By Adam Hetrick
18 Nov 2009
Ramon Del Barrio will direct with Ron Abel on piano. The evening "celebrates the 'Latin invasion' of the '30s, '40s and '50s through [Desi Arnaz's] original orchestra charts. These arrangements have been unheard for decades, stored in the Library of Congress—until now, when they re-emerge on the 92Y stage."
Misty: Johnny Burke After Hours will run Feb. 20-22, 2010. The cast includes Daryl Sherman, Eric Comstock, Barbara Fasano and Jeff Harnar.
Caitlin Carter directs the event that "offers an intimate, saloon-style tribute to Johnny Burke. The reigning lyricist of Paramount Pictures, Burke’s songs, including 'Misty,' 'Here's that Rainy Day,' 'Swinging on a Star,' 'What’s New?' and 'Pennies From Heaven,' seduced singers from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra to Billie Holiday."
Deborah Grace Winer will host Fred & Ginger In So Many Words: The Astaire-Rogers Songbook, running March 20-22, 2010. Tony winners Karen Ziemba and James Naughton will perform alongside Billy Stritch and Debbie Boone.
"Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, George Gershwin and many others wrote songs for the movies of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, making Fred and Ginger responsible for a sizable chunk of the American Songbook," according to press notes.
Tony-winning composer Sheldon Harnick will host Poisoning Pigeons In The Park: The Art Of The Satiric Comedy Song, which will be presented May 8-10, 2010. Casting will be announced at a later date.
Rob Fisher leads the "witty, wicked salute to Tom Lehrer and the lineage of lyricists—from W.S. Gilbert and E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg to Sheldon Harnick and Stephen Sondheim—who savor and serve up the follies of our imperfect world."
Tony Award-winning orchestrator and musical director Ted Sperling will host In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening: The Stardust Of Hoagy Carmichael, June 5-7, 2010. Performers will include Laura Marie Duncan, Capathia Jenkins and Clarke Thorell. Jeffrey Klitz is musical director.
"In L&L's first-ever Carmichael show, Ted Sperling takes us back to the jazz clubs, movies and radio waves where hits like 'Stardust,' 'Georgia on My Mind' and 'Lazy River' were first heard from coast to coast."
For tickets phone (212) 415-5500 or visit 92Y.org/Lyrics.


