![]() ![]() We also wanted to reach out to the industry, those who commission and develop new musicals.” After discussions with the WGGB, we realised there was a need to be joined-up and ensure that any writer of musical theatre, whichever angle they approached it from, could access the same guidance. “We realised it would be quite easy for people to fall down the cracks between the Writers’ Guild – representing script writers and the people who use words – and us who represent composers who write music. “The WGGB were advising book writers, the MU offered advice to composers, and we would both advise lyricists,” said MU Assistant General Secretary, Naomi Pohl. The need for such a document was highlighted when the MU and WGGB both noticed that members were confused about which organisation to turn to for help. The Kit is essentially a resource document which signposts the places where detailed information can be found from the two unions and professional associations, about each aspect of the production process. ![]() Against this background, the Musicians’ Union (MU) and The Writers’ Guild (WGGB) created the Musical Theatre Kit to help avert problems before they start. They can take years to stage, cost millions to produce, and commercial successes are in the minority. Is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).Īll authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.The creation of musicals can be fraught with difficulties, as anyone who has worked on them knows. This raw new adaptation of Working allows us a rare glimpse of the actors and technicians working to put on a show which further enhances the relatable nature of our lives as workers. ![]() The strength of the show is in truths that transcend specific professions - how our relationship to work reveals key aspects of our humanity. Set in contemporary America, this new version of Working is a musical exploration of 26 people from all walks of life. ![]() Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age, featuring new songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia and James Taylor. With additional contributions by Gordon GreenbergĪbout the updated 2012 version of Working, a musicalīased on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife, just to name a few. ![]()
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