Melissa Errico is starting a cult of the noir, and she wants you to join! In her latest cabaret venture, Melissa continues her love affair with the music of film noir at the historic venue Birdland. Titled A Noir Romance, Melissa takes us down the YouTube rabbit hole of film noir that captivated her during the […]
The Tony Award nominee will play a week of shows from February 10th through the 14th. Melissa Errico has a real romance going with Noir. Film Noir, the music of the cinematic genre, the look, the feel, the history of the oeuvre – it just speaks to the singing actress, author, and chanteuse extraordinaire. For […]
“Had a blast chatting about my upcoming show at Birdland and #FilmNoir with Len Berman and Michal Riedel this morning at WOR / The Voice of New York / 710AM. I’ll be at Birdland Valentines Day Week (Feb 10-14) for my first residency! I hope you come visit – and stream today’s interview” – Melissa […]
If you’ve ever curled up with a Raymond Chandler novel on a rainy night, or gone bleary-eyed binge-watching TCM’s “Noir Alley,” then you’ll love this conversation Paul Cavalconte had with singer Melissa Errico, author and lyricist Adam Gopnik, and pianist Tedd Firth. They visited New Standards to talk about Out Of The Dark-The Film Noir Project, […]
I can’t think of a better way to ring in 2023 than by presenting my interview with the luminous Melissa Errico. Tune in today to hear some of the stories of her legendary career, including the controversial ending that her production of My Fair Lady almost had, a funny mishap during Anna Karenina, the advantages of dressing the part […]
Ever the storyteller, a recent recording project casts Broadway veteran and cabaret’s sublime chanteuse Melissa Errico into the shadowy world of Film Noir. Called “The Film Noir Project,” it is a mix of classic titles drawn from Hollywood’s golden age, along with four new titles composed by Michel Legrand, David Shire, and Peter Foley. For […]
Tony-award nominee Melissa Errico brings her holiday show Evergreen Holiday to Feinstein’s at Vitello’s December 21st & 22nd Fresh from her Carnegie Hall debut last month, Tony-award nominee Melissa Errico brings her holiday show Evergreen Holiday to Feinstein’s at Vitello’s December 21st and 22nd. Accompanied by a jazz trio led by Randy Waldman, Melissa’s special […]
Pops Goes The Broadway… Heigh-Ho, My Merry Rainbow Tribe! Bobby Patrick, your RAINBOW Reviewer here. Putting the silent T in cabareT to bring you ALL the Tea! We all know, my lovelies, that Bobby almost always prefers the close quarters of the dark corners of the cabarets of our city. But every so often we […]
School Is In Session, And What A Session It Was. Heigh-Ho, My Merry Rainbow Lovelies! Bobby Patrick, your RAINBOW Reviewer here. Putting the silent T in cabareT to bring you ALL the Tea! Well, my darling Bobbyfiles, Thursday night’s SWING LESSONS with Melissa Errico and Billy Stritch at the FAB 54 Below was, in the […]
Two of the most popular and profound artists working in the cabaret and concert circuit today are Melissa Errico and Billy Stritch, and next week these musical storytellers will join forces in a new show premiering at 54 Below. Broadway’s Errico and the jazz master Stritch have an evening of standards planned titled SWING LESSONS during which the […]
by Patrick Van de Wiele When the Corona pandemic hit in 2020, and the world locked itself at home, singer and author Melissa Errico suddenly returned to one of her lifelong obsessions, which was “noir”. That dark, unsettling sense of intractable fatalism that Parisian existentialists discovered in 1940s American movies. With Adam Gopnik, Melissa curated […]
The evening was filmed in April at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Tony nominee Melissa Errico’s American Songbook concert, filmed at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in April, airs June 21 at 9:30 PM ET on PBS-NJ/WNJN (check local listings). The concert will also be available to watch online at MyNJPBS.org. Along with sharing personal […]
One entertainer was inspired by her time in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic to create a new album featuring music that first influenced her as a college student. The new record from Melissa Errico is called “Out of the Dark,” and it came out of the time she spent at home with her husband, ESPN […]
The sound of a lonely saxophone, the melancholy patter of midnight rain, the velvet black of a city at night…and one perfect lonely chanteuse in a strapless gown… there’s one word for it: Noir. Its music is essential to the Noir mystique, in vibrating circles of moody inspiration, and to celebrate the release of her […]
Melissa Errico is someone who appears to be in perpetual motion. The Tony Award-nominated Broadway star, cabaret singer, and actress moves seamlessly between television, film, theater, and concert stages across the globe. Even during the height of the pandemic, Errico barely slowed down or wasted any time. Along with collaborator Adam Gopnik, she curated a […]
Loneliness. Heartache. Emptiness. Isolation. Everything that describes film noir also describes the pandemic. When Melissa Errico first fell down the YouTube rabbit hole of film noir, she didn’t expect to find a new passion. After watching hours of tragic femme fatale actresses fall trap to their fate and lonely heroes become disillusioned with society — […]
Musical theatre and cabaret favorite Melissa Errico takes her cue from the milieu of old movies with detectives and danger, glamorous gloom, romance and regrets. Out of the Dark–The Film Noir Project broadens the pool of source material beyond actual golden moments from the silver screen, but everything shines in a burnished way. It’s more about casting […]
Amour & After: Melissa Errico sings Michel Legrand at the Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With Melissa Errico you get the full package – a voice to die for like no other, a fabulous, sparkly blue dress she bought specially for the Crazy Coqs, an infectious giggle with all her storytelling and […]