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. […]

Broadway Star Melissa Errico Will Present “The Story Of A Rose: A Musical Reverie On The Great War” A Scintillating Evening Of Song And Story At The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall 

Interview with Melissa ErricoBy Jordan WrightApril 18, 2025 The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on The Great War will star Melissa Errico in a world premiere performance on May 7th for one night only at Alexandria, Virginia’s Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center. In a unique mix of song and speech of the period, Errico […]

Tony Award-Nominee Melissa Errico’s musical on war & family Comes to DC May 7

Tony Award®-nominated Broadway actress, singer and author Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady, Dracula, Les Misérables) will take the stage at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center (located on NOVA’s Alexandria Campus) on May 7, with her mesmerizing new musical presentation, The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on The Great War […]

Errico on reading ‘letters only, real words real people wrote’

In the days of digitized indifference and superficial screens, it remains no mystery why the handwritten note is the unrivaled message of the heart. From an impulse to say more than we can speak, we take to the pen, and with equally desperate measure we grasp for a blank page—a finely-crafted card or the back […]

‘The Letter Series’ at Irish Rep

Irish Repertory Theatre will present The Letters Series, featuring Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty & George Bernard Shaw, directed by Charlotte Moore (A Child’s Christmas in Wales) and starring Tony Award nominee Melissa Errico and David Staller; and Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly (Endgame), starring Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick and […]

Melissa Errico Reflects on Finding the Music in a Turbulent Year

From Covid quarantining to Inauguration Day, Errico discusses music’s promise of hope. The past year has been full of shocks — philosophical, practical, fundamental — and perhaps the one that stalled me into a state of frozen disbelief was the idea that singing — the central act of my life — was now toxic. The […]

Essay: on Happiness and Yip Harburg

In this essay, Errico reflects on Harburg’s legacy as she celebrates the release of the new single “Happiness is Just A Thing Called Joe,” a collaboration with pianist Lara Downes I consider myself an acolyte in the church of Yip. By Yip, of course I mean E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, one of the lyricists in The […]

Melissa to Star in “On a Clear Day…” at Irish Rep!

Irish Repertory Theatre will present a new production of Lerner and Lane’s On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, starring Tony nominees Stephen Bogardus and Melissa Errico. Adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore, the production will run June 15-August 12, with opening night set for June 28. TICKETS ARE ON SALE TO MEMBERS NOW […]