The Songs That Got Away | Australian Musical Theatre Festival | Earl Arts Centre, Launceston

The music of Harold Arlen

Take a stroll to 1930's Manhattan….

Pull up a chair at the Cotton Club.

The music of Harold Arlen drifts in and reigns supreme…

He gave the world Stormy Weather, Ol' Black Magic, Get Happy, Paper Moon, Blues in the Night, One for my Baby, and the most recorded song of all time, Somewhere over the Rainbow.

These songs that have seeped into our consciousness and remain universally loved.

But the man who wrote these songs has remained an enigma.

Ethel Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, and of course Judy Garland were all championed by Arlen. He quietly fought against prejudice, poverty and limitation, whilst writing some of the most loved music of all time.

This is his story and theirs. Acclaimed artist Johanna Allen, gives you a musical play based on the life of Harold Arlen, featuring his most famous standards and showtunes.

25 May 1 PM