Variety critic Robert Daniels decided that Andrea Marcovicci answered the question of whether the American Songbook really ended in 1965 quite decisively at the 92nd Street Y’s most recent Lyrics & Lyricists show.

There is undoubtedly no one more qualified to pose the musical question, “Did the American Songbook Really End in 1965?” than Andrea Marcovicci. The glamorous diva of consummate grace and wisdom hosted a diverse program of song that suggested the songbook deserved an addenda to the pages that boast the legacies of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, the Gershwins and those other notable composers and lyricists who graced the first half of the last century. Marcovicci, hosting the final concert of the 38th season of Lyrics and Lyricists, made an appreciable argument that an embarrassment of riches topped the best selling charts in the years that followed.

The lineup for the 2009 Lyrics & Lyricists season was just announced—and covered by The New York Times, TheaterMania and Playbill—with Deborah Grace Winer, the series’ new artistic director, guiding us through the American Songbook. Winer will be collaborating with guest artistic directors including Martin Charnin, David Zippel, Robert Kimball, Rex Reed and Billy Stritch. The series will showcase, among others, Mr. Zippel, Richard Rodgers, Mel Tormé and Ira Gershwin’s collaborations with artists like Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen and Kurt Weill. Find more info at www.92Yorg/lyrics2009.