The melodies don't find shape as theater songs that might touch us by giving voice to the feelings or actions of specific characters.

In their own time, the theater songs of the 1920's through the 50's were thought of as not quite respectable.

I discovered musical theater songs by playing and performing at parties, and now it's become a conduit for my interests.

Their existence suggests how many theater songs of quality remain unfamiliar even to those who think they know the literature.

Recorded in 1959, this survey of Gershwin's best theater songs has everything.

In both places, he frequently entertained members and residents with informal piano concerts devoted to theater songs.

He considered himself a serious writer, a writer of theater songs, and believed serious writers don't promote themselves.

That eliminated operettas and theater songs transferred to the movies.

A theater song demands something more: the advancement of the evening's drama; if not plot, then character motive.

But the pleasure of writing a theater song is so intense - it's almost embarrassing to speak of.