Melissa will be returning to legendary New York supper club Feinstein’s/54 Below for 2 brand new shows on April 1 and 2, 2016.
Melissa has always loved questions more than answers, and in her brand new show, she sings of the absurdities and ins & outs of marriage and motherhood. Her title is borrowed from the ultimate Mama – Mama Rose in Gypsy – and the evening will offer that and more Sondheim, from the sad and funny “Little Things You Do Together” to “Every Day A Little Death.” Melissa looks at romance with Lerner & Loewe’s “Accustomed to His Face,” as well as “Send in The Clowns,” “Blue Room” and “Small Hotel.” Motherhood, and not the kind you read about in a magazine, brings fresh and funky arrangements of Laura Nyro’s “To A Child” and “Mother’s Spiritual,” John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy” and Jeanine Tesori’s “Days and Days” (from Fun Home)– as well as new signature material written for Melissa by Peter Mills and David Shire with lyrics by Adam Gopnik. Be prepared for a evening of nothing but Melissa simply with piano, voice and guitar putting her heart on her sleeve, asking us how we connect and bringing us all closer with her vivacious warmth and her soaring vocals.