Changes to "Working"

[darquegk]

Changes to "Working"#1

Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:21pm

Is the MTI version of "Working" the original version, or has it implemented changes from the later revisions? What changes were made over time to the show to reflect later workforce changes- were songs cut, added, jobs eliminated or introduced?

[Jon]

Changes to 'Working'#2

Posted: 1/16/11 at 3:32pm

The licensed version has changes implemented about 10 years ago. Here's what I recall:

CUTS: The Newsboy song is cut. The merchant seaman's monologue is cut.

Added songs: New song {"I'm Just Movin'")for grocery checker. "Traffic Jam" (an old James Taylor song) added for ensemble - follows the steelworker's monologue after the opening number.

Added monologues: Monologue for a wealthy lady who does volunteer work for charity is inter-cut with the prostitute's monologue. After the opening of Act 2, there is a new sequence with three tele-marketers.

Of course, there is a NEWER version (not yet available) with new songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, among other changes.

Updated On: 1/16/11 at 03:32 PM

[darquegk]

Changes to 'Working'#2

Posted: 1/16/11 at 4:02pm

I wish they would license the new version. It's an interesting concept- a "documentary musical" that gets rewritten every ten years to keep up with the times.

[sally1112]

Changes to 'Working'#3

Posted: 1/16/11 at 6:12pm

Wasn't there a "housewife" whose song changed or was cut?

[husk_charmer]

Changes to 'Working'#4

Posted: 1/16/11 at 10:21pm

^ Considering that song is one of 3 good moments in the entire show/score, it had better stay.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[sdsm2006]

Changes to 'Working'#5

Posted: 1/16/11 at 10:36pm

"Just A Housewife" is in the newest version of the show (or at least the production that was at Asolo Rep/ The Old Globe)

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts..." ~Jaques - "As You Like It" Act 2, scene 7

[CATSNYrevival]

Changes to 'Working'#6

Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:06pm

I think the LA Theatre Works cast recording follows the currently licensed version, but I'm not entirely sure.