Holidays
“I LOVE holiday music, from sweet traditional yule-tide comfort songs to big Broadway classics and even crazy comedy songs, like Tom Lehrer’s ‘Hanukkah In Santa Monica.’ And I love to laugh! I’ll sing a few parodies of Christmas classics authored by Adam Gopnik that are wild!
– Melissa Errico
White Christmas
And Other Colors
Every holiday show promises to be something different, but White Christmas and Other Colors really will be—thanks to the glamour, sass, and class of the incomparable Tony Award-nominee Melissa Errico.
The star of Broadway’s White Christmas will take the stage to deliver an unforgettable evening of holiday songs that will be as joyful and diverse as it is touching and emotional. Melissa will greet the holiday season by singing and swinging her way through holiday classics, Christmas favorites, and great American standards. With the inimitable storyteller style, that has made her a favorite amongst The New York Times contributors, Melissa will spin a few tales throughout the evening: about why the greatest Christmas songs are always recorded in mid-July; how they’ve been mostly written by American Jewish songwriters; and how the winter holidays continue to unite us all. Melissa brings a holiday concert that promises to bring joy to the entire family as we embrace the beauty of the holidays.
Evergreen Holiday
Tony-award nominee Melissa Errico celebrates the holiday season in Los Angeles with Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Stephen Sondheim, Joni Mitchell, and lots of winter fun, accompanied on stage by a spectacular trio led by the incomparable jazz pianist Randy Waldman.
Every holiday show promises to be something different, but “Melissa Errico: Evergreen Holiday” really is. The beloved Broadway star of “My Fair Lady,” “High Society,” “White Christmas” and more will take the stage to deliver an unforgettable evening of holiday songs, as joyful and diverse as it is touching and emotional. And with the inimitable storyteller style, that has also made her a favorite New York Times contributor, Melissa will spin a few tales throughout the evening: about why the greatest Christmas songs are always recorded in mid-July; how they’ve been mostly written by American Jewish songwriters; and how the winter holidays continue to unite us all. Melissa brings a December concert that promises to bring joy to the entire family as we embrace the beauty of the holidays.
“Melissa is amazing. She can sing ANYTHING!”
– Jon Lovitz
“Spending an evening with Melissa Errico leaves you floating on air! Her gift is an exquisite voice paired with a sly sense of humor that envelopes the audience in her embrace. “Evergreen Holiday” is a wonderful mix of jazzy holiday classics, wildly-intelligent comedy numbers, and, yes, even sublime Sondheim… it’s an evening that (to paraphrase Melissa herself) sends your joy meter off the charts!”
– The Broadway Radio Show
Sondheim for the Holidays
“Melissa Errico is the best Sondheim interpreter today, and there was plenty of Sondheim last night, leading off with “Everybody Says Don’t,” and including “Sooner or Later” (which she knocked out of the park), “Not While I’m Around,” and a dazzling version of “I Remember” from Evening Primrose. And then there was an eight minute Sondheim Christmas parody with holiday lyrics by Adam Gopnik that had me nearly falling off my seat. Errico, as folks here know, was also close to Michel Legrand, ever since she starred in AMOUR, and has done a terrific all-Legrand album. She gave us Legrand’s classic, “What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?” with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. She told us after arriving in LA this week, she had lunch with Alan, now 97 and still writing! In between the numbers, we got wonderful little commentaries on performing, momhood, travel, etc. After the show, we said hello to Melissa herself (!!!), a fitting end to a marvelous night.”
– Talkin’ Broadway
Season for Joy
2020 Holiday Concert at Bay Street Theater. Joined by Brazilian opera star and Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot.
Recorded December 10, 2020
Reviews
“Melissa Errico, who is also an incomparable cabaret singer, has a fine holiday show of her own…Season For Joy is her home-cooked version of one of the meet-the-kids celebrity Christmas TV specials with which my generation grew up, featuring “special material” by Adam Gopnik (including a deliciously naughty parody of Mel Tormé’s ‘The Christmas Song’) and electronic cameo appearances by members of her family. Accompanied by Tedd Firth, her music director and a pianist of the highest quality, Ms. Errico gives a fetching performance in which her radiant singing and impeccable diction are shown off to ideal effect.”
– The Wall Street Journal
“Errico and her stalwart partner and accompanist, Tedd Firth, have created and performed a holiday concert that is inventive, funny, touching, sweet, sardonic and has just the right amount of cabaret glamour.”
– EDGE Media
“Errico’s charm and acting talent allied with Firth’s accompaniment and her impeccable choice of songs kept me gripped on a cold evening, laughter and tears bringing me warmth until the roaring fire kicked in. I never wanted it to end.”
– Musical Theatre Review
“Melissa Errico is a star – and in this show, she was a Christmas star…it was all style, class and holiday spirit, drawing her audience in to experience her talents, her grace and her charm…what makes this show a winner is not only the quality of Errico’s talents, or that she is flawless in her presentation of the songs, but it’s the way she bantered in between the songs…Melissa added a sweet personality to her renditions of ‘Baby, It’s Woke Outside,’ a TikTok remake of ‘Sleigh Bells,’ ‘I Can Cook, Too,’ ‘Make Someone Happy,’ ‘Hard Candy Christmas,’ ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,’ ‘Not While I’m Around,’ and ‘A Little Love’ by Andrew Lippa.”
– Hamptoms.com
“You know her, you love her, you can’t live without her and if you don’t know, love, and live for La Errico, you should. This is a lady who lives to perform and has the chops to go from Stage, to screen, and from small venues to large, and now she lights up the virtual platform with her Holiday show Season For Joy, a fully realized concert…Errico, resplendent in a blue-green sequined gown, sings with her socially distanced, appropriately masked, but physically present Music Director, the brilliant Tedd Firth, right there on the stage with her mixing his wonderful arrangements with Errico’s crystalline voice. It is a testament to Errico and Firth that they are able to keep a live concert energy flowing out of the screen engaging their viewers for a full hour…bringing a show of the caliber of Errico & Firth’s into your home is the top of the line.”
– BroadwayWorld