Show Synopsis:
People from various professions describe what their work is and who they are in their jobs through songs and stories.

Character:
Anthony, a stone mason who is immensely proud of his work.

Song Context:
Anthony is ruminating over his work as a mason and how useful and enjoyable it is - he likes the fact that in thirty years, something he helped make will still be around, because stone is permanent.

Fun Facts:
1) This musical is based on Studs Terkel's sociology book Working, comprised of accounts and interviews he collected in the early 1970s.
2) Stephen Schwartz gave the following pointers to the actors working to develop their various characters: " In the preface to the book, Studs tells about the telling gesture that illuminates character. See if you can find one or two for each of your people, a gesture or physical habit that grows out of their work or environment. Think about how they stand, how they sit, how they move, where their center of balance seems to be. Do they speak rapidly or haltingly? Are they shy or aggressive in speaking? How has their work affected them physically? I expect you to begin rehearsal with very definite choices made.?
3) Schwartz called this musical ?essentially a documentary?the songwriters tried to use as much of the words and locution of the characters they were writing about as possible.?