Noir
A Noir Romance
The sound of a lonely saxophone, the melancholy patter of midnight rain, the velvet black of a city at night, and a chanteuse in a strapless gown… there’s one word for it: Noir.
This Valentine’s week, Melissa Errico returns to Birdland with a seductive suite of Noir songs inspired by her album “Out Of The Dark.” From “Angel Eyes” to “The Man That Got Away,” celebrate with Melissa the sexy, swinging music of voluptuous fatalism & doomed love, of smoky nightclubs & half-lit hotel rooms— “A Noir Romance” luxuriates in the darkness the reminds us
of the light that love can bring. With her trademark sexy smarts , Errico will be a Valentine’s femme fatale, feeling her way through a night-lit world of uncertainty and mischief with a sound that came to life in American movies of the forties, passed on to the world as a permanent emotional field.
Features classic standards (including Harold Arlen, David Raksin, Harry Warren, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Legrand and Sondheim) & new songs written especially for her by David Shire, Peter Foley and Adam Guettel.
“Melissa was in spectacular voice, looking every inch the femme fatale & was utterly
charming.”
– Theater Pizzazz
“The shimmering Soprano Melissa Errico combines a fierce intelligence and swooning romance to her repertoire. On evenings like this, I truly believe cabaret is the greatest of all art forms.”
– Mark Shenton
Reviews
“With the divine Melissa Errico you get the full package- a voice to die for like no other, a fabulous, sparkly blue dress, an infectious giggle with all her storytelling and an obvious love of performing great songs. It’s not just the voice, it’s the way she stretches words and phrases… Deeply moving.”
– Jeremy Chapman
“Sexy. Sensual. Not a retro project, containing new music too, you end up in the atmosphere of a smoky jazz club. A successful tribute to that bygone ‘film noir’ atmosphere. A complete story of hope, despair, and hope renewed.”
– Smooth Jazz
“Seventy-five minutes of exemplary musical storytelling…with a presentation like this, there can be no doubt that Out of the Dark: The Film Noir Project will be extended repeatedly and booked into every cabaret, concert, and club venue around the world…with Out of the Dark , Melissa Errico has reached new heights.”
– BroadwayWorld
“A deep dive into a classic genre that is well worth a listen.”
– The Bistro Awards
” Melissa Errico ‘s new album, Out of the Dark: The Film Noir Project gives us noir music the way we imagine it…melancholy, bittersweet tales of isolation and loneliness, beauty and betrayal…we are breathing along with her, seeing what she sees, feeling what she feels.”
– The Wall Street Journal
“She knows her way around a lyric…her new album Out of the Dark is ripe territory for a singer who can inhabit a song, and as a Tony Award-nominated actress she plunges into the role, offering charcoaled impressions of ill-fated romance, obsession, and thwarted dreams.”
– JazzTimes
“Her new show celebrating the release of her new recording Out of the Dark is a must-see. Dressed in a sexy black- sequined gown with hair coiffed à la the femmes fatales of the 1940s, she transformed herself into a chanteuse in a ’40s night club…she has a lovely soprano and her voice rises to the occasion.”
– Cabaret Scenes
Out of the Dark London
May 7-9, 2024 | 54 Below, New York City
The sound of a lonely saxophone, the melancholy patter of midnight rain, the velvet black of a city at night…and one lonely chanteuse in a strapless gown…there’s one word for it: Noir. To celebrate the release of her new album, Melissa Errico offers Crazy Coqs a seductive suite of Noir songs, ranging from forties movie music (David Raksin’s “Laura”) to contemporary extensions of Noir , with new songs by Patricia Barber & David Shire, a world premiere song by Michel Legrand & classics like “The Man That Got Away,” “Blame It On My Youth,” and the Harry Warren gem “Checkin’ My Heart.”
Celebrate with Melissa and the sexy, swinging music of voluptuous fatalism & doomed love, of smoky nightclubs & lonely hotel rooms—a sound that came to life in American movies of the forties, passed on to the world as a permanent emotional field. With her trademark sexy smarts , Errico is tonight’s femme fatale, feeling her way through a night-lit world of uncertainty & mischief—Out of The Dark luxuriates in a darkness reminding us of the light that love can bring.
“American songstress and actress Melissa Errico performed her first of three evenings to a sold out audience at Crazy Coqs, a sublime, orbicular cabaret with a sort of living room appeal, and punters of discretionarily fine taste. Her audience drank her in like a restorative Absinthe in turn of the century France, poised for the bewitching pleasure to come. Indeed, Melissa delivered. In the spirit of women such as Lauren Bacall , and oozing Jessica Rabbit, Errico has full command of the evening. We all know the Maya Angelou quote “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Her performance pushes the dark cloud on and leaves you feeling grand. Melissa Errico is a tonic, singing jazz and the blues but bringing the light.”
– The American Magazine
Press
Melissa Errico presents Out of the Dark, The Film Noir Project
The American Review | Published November 2, 2022
Melissa Errico is the Ultimate Femme, Fatale or Otherwise
BroadwayWorld Review | Published February 19, 2022
Melissa Errico: Out of the Dark
Cabaret Scenes Review | Published February 20, 2022
Melissa Errico – Out Of The Dark: The Film Noir Project
LondonTheatre1 Review | Published November 2, 2022
Out of the Dark: The Film Noir Project – Melissa Errico – Crazy Coqs
Musical Theatre Review | Published November 3, 2022
CD Review: Melissa Errico’s “Out of the Dark—The Film Noir Project”
Bistro Awards Review | Published February 20, 2022
Melissa Errico presents Out of the Dark:The Film Noir Project – Crazy Coqs, London
The Reviews Hub | Published November 2, 2022
Melissa Errico – Out of the Dark: The Film Noir Project
Theater Pizzazz Review | Published February 22, 2022
Out of the Dark
The Film Noir Project
“Out Of The Dark: The Film Noir Project” brings together all of those threads in a single masterly sequence, a song cycle that offers an unforgettably sexy, sensual, and sophisticated arc, all black-velvet piano and vibraphone tones, telling a complete story of hope, despair, and hope renewed. In no sense a retro project, her choices reach from noir classics, like Laura and The Bad and The Beautiful, into the French chansons of the fifties and sixties, and includes the debut of four entirely new songs, by Michel Legrand, David Shire, and the late Peter Foley, all with arrangements by her musical director, pianist Tedd Firth.
