Working

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Music

Craig Carnelia (46), Micki Grant (24), Mary Rodgers (34), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor (20)

Lyrics

Susan Birkenhead (17), Craig Carnelia (46), Micki Grant (24), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor (20)

Book

Nina Faso, Stephen Schwartz (211)

Additional Music

Craig Carnelia (46), Micki Grant (24), Lin-Manuel Miranda (48), Mary Rodgers (34), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor (20)

Additional Lyrics

Susan Birkenhead (17), Craig Carnelia (46), Graciela Daniele (23), Micki Grant (24), Matt Landers (3), Lin-Manuel Miranda (48), Stephen Schwartz (211), James Taylor (20)

Type

Musical

Notes

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 Original Catalan Cast
		Working - 2017 Original London Cast

Video Recordings

Working - 1982 TV Cast

Songs also appear on these recordings (12)

		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
		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
		All the Girls - Rebecca Luker & Sally Wilfert	Millwork

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