Review: I Can Dream, Can’t I?: Illusions & Conversations from the Great American Songbook
In I Can Dream, Can’t I?: Illusions & Conversations from the Great American Songbook, Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer, and writer Melissa Errico proves once again that she is one of the best at keeping classic songs alive. Released in early 2026, the album uses a less is more style. Instead of a big orchestra, it features […]
Cabaret Star Melissa Errico Offered Up a Love-Filled Valentine at Birdland
By Andrew Poretz*** Broadway diva and longtime cabaret star, Melissa Errico, presented her annual Valentine’s show at Birdland, Lost In His Arms, selling out six sets over three nights. Errico was backed by the stellar quartet of her frequent pianist Andy Ezrin, bassist David Finck, saxophonist David Mann, and drummer Clint de Ganon. With a […]
Melissa Errico’s Lush ‘Dream’ World Redefines the Great American Songbook
Melissa Errico’s Lush ‘Dream’ World Redefines the Great American Songbook•••Melissa Errico’s latest solo album“I Can Dream, Can’t I?” pays homage to Joni Mitchell and Peggy Lee. “What does she do when she’s in Rome or in Spain? Or saying farewell to France? Well, for reasons she can’t explain, even though she’s faithful to her unnamed […]
Review: Melissa Errico with Tedd Firth: I Can Dream, Can’t I?
Reviewed by Alix Cohen Melissa Errrico has an affinity for songs that have depth of feeling. Even as an ingénue, the artist seemed more penetrating than patina. Now as a woman, she imbues her material with experience as well as sincerity. All the songs in this album are filtered through a single, persuasive, vocal sensibility. […]
Review: Melissa Errico Debuts THE STREISAND EFFECT at 54 Below
Tony Award nominee returns to The Basement and New York with new show. Tony Award nominee Melissa Errico has returned to 54 Below this week with her latest erudite entertainment, a musical cabaret centering around Barbra Streisand, appropriately titled THE STREISAND EFFECT. The Streisand Effect, Ms. Errico explains, is an internet term referring to a […]
From Capri to Copenhagen: Melissa Errico’s Dreamscape of Love and Longing
On August 31st, the Southampton Arts Center became a haven of melody, memory, and midsummer reflection as Melissa Errico unveiled her newest concert program, I Can Dream, Can’t I? — Songs of Love, Longing & Summertime. Accompanied by the impeccable jazz pianist Tedd Firth, Errico wove a spellbinding evening that balanced sophistication with intimacy, offering a glimpse […]
Review: Sondheim in the City: Melissa Errico – Cadogan Hall
Sondheim in the City: Melissa Errico at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For more than two and a half hours, multi-talented New York songstress Melissa Errico enchanted, enthralled and captivated an almost-full Cadogan Hall while bravely concealing her concern over two frail parents who couldn’t be at her London concert debut. […]
Princeton Festival Presents “Sondheim In the City with Melissa Errico”; Broadway Star Delivers Exquisite Performances, Fascinating Stories
By Donald H. Sanborn III Princeton Festival has presented “Sondheim In the City with Melissa Errico.” As the title suggests, the stage and film star performed a program of songs — the majority of which comment on life in New York City — by Stephen Sondheim. The concert, which took place June 8 at 4 […]
The Story of Rose Brings the Past to the Present
It’s always a pleasure to see a new production in the DMV. They are far and few as far as I am concerned. But, to see one conceived, written, and performed by one of Broadway’s finest, and she brings it for its world premiere in Alexandria, then you know you are in for a treat. […]
The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on The Great War
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 […]
A Ziegfeld Girl Recalls the Forgotten War
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 […]
Review: Melissa Errico A Valentine Fantasy In I CAN DREAM, CAN’T I? at Birdland Theater
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 […]