If you were to ask a modern day student what they know about WW1, they probably would give you a short answer seeing as it is rarely taught nowadays. Powerhouse Broadway performer Melissa Errico wants to change that and has done so brilliantly with her own creation entitled The Story of A Rose: A Musical […]
After Cosette, Eliza Doolittle, and Sondheim’s Dot, Melissa Errico channels her great aunt Rose This just in from Melissa Errico. “Awful facts, right? I know all about it. But I was as shocked as you.” We’ve been trading emails about the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, who served in W.W. I under […]
Melissa Errico is a Star! She’s an exquisite singer, actress and Tony Award nominated Broadway Star. Her Broadway successes include “My Fair Lady” (Eliza Doolittle) and “Les Miserables” (Cosette). She’s done solo concerts and cabarets around the world. She’s an acclaimed interpreter of Stephen Sondheim and Michel Legrand. She’s also a New York Times columnist […]
In her professional lifetime to date, jazzy vocalist and actress Melissa Errico has played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Cosette in Les Misérables’ and Dot/Marie in Sunday in the Park with George (one of many Sondheim roles she’s undertaken), along with her real-life status as a Tony Award nominee for those Broadway efforts. But […]
Combining personal stories with musical storytelling, Melissa Errico becomes a historian to honor WWI soldiers even as she confronts her own family’s past. Before becoming known as World War I, the largest conflict that anyone at that time had experienced was called simply “the Great War.” America joined three years after fighting began, but U.S. […]
On May 7, Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer and writer and Manhattan native Melissa Errico will perform The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on The Great War at the Schlesinger Center in Alexandria, VA.. Errico has since dazzled audiences with performances in Dracula, Les Misérables, High Society, White Christmas and more, debuting new […]
Interview with Melissa ErricoBy Jordan WrightApril 18, 2025 The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on The Great War will star Melissa Errico in a world premiere performance on May 7th for one night only at Alexandria, Virginia’s Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center. In a unique mix of song and speech of the period, Errico […]
Classic Songs For Valentine’s Day has two performances left Cabaret great Melissa Errico returned to Birdland on Friday night for her Valentine’s residency, this year titled I CAN DREAM, CAN’T I? The subtitle for the show is CLASSIC SONGS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, and the songs performed at the 7 pm show are certainly classics, but […]
By Elysa Gardner Returning to the venue for her third holiday residency, the Broadway and cabaret veteran is in the mood for love As a cabaret performer, Melissa Errico is known as much for her erudite patter as she is for her voluptuous beauty and buttery, fluttery soprano. “A critic once called me Jessica Rabbit […]
The Tony nominee is returning to Birdland later this month, joined by a jazz ensemble led by Andy Ezrin. Melissa Errico is readying to revitalize classic songs during her upcoming Valentine’s engagement at Birdland. The Tony nominee, whose soaring soprano has graced such Broadway productions as Amour and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, will play the […]
“Anyone Can Whistle (Live at The Green Room 42)” was recorded at the famed NYC venue as part of Travis’ solo show, “Someday Soon: The Songs of Judy Collins.” NYC-based cabaret, concert and recording artist Travis Moser and Tony Award nominee Melissa Errico will release a new duet version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Anyone Can Whistle,” […]
I CAN DREAM, CAN’T I? which runs 2/14-2/16 is a collection of standards that are “anything but standard” Tony-nominated Broadway star Melissa Errico is coming back to Birdland Jazz Club for her third annual Valentine’s Day residency, running February 14 to 16 at 7 and 9:30 pm each night. The show is titled I Can […]
Everyone sings a holiday show before Christmas – but only Melissa Errico would invent a new kind of show especially for the happy days after the holiday, when we finally get to relax, open our presents, play with the good toys, return the horrible sweaters, and generally kick back and enjoy ourselves without stress. ’Twas […]
by Eric Greer Had an incredible evening seeing the fantastic Melissa Errico make her Victoria debut with the Victoria Symphony. I’ve been a huge fan of Errico ever since I first bought the Amour cast album, and it was a thrill to finally see her live. The first half was a mix of older musical […]
Labor Day is officially on the horizon, and here on the East End it has been a season filled with the sunny sights and sounds of summer. But as evenings noticeably shorten, the weather grows more intense and the mood shifts subtly — thoughts of introspection and reflection emerge as we sense the turning of […]
