Rose Huffman's Working A Musical

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Working a Musical was performed at the Tillie Lewis Theater adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso from the book by Studs Terkel directed by Ashlee Temple. Working a Musical was a play on the American working class which shined light onto the daily lives of the average American worker. It depicted some of the hardships that most of the American public have to endure, but the play also had a few wealthier characters. This play is not about working but rather what America is all about.
One of the more important character was Rose Hoffman played by Mary E. Hurley. Rose Hoffman was an American teacher who was complaining about how society changed and how nobody tells her how to teach the new generation of kids using new methods. This dilemma

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