By Sandi Durell . . .
I should actually begin this with – how lucky can the theater and cabaret community get having the lovely, talented Melissa Errico in our midst as she reaches new heights!
Melissa Errico has had a spectacular summer, kicking off with sold out concerts in Paris (including a national roadcast with Radio France), opening for George Benson at the Montreal Jazz Festival, followed by sold out concerts in London, Provincetown with Seth Rudetsky, and The Hamptons with Stephen Schwartz. These concerts come ahead of the early 2024 release of her highly anticipated new Sondheim album Sondheim In The City, a follow up to her acclaimed 2018 album Sondheim Sublime. She will offer a preview of some of the album/songs in her upcoming Nov 1-4 concerts at 54 Below.org
In her new show, Broadway Baby- From Manhasset to Manhattan & Beyond, Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady, High Society, Dracula, White Christmas) sets her own life to the Broadway songs that she has sung and owned — and offers both a sensational set of beloved standards and a series of witty and sometimes wicked stories about an ingenue’s life passed on the Great White Way. Rapidly becoming as well-known a New York Times author as an actress, Melissa combines her two gifts to offer a show that is full of fierce song and funny stories too, making the evening, as one critic has said, like experiencing the “Nora Ephron rom-com version of Sex In the City.” A sexy, sublime study of American songs, ranging from Cole Porter to Harold Arlen, Lerner & Loewe to Taylor Swift…with a substantial peek at Melissa’s upcoming Sondheim album, Sondheim In The City, due in early 2024 with songs like “Everybody Says Don’t,” “Take Me To The World,” and “Being Alive.”
