Working

Studs Terkel as Self - Host Barry Bostwick as Steelworker Vernee Watson-Johnson as Secretary Charles Haid as Gas Man Barbara Hershey as Call Girl Patti LaBelle as Cleaning Woman Mark Neely as Salesman Gilmer McCormick as Grape-buying Woman Scatman Crothers as Parking Attendant Jay Garner as Corporate Executive Eileen Brennan as Millworker Lynne Thigpen as Telephone Operator Charles Durning as Retired Man Matt Landers as Fireman Jennifer Warnes as Singer "Millworker" (voice) Billy Jayne as Newsboy Beth Howland as Housewife रीटा मोरेनो as Waitress James Taylor as Trucker Edie McClurg as Switchboard Operator Didi Conn as Receptionist David Patrick Kelly as Copyboy Barbara Barrie as Schoolteacher

Matt Landers Lyricist Roy Stuart Editor John Frazier Special Effects Kirk Browning Director Jac Venza Executive Producer Stephen Schwartz Songs, Lyricist, Director, Adaptation Mary Rodgers Songs James Taylor Songs, Lyricist Studs Terkel Book John Adams Music Supervisor