This star-studded, one-night-only event featured songs from the many musicals that Irish Rep has produced over their 35-year history. Go inside Irish Repertory Theatre’s 2024 Gala concert, Let’s Put On A Show! 35 Years of Irish Rep Musicals, which at The Town Hall. See photos from inside the event. The evening was directed & arranged […]
We are delighted that you will join us again in Palm Springs at CV Rep? What keeps you coming back? I love Palm Springs –after all, what a musical tradition! Sinatra and Van Heusen and the rest. A song-full place. Coachella has been terrific to me…and then, my life is spent so much on the […]
“Variety is the spice of Sondheim.” We speak to Melissa Errico about her new disc, Sondheim In The City “One of Sondheim’s deepest-hearted yet lightest-touch interpreters.” That’s how The New York Times describes Melissa Errico, in its glowing review of her new album, Sondheim In The City. The Wall Street Journal described her 2018 disc, Sondheim Sublime, […]
Sondheim In the City is “the Sondheim of smart, sophisticated New York, the Sondheim of the quick, witty, sardonic, love-seeking and sex-driven city that he recorded and worked in through his long life.” The show is music directed by Tedd Firth, and features a quartet of uber- talented musicians, including celebrated jazz trumpeter Bruce Harris. Read a Q&A with […]
By Stephen Sorokoff The evening at 54 Below was advertised as a “ Vinyl Release Celebration Concert” and how apt that VINYL, the unrivaled substance utilized to capture the subtle nuances and breadth of music has now been used to capture the elegant voice of Melissa Errico singing the songs of “Sondheim in the City” for […]
Melissa Errico, the Tony-nominated Broadway actress and singer, will celebrate the release of her latest album, “Sondheim in the City,” at 54 Below, the New York supper club, next week. Released in February, the album, 54 Below said, “is the Sondheim of smart, sophisticated New York, the Sondheim of the quick, witty, sardonic, love-seeking and sex-driven city that […]
“****/five stars…throughout the CD, we can indeed feel the vibe of the New York City, where Sondheim lived and created his masterpieces. As the title suggests, the city is definitely the main character of this concept album, from those coming in (‘Another Hundred People’) to those wanting to leave – “Who wants to live in […]
Singer Melissa Errico deliciously re-interprets Sondheim’s catalogue of songs in her latest album, Sondheim in the City. Writer Erin Samms called the entire album “Errico triumphant.” Hot off a residency at Birdland, Errico is gearing up for even more Sondheim-themed shows in New York City, playing next at the Green Room 42 on March 22for Sondheim’s birthday, and then doing another […]
“’Emotional, authentic, stirring, and gracious with sophisticated interpretations,’ is what I called Errico’s romantic, inward-turning Sondheim Sublime (released in 2018). Now, her new tribute to Broadway’s greatest songwriter, Sondheim In The City, changes tone to offer us a more outwarddriven, kaleidoscopic street fair of New York scenes and moments – summoning back to life the […]
“Sondheim in the City,” Melissa Errico’s tribute to Sondheim’s urbanity, feels like a New York house tour of thrill and heartbreak. In songs like the jangly “Another Hundred People,” the exuberant “What More Do I Need?” and the dry, disappointed “It Wasn’t Meant to Happen,” Errico, one of Sondheim’s deepest-hearted yet lightest-touch interpreters, evokes both […]
Melissa hosted a Pandora Takeover on Showtunes Radio about ‘Sondheim In The City’ sharing stories behind these songs plus insights on some of her favorite songs by immensely inspiring Artists. Listen now!
The always glorious Broadway and cabaret star, Melissa Errico, whom this writer has reviewed often, unveiled her exquisite new album, Sondheim in the City, smack in the middle of her Manhattan Valentine series at Birdland Theater. The star performed ten sets between Valentine’s Day and February 18, with the album-only shows taking place on February 16 and 17. […]
Over the years, she’s managed the transition from musical ingenue of the Broadway stage to cabaret star with unique intelligence and grace – and it shows with the lovely confidence she exudes when holding court and the ease with which she wields her rich voice.
“It’s my most swinging, big band kind of album, with horns and strings and great jazz drumming,” says Errico who is currently performing songs from the album along with other great classics at Birdland Jazz in a concert called “A Manhattan Valentine.” She also has another “Sondheim In The City” concert engagement at 54 Below May 7th through May […]
“You might think Ms. Errico’s strongest asset is her beauty, meaning both sonic (those amazing chops) and visual (that face which, despite her own protestations in self-penned articles in the New York Times, would still empower her to play ingenue roles into her 50s) but in actuality, it’s her irrepressible enthusiasm. She loves New York […]
In Melissa Errico’s weeklong Valentine’s residency at Birdland Errico, she’s singing about love in and of New York City to celebrate the release of her newest album, Sondheim In The City, which drops this week. The album is dedicated to Sondheim’s multifaceted views, mostly of New York, through his music from shows like Company and Follies, a selection of “New York songs by […]
