She departed at the conclusion of the season to explore new opportunities to celebrate classic Broadway and the American songbook. A successor has yet to be named.
In a statement, Winer said, 鈥淥ver nine seasons as Artistic Director of Lyrics & Lyricists鈥攁 mainstay of New York since its creation in 1970鈥攊t has been my privilege to work with the 92Y and steer the venerable series back to critical and audience acclaim, creating and writing original shows with an extraordinary array of guest collaborators from the cream of the Broadway musical theatre, from Sheldon Harnick and Kathleen Marshall to Rob Fisher and Ted Sperling.
鈥淚 look forward to my continued work with the musical theatre community on new projects to bring audiences ever-fresh visions of the American Songbook.鈥�
Sheldon Harnick added, 鈥淚t has always been a joy to work with Debbie in creating these shows.聽She brings a talent and vision that lead to work of exceptional caliber, and I look forward to creating more exciting projects with her in the future.鈥�
