Working

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

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