38th Annual Bistro Awards: Outstanding Concept Album

Melissa Errico Brings Film Noir Back With A Passion

https://youtu.be/pyg6ih-s_z8 By Suzanna Bowling Melissa Errico brings her love for film noir and her new show A Noir Romance, to Birdland just in time for Valentine’s Day. We all found ways to cope during the COVID-19 lockdown, Melissa created an album called Out Of The Dark-The Film Noir Project. Singing numbers from her album, she […]
Out of the Dark: Melissa Errico’s Bright Film Noir Tribute

by David Finkle The versatile, imaginative cabaret performer takes a walk on the wild side Some time ago when performers—usually women—sensationally debuted on Broadway, they were acclaimed the following morning as “the toast of the town.” For its first several years The Ed Sullivan Show was even known as Toast of the Town. But now, maybe because we […]
‘A Dark Romance’ Is A Perfectly Dark Valentine’s Treat at Birdland Jazz Club

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 […]
Melissa Errico Speaks Of A Noir Romance at Birdland Theater

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 […]
Conversation with Paul Cavalconte, Adam Gopnik and Tedd Firth

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, […]
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 […]
Review: Out of The Dark

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 […]
Melissa Errico comes ‘Out of the Dark’ with film noir inspired album

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 […]
Melissa Errico Will Encore ‘Out of the Dark: The Film Noir Project’ at 54 Below May 11th

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 […]
Traveling With Broadway Star Melissa Errico

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 […]
Bite-Size Jazz Ep.72: ‘Out of the Dark’

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 — […]