Photos: Melissa Errico Sings the Classics in ‘A Manhattan Valentine’ at Birdland
In Melissa Errico’s weeklong Valentine’s residency at Birdland Errico, she’s singing about love in and of New York City to celebrate the release of her newest album, Sondheim In The City, which drops this week. The album is dedicated to Sondheim’s multifaceted views, mostly of New York, through his music from shows like Company and Follies, a selection of “New York songs by […]
Premier Sondheim Interpreter Melissa Errico Shares Short Film for New Version of ‘Good Thing Going’
Sondheim in the City is out Friday (Feb. 16), and with it comes a short film for her version of “Good Thing Going” from his magnum opus Merrily We Roll Along. Drawing on Annie Hall (her fashion certainly takes a cue from Diane Keaton’s Oscar-winning role) and French new wave, the “Good Thing Going” mini movie reflects on the dissolution […]
Album Review: Melissa Errico, Stephen Sondheim, and The City Make For One Great Album
“But let’s be honest, here: Melissa Errico always does it just right. And I’d like to leave some surprises for the listener, so I’m not going to analyze every song, not going to opine on every track, I’m simply going to confine myself to saying that producer Rob Mathes and Concord Theatricals have a triumph […]
Album Review: Sondheim in the City
“The CD reflects both [Sondheim’s] and Errico’s New York. Eschewing Broadway arrangements, Errico and music director Tedd Firth chose jazz as a fresh way to present this material with flash eliminated, bounce minimized, volume restrained, and melodies embroidered. Errico’s warmth and maturity are pervasive. Her lyric interpretation of the lyrics comes from experience. Songs that […]