Working

E288287
musical

"Working" is a musical by Stephen Schwartz that adapts Studs Terkel’s book of interviews into a series of vignettes exploring the lives and aspirations of everyday American workers.

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Working canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical ⓘ
adaptationType stage adaptation ⓘ
basedOn Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Studs Terkel ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 1978-06-04 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1978-05-14 ⓘ
broadwayPerformances 24 ⓘ
broadwayPreviews 24 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre ⓘ
surface form: 46th Street Theatre
composer Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacterType factory worker ⓘ
housewife ⓘ
retiree ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
truck driver ⓘ
waitress ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasSong Brother Trucker ⓘ
Fathers and Sons ⓘ
If I Could’ve Been ⓘ
It’s an Art ⓘ
Just a Housewife ⓘ
Millwork ⓘ
Something to Point To ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Craig Carnelia ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
Mary Rodgers ⓘ
Micki Grant ⓘ
Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
Susan Birkenhead ⓘ
narrativeForm vignettes ⓘ
notableContributor Craig Carnelia ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
Micki Grant ⓘ
premiereDate 1977-12-22 ⓘ
premiereLocation Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
premiereVenue Goodman Theatre ⓘ
producer Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
setting various workplaces in the United States ⓘ
structure revue-like ⓘ
subjectMatter American workers ⓘ
labor ⓘ
working life ⓘ
theme aspirations of ordinary people ⓘ
dignity of work ⓘ
identity and occupation ⓘ
title Working self-link ⓘ

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Stephen Schwartz → notableWork → Working ⓘ
Working → title → Working self-link ⓘ
Fred Savage → notableWork → Working ⓘ