (24), Lin-Manuel Miranda (70), Mary Rodgers (38), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor [1] (21)

Additional Lyrics

Susan Birkenhead (18), Craig Carnelia (47), Graciela Daniele (26), Micki Grant (24), Matt Landers (3), Lin-Manuel Miranda (70), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor [1] (21)

Type

Musical

Source

Based on the book by Studs Terkel

Premiere

May 14, 1978

Recordings

Audio Recordings

		Working - 1978 Original Broadway Cast
		Working - 2000 Radio Cast
		Working - 2001 Sabadell Cast
		Working - 2017 Original London Cast

Video Recordings

Working - 1982 TV Cast

Songs also appear on these recordings (14)

		Recording	Songs
		Thighs and Whispers - 1979 Bette Midler	Millwork
		Karen Akers: On Stage at Wolf Trap - 1987 Karen Akers	Just a Housewife
		Pictures in the Hall - 1991 Original Off-Broadway Cast	Just a Housewife, The Mason
		Torch Songs... and Some Not So Torturous - 1995 Geraldine Turner	Just a Housewife
		Lost in Boston IV - 1996 Studio Cast	Hots Michael at the Piano
		Cast of Thousands - 1997 Studio Cast	Just a Housewife, The Mason
		New Ways To Dream - 1997 Debra Byrne	Millwork
		The Stephen Schwartz Album - 1999 Studio Cast	Fathers and Sons
		Heart & Soul on Broadway - 2002 Various Artists	If I Could've Been
		Not Just a Housewife - 2009 Marilyn Olson Mathis	Just a Housewife
		Don't Monkey With Broadway - 2017 Patti LuPone	Millwork
		Leave - 2017 Karen Olivo	Fathers and Sons
		Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook - 2021 Original Cast	Fathers and Sons
		All the Girls - Rebecca Luker & Sally Wilfert	Millwork

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