WORKING Opens in Hollywood, 3/16

WORKING, the musical by Studs Terkel, Stephen Schwartz, and Nina Faso will open March 16, 2012 at The Production Company's The Lex Theatre in Hollywood's Theatre Row District.

WORKING will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM through May 6.

Based on the book by Studs Terkel in which interviews from American workers were adapted into a magnificent quilt of stories and songs by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, WORKING comes alive with a new, almost prescient vibrancy. Now, at last, in Director August Viverito's L

A Revival, WORKING is getting the loving, small-scale handling it was always meant to receive. Viverito will infuse his production with a 'Waiting for Lefty' sense of urgency and consequence as we explore the immense effect work has on self worth. This new vision, streamlined to just over 90 minutes, is an unpretentious re-imagining that digs out the poignant internal struggles in the bedrock American lives it seeks to explore. And into the individual casualties that the 'Occupy' marchers are striving to give voice to. Finally, Viverito believes, …it's time for WORKING.

With music by such greats as James Taylor, Craig Carnelia, Stephen Schwartz, Micki Grant, Matt Landers, Graciella Danielle, Susan Birkinhead and Mary Rodgers, the score resounds with beauty and truth. Musical Direction is by Richard Berent who will also lead the talented live band. Mr. Berent earned an Ovation Award nomination for his work on TheProdCo's 2010 production of "Sweeney Todd", which received high acclaim. The cast includes Broadway talent and another "Sweeney Todd" award nominee Kurt Andrew Hanson along with the impressive skills of Lane Allison, Michael D'Elia, Margaret Dwyer, Harmony Goodman, Randy Wade Kelley, Larry Lederman, Judy Nazemetz, Pamela Taylor, and Michael Zemenick. Choreography is by Nancy Dobbs Owen, and the production is produced and assistant directed by the company's Co-Artistic Director T L Kolman. Stage management is by Christopher Carver and C B Spencer.

TICKETS:  $34. at www.theprodco.com or 1-800-838-3006