Melissa Returns to Joe’s Pub
On November 18 and 19th, Melissa Errico will return to Joe’s Pub in “Sing The Silence,” an entirely new, autobiographical cabaret show, written with Adam Gopnik, about how one singer’s descent into a hundred days of silence—total vocal rest — compelled her towards an inventory of a lifetime’s experience on stage and off, and to mediate […]
New Lullabies & Wildflowers Music
Melissa will share two previously unreleased songs from her Lullabies & Wildflowers sessions. “We had too many songs so I saved these two for a special moment, and I feel this is the perfect year to share these. We’ve just had one cold, tough winter and I, for one, would like to help kick off a […]
Night of a Thousand Judys
Melissa will participate in Night of a Thousand Judys, “a rambunctious, uproarious, unpredictable all-star concert” (The Wall Street Journal) June 1 at The Kaufman Music Center in New York City. Night Of A Thousand Judys will honor the iconic Judy Garland with special skits, tributes and songs from her legendary career as movie star, recording artist […]
Melissa Joins Cast of ‘Billions’
Melissa has joined the cast of Billions, an exciting original Wall Street drama television series written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Brian Koppelman, and David Levien. Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Damian Lewis (Homeland), and Maggie Siff (Sons of Anarchy). The Koppelman-Levien team is behind Rounders, Runaway Jury, Ocean’s Thirteen, and more. The series, which is set and […]
More Between Heaven and Earth
Melissa will reprise her performance as Maria Cosway, the Anglo-Italian woman who stole Thomas Jefferson’s heart, at two upcoming performances of More Between Heaven and Earth. The first performance will take place January 9 at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, and the second on January 18 at the Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York. Hear […]
Paris for the Holidays
On October 18, 2011, Ghostlight Records released the long-awaited Legrand Affair — an exciting collaboration between Melissa and multi-Oscar winning film/jazz/pop composer Michel Legrand, one of Melissa’s musical idols, who conducted, arranged and wrote new material for Melissa with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, produced by the legendary Phil Ramone. It was recorded with a 100-piece pop symphony […]
Silver Hill Hospital Gala
Melissa will be the featured performer at the upcoming annual gala for Silver Hill Hospital, a psychiatric hospital located in New Canaan, Connecticut on November 19 in New York City. All Gala proceeds support scholarship aid for patients who otherwise would not have the benefit of treatment at Silver Hill Hospital. For more information, visit SilverHillHospital.org.
The BULL DURHAM Experience
As we come to the end, let’s look at the beginning. Launching this show at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre has been like one extended Opening Night. So many changes went in up to the last second. And the whole Atlanta run was a chance to settle and understand how to play the show, strike it’s various […]
BULL DURHAM Opens in Atlanta
BULL DURHAM: A New Musical officially opened at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre on September 13, 2014. Production photos have been added to the show’s page! BULL DURHAM runs at the Alliance through October 5, 2014. Tickets are available online.
The Church of Baseball
How do you capture this feeling? I swore to myself I would blog. That was in the beginning of rehearsals, the one-month period which came to a dramatic halt today as we left the basement rehearsal room of the Alliance Theatre and began our morning “IN THE THEATER.” It’s a cliche, it’s a known transition; […]
Watch THE KNICK on Cinemax!
Steven Soderbergh’s new series THE KNICK recently premiered on Cinemax – make sure you tune in every Friday at 10pm ET to watch! Melissa will pop up now and then. Visit Cinemax.com for clips and full episodes, and be sure to read Melissa’s latest blog about filming the series!
Shooting THE KNICK: Being a Part of Something Different
Stepping back in time on our very own city streets. It was surreal how Steven Soderbergh transformed our NYC back to 1900. Fascinating to see the world so dimly lit, horses in the streets and everyone in no makeup at all. He wanted it to be REAL. And no cellphones allowed on set. They did […]