Chronicles of a Girl Singer, Part 2: Dark and Light
Last week, Melissa Errico blogged about her ongoing “Sondheim in The City” tour (culminating in Cadogan Hall, London, July 12, 2025). As here and in the New York Times, Errico writes about the summits and shoals of a performer’s life. Today, she finds herself on the last three days of her tour with a completely […]
Chronicles of a Girl Singer: Sondheim On The Road
Singer Melissa Errico shares her thoughts from the road Headed to Las Vegas in the midst of a tumultuous time I find myself once again singing Sondheim. I’ve been singing Sondheim on the road almost continuously for the past decade. As with all classic songs — let me expand that thought to, as in all great works […]
Putting Good Into Night
Take time to invite rest in, and savor the art of sleep. By Melissa Errico Sleep for me has always been a time of “oops.” As a child, I always had one more idea at night, and would stay up indulging in a series of activities that would come into my mind. Another task for […]
The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye
Nearing 95, the inimitable singer is about to make her Carnegie Hall solo debut. In an eight-decade career, it’s a crowning moment — and just another gig. Turning the corner of 54th Street in a New York City taxi, the peerless nightclub singer Marilyn Maye is reminded of an early moment in her career. Sixty […]
Is It Always ‘Or’? Is It Never ‘And’?
Melissa Errico Explores Sondheim’s ‘Losing My Mind’ Ahead of Carnegie Hall Debut The Amour Tony nominee explains in a personal essay how one word can affect a singer’s entire interpretation of a song. Get Tickets Editor’s Note: On November 18, Broadway favorite Melissa Errico will make her long-awaited Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Pops in […]
BroadwayWorld Guest Blog: the Allure of ‘Noir’ and ‘Out of the Dark’ at London’s Crazy Coqs
I’d like to invite you, London lovers of American music – and especially of dark, sexy American music – to my cabaret nightclub concert fantasy on November 1-3. For three nights in a row (yes, you can even come each night and unwind from your busy London day!) I’ll sing from my new film noir […]
A ‘Girl Singer’ and Her Extra Hair Hit the Road
After a two-year hiatus, Melissa Errico is performing a slew of gigs honoring the composers Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim. As long as she gets to the airport (which airport again?) on time. Alone in a Florida hotel room, I reach around the back of my (rented) red lace minidress. I find the zipper but […]
The Purist: What Wellness Means to Me
Wellness, lately, has come to mean: connection. A kind of flow of energy, and a flow that happens with ease. I suppose the idea of “wellness” changes at different times in one’s life, but I have felt my most healthy and most joyful, especially during and after the pandemic, while making music. A flow between […]
Column: The Purist
In the autumn I went to university, I declared myself an art history major and thrilled to the menu of classes, especially those about the Middle Ages. Before long, I thought of myself as a serious medievalist and a part-time musical theater actress—a condition I would say is now firmly in reverse order—and one of […]
Up at Bat: Melissa Errico
Actors turn night into day. Our lives on the stage have this effect. This is a story of how I have used a showgirl’s wisdom—or is it madness?—to turn winter into summer. In September 2019, I found myself overworked, and down with a painful case of shingles, having sung concerts all summer followed by autumn […]
Back in the Girdle Again: Getting Fitted After a Year Untouched
Confessions of an actress seeking reassurance — and sleeves — as she steps before a live concert audience again. Here I am, back at the confessional at last. Forgive me, father, for I have sinned. It has been 13 months since my last visit to you. The father-confessor, to whom I am looking for absolution, is Eric […]
Melissa Errico Reflects on Finding the Music in a Turbulent Year
From Covid quarantining to Inauguration Day, Errico discusses music’s promise of hope. The past year has been full of shocks — philosophical, practical, fundamental — and perhaps the one that stalled me into a state of frozen disbelief was the idea that singing — the central act of my life — was now toxic. The […]