Phyllis Newman, Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli, et al. Set for 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists 2011 Season

92nd Street Y has announced revisions for the 2011 line-up for its Lyrics & Lyricists American Songbook series, under the overall artistic direction of Deborah Grace Winer, with different guest artistic directors for individual concerts.

John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey will host Frank and Tony and Peggy and Me: Making Music with the Great Singers – Celebrating Bucky Pizzarelli’s 85th Birthday (January 8-10). This party will feature great songs and inside stories.

Broadway music director David Loud heads On a Clear Day: The Musical Vision of Burton Lane (February 12-14), celebrating Lane’s music and collaborations with lyricists from E.Y. “Yip” Harburg to Alan Jay Lerner.

Ted Chapin offers Stage Door Canteen: Broadway Responds to WW II (March 12-14), featuring songs from Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser and more.

Winer will oversee The Crowd’s at El Morocco: The Heyday of the New York Nightclubs (April 30-May 2), which conjures the brassy spots and smoky boîtes that were the musical playpens for artists from the Gershwins and Ethel Merman to Sammy Cahn and the Rat Pack.

The season will conclude with Carried Away: Being Comden and Green (May 21-23), which will be created under the artistic direction of Green’s widow, Tony Award winner Phyllis Newman.

For more information, visit www.92Y.org/Lyrics.