Working - Labor Day Special

From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
Length: 01:28:59

Studs Terkel's classic look at working Americans, re-imagined as a musical. Read the full description.

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Playing: Working - Labor Day Special
From: L.A. Theatre Works

Working_small Writer and radio personality Studs Terkel spent nearly three years roaming the country interviewing more than 100 people about their jobs. These conversations were compiled into his best-selling book, “Working”. Terkel talked to farmers, telephone operators, cabbies, a hooker, a janitor; getting them to speak candidly about their work and how it defined their lives. Terkel was interested in men and women often never heard from. “They’re ordinary,” Terkel said, “but they speak for others. They give us history from the bottom up.”

Working by Studs Terkel. Adapted into a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso. Starring Orosn Bean, B.J Ward, Harry Groener, and Kaitlin Hopkins.

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Piece Description

Writer and radio personality Studs Terkel spent nearly three years roaming the country interviewing more than 100 people about their jobs. These conversations were compiled into his best-selling book, “Working”. Terkel talked to farmers, telephone operators, cabbies, a hooker, a janitor; getting them to speak candidly about their work and how it defined their lives. Terkel was interested in men and women often never heard from. “They’re ordinary,” Terkel said, “but they speak for others. They give us history from the bottom up.”

Working by Studs Terkel. Adapted into a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso. Starring Orosn Bean, B.J Ward, Harry Groener, and Kaitlin Hopkins.

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