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 […]
Review: The New York Pops Bust Out Some Broadway With BROADWAY BLOCKBUSTERS at Carnegie Hall
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 […]
Review: Melissa Errico & Billy Stritch Are So Cool Down In the Basement Giving Us SWING LESSONS At 54 Below
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 […]
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 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 […]
Talkin’ Broadway Out of the Dark Review
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 – Crazy Coqs
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 […]
JazzTimes Review: Out of the Dark: The Film Noir Project
A review of the vocalist’s album inspired by film noir Melissa Errico isn’t a jazz singer, but for the past two decades she was the vocalist of choice for Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim, collaborating with both composers on various recordings, projects, and stage productions. She knows her way around a lyric. Her new album Out […]
Review: The Cabaret Circuit Embraces Movie Night
The title of Errico’s album, and evening, is a homage to her favorite film noir, 1947’s Out of the Past. “It’s a great movie with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas,” she says. “They’re both in love with her, and she’s a wicked woman.” It ends badly. Not for nothing is it a noir. “That is the […]
WSJ Review: Music for Moody Mysteries
‘Out of the Dark—The Film Noir Project’ by Melissa Errico Review: Music for Moody Mysteries The singer releases a collection of songs inspired by the noir concept: melancholy, bittersweet tales of isolation and loneliness, beauty and betrayal When most of us think of film noir, the soundtrack we hear in our heads is sultry torch […]
Cabaret Scenes Review: “Out of the Dark”
Reviewed by Ron Forman As a huge fan of the film noir genre and a long-time fan of Melissa Errico, I must say that her new show celebrating the release of her new recording Out of the Dark at Feinstein’s/54 Below was a must-see. Dressed in a sexy black-sequined gown with hair coiffed à la the femmes […]