Working (Original 1978 Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Various ComposersPerformer: David Patrick Kelly
Performer: Bob Gunton
Performer: Lenora Nemetz
Performer: Craig Carnelia
Performer: Stephen Schwartz
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2001-07-10
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- All The Livelong Day (Schwartz)
- Lovin' Al (Grant)
- The Mason (Carnelia)
- Neat to Be a Newsboy (Schwarz)
- Nobody Tells Me How (Rodgers-Birkenhead)
- Un mejor Dia Vendra (Taylor-Daniele-Landers)
- Just A Housewife (Carnelia)
- Millwork (Taylor)
- If I Could've Been (Grant)
- Joe (Carnelia)
- It's an Art (Schwartz)
- Brother Trucker (Taylor)
- Fathers & Sons (Schwartz)
- Cleanin' Women (Grant)
- Something to Point To (Carnelia)
- I'm Just Movin' (Schwartz) (from the L.A. Theatre Works complete recording of the 1999 revised version)
- Hots Michael at the Piano (Carnelia) (previously unreleased demo recording performed by the composer)
- The Mason (Carnelia) (previously unreleased demo recording performed by the composer)
- Joe (Carnelia) (previously unreleased demo recording performed by the composer)
- Lovin' Al (Grant) (previously unreleased demo recording performed by the composer)
- Fathers & Sons (Schwartz) (performed by the composer)
Free Music Notes for Working (Original 1978 Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: A different and socially engaged musical
Hit: 5 Stars
In the history of musicals, sometimes we find pieces that outshine by its originality and "step forward" attitude. This is the case. Nothing compares to the songs, lyrics and orchestrations of this musical. Socially engaged and dramatically focused, it makes it very different from anything you've heard before, although it might be compared to RUNAWAYS and HAIR. An excellent trilogy of social musicals looking for something more than pure entertainment.
Working (Original 1978 Broadway Cast) Poster
The original 1978 Broadway cast recording of Stephen Schwartz's Working has long been awaited on CD, and this great-sounding 2001 release proves it was worth the wait. Surely one of the more unlikely sources for a musical was Studs Terkel's 1972 book that compiled interviews of American working people discussing their jobs and what they liked and disliked about them. Schwartz transformed these interviews into a series of songs written by himself, Craig Carnelia, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, Micki Grant, and pop singer James Taylor, and accordingly the variety of songs is as great as the variety of the workers featured. There's the lyric beauty of "The Mason," the rueful "Just a Housewife," the retiree's wry "Joe," the waitress's lilting "It's an Art," Taylor's pop-country "Brother Trucker," and the powerful emotion of "Fathers and Sons," realized by a compelling cast that features David Patrick Kelly, Joe Mantegna, Bob Gunton, and Lynne Thigpen, among others.Six bonus tracks include a new version of the grocery checker song written for the 1999 L.A. Theatreworks production, Carnelia and Grant performing their own songs (unfortunately, Grant's track comes from a poor-quality audio source), and Schwartz's moving performance of "Fathers and Sons" from 1999's The Stephen Schwartz Album. Also welcome are 2001 notes from Schwartz paired with 1978 notes from Terkel, and a detailed listing of the composers and performers of each song. Working was filmed for American Playhouse in 1982. --David Horiuchi
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