Broadway star Melissa Errico is planning to light the fuse on her Independence Day weekend concert Broadway Firecracker July 3 at Birdland Jazz in New York.
The 7 PM concert will feature “sexy and heartfelt songs of Hollywood & Broadway in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s,’’ notably songs originally made famous by Doris Day, Peggy Lee, and Judy Garland, a setlist inspired by her recent concerts with Michael Feinstein, including her Carnegie Hall debut. Material will include “Friendly Star,” “Blue Room,” “Over the Rainbow,” and “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”
Errico has been nominated for five Drama Desk Awards (for her performances in My Fair Lady, The Importance of Being Earnest, High Society, Amour, Candida, and Passion), and one Tony Award (Amour).
Her Birdland show will be directed by Scott Barnes, with musical direction by Tedd Firth.
Tickets cost $40 (plus a $10 food/drink minimum) and can be ordered at BirdlandJazz.com.
Also upcoming for Errico:
* Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim at Feinstein’s/54 Below in Ne York on June 3 at 7 PM. Click here for details.
* Irish Rep. Gala on June 13 at Town Hall in New York. Click here for details.
* Two concerts in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with Seth Rudetsky on July 28 & 29. Click here for details.
Errico was a special guest performer on Playbill’s Broadway on the High Seas cruise to the Caribbean. Cabins are available for Playbill’s Rhine River cruise in August 2017, featuring Seth Rudetsky, Andréa Burns, Faith Prince, Terrence Mann, Charlotte d’Amboise, and Santino Fontana. Playbill Travel is now also booking Broadway on the Danube River for November 2017, with Carmen Cusack, Christopher Fitzgerald, Marc Kudisch, Julia Murney, Christopher Sieber, Brandon Uranowitz, and Rudetsky, as well as other exciting talent to be announced. Visit PlaybillTravel.com for booking and information.
