‘Sondheim in the City’ in The New York Times
“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 Errico’s Manhattan Valentine Set Hearts Aflutter
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. […]
Melissa Errico conjures back “old” New York glamour with her love letter to the city (and Sondheim)
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.
Sondheim and New York City: Melissa Errico Gets Both
“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 […]
Album Review: Melissa Errico, Stephen Sondheim, and The City Make For One Great Album
“But let’s be honest, here: Melissa Errico always does it just right. And I’d like to leave some surprises for the listener, so I’m not going to analyze every song, not going to opine on every track, I’m simply going to confine myself to saying that producer Rob Mathes and Concord Theatricals have a triumph […]
Album Review: Sondheim in the City
“The CD reflects both [Sondheim’s] and Errico’s New York. Eschewing Broadway arrangements, Errico and music director Tedd Firth chose jazz as a fresh way to present this material with flash eliminated, bounce minimized, volume restrained, and melodies embroidered. Errico’s warmth and maturity are pervasive. Her lyric interpretation of the lyrics comes from experience. Songs that […]
Review: White Christmas and Other Colors
Making her debut at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), Melissa Errico kicked off her cabaret wearing a long red gown and singing Barbra Streisand’s arrangement of “Jingle Bells.” Her music director/pianist was none other than Randy Waldman. Having served as Streisand’s pianist/conductor since 1984, he knows her arrangement. He has also worked with other major […]
The Life and Loves of a Broadway Baby: Melissa Errico – Crazy Coqs
The Life and Loves of a Broadway Baby: Melissa Errico at the Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Don’t you just hate it when you can’t find anything to criticise? Fair enough, there was the odd moment when things went slightly off-script but nothing fazes Melissa Errico, the Broadway Baby who can […]
Review: Melissa Errico – Terminal Ingénue
“This entertaining show features ingénue anthems from pieces in which she’s appeared and jazz influenced turns for which she has a penchant. This is an accomplished actress/vocalist who uses both sides of her brain.”
Review: Melissa Errico, Terminal Ingénue
“Decked out informally in jeans and a white cotton blouse, the show was aimed at intimacy. With candor and humor, Errico dropped a certain amount of stage glamor for the personal approach of sharing her story with characteristic intelligence and supreme self-confidence, plus wit and humor (speaking of her appearing au natural on stage, she […]
Review: Melissa Errico The Ultimate Enchantress In Terminal Ingenue at The Green Room 42
“Boldly, beautifully, and brazenly Melissa Errico wraps herself into each moment, every monological utterance, and all the musical interpretation to be found in these works by Cole Porter, Lerner & Loewe, Lerner & Lane, Rodgers, Hammerstein, The Shermans, Misters Sondheim and Legrand, and more…a lot of things make a Melissa Errico show exciting – the […]
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 […]