Scenes from an Acting Life

More Writing by Melissa

Spring cleaning makes me think of my messy makeup drawers, or all the size 4 dresses that are sitting there and probably never going to fit again. Time to clean a little, make space for the new. Important no
Broadway people spend most of their lives as people not on Broadway. A minority of actors make it to New York’s biggest stage, and a further minority of those who do are there now. One need only to have
How I juggled motherhood with a dream role in a special musical. My kids regularly see me get ready for auditions, dressing up like a lawyer or the Queen of England, only to come home later and say I
The ingénue police are at my door. Is this Melissa Errico? The actress? Do you understand that Sharon in “Finian’s Rainbow” should be around 27 years old? Would you please come with us? Then I wake up. Sleeping actors
Melissa journaled her experience as part of the group of Broadway alums who came together to perform “What the World Needs Now” at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Saturday, July 16th          It was the very middle day of