It was directed by Schwartz and choreographed by Onna White, with a cast featuring Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Joe Mantegna, Lynne Thigpen, David Patrick Kelly, Robin Lamont, Steven Boockvor, Rex Everhart, Bobo Lewis, Lenora Nemetz, Brad Sullivan, Matt Landers, David Smyrl,[2] Terri Treas, Matt McGrath and Arny Freeman, an actor who was interviewed in the book.

Before the revisions, it was done as an amateur production by Kent State University, Trumbull Campus, Summer Stock.

Because of the extremely low royalty fee, the production was the highest netting for the Summer Stock to that point even though the turnout was not high.

The cast features Gene Weygandt, Barbara Robertson, Emjoy Gavin, and E. Faye Butler.

Again directed by Gordon Greenberg, it won a special ensemble Drama Desk Awards[4][5] the cast features Joe Cassidy, Donna Lynne Champlin, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Nehal Joshi and Kenita Miller.

The show's Asian premiere was in Singapore, performed by LASALLE College of the Arts at the Creative Cube in September 2011.

Rose Hoffman, a teacher who has one year left until retirement, is unhappy with the changes she sees in the school system (Nobody Tells Me How).

Her bag boy, Roberto Núñez, is unhappy with the music that is playing in the market, which is the Cuban Revolution celebratory song along with the hardships of working on a farm and hopes a better day will come (Un Mejor Día Vendrá).

In the neighborhood, Conrad Swibel is on his UPS delivery route, talking about the perks of his job: meeting women, and the bad parts, getting chased by dogs.

After he leaves, John Rushton delivers the newspaper and tells of his dreams for the future (Neat to be a Newsboy).

Anthony Coelho likes his job because in a hundred years people will still see his work (The Mason).