Why isn't Harold Arlen as well-known as George Gershwin? It is a question that provokes debate among connoisseurs of what has become known as the Great American Songbook, or the Golden Age of Musical Theater. Wall Street Journal drama critic and "recovering musician" Terry Teachout: Because his tunes are more complicated. Playwright David J. Loehr: [...]
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:30PM on January 10, 2013