Melissa Errico is known for her Broadway musical roles such as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and the title role in One Touch of Venus, as well as her recordings of musical theater classics, including albums of songs by Stephen Sondheim and Michel Legrand.
32 Facts About Melissa Errico
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Melissa Errico's father is an orthopedic surgeon and concert pianist.
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Melissa Errico's mother is a former teacher who now works as a sculptor.
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Melissa Errico began her professional career at 12, appearing on the syndicated children's TV series The Great Space Coaster.
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Melissa Errico took a leave of absence from Yale and performed in a tour of Les Miserables, then returned to complete a degree in art history and philosophy.
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Melissa Errico is a graduate of the British American Drama Academy's 1991 Midsummer in Oxford Programme.
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Melissa Errico played Cosette in Les Miserables on a national tour.
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Melissa Errico played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady on Broadway, opposite Richard Chamberlain and Julian Holloway, at the Virginia Theater.
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Melissa Errico co-starred opposite Tyne Daly in the New York City Center Encores production of Call Me Madam.
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In 2003 Melissa Errico returned to the role of Eliza Doolittle, alongside John Lithgow and Roger Daltrey, for a production of My Fair Lady at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; she starred there in Camelot opposite Jeremy Irons and The Sound of Music with Marni Nixon as Mother Abbess.
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Melissa Errico is the recipient of a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, and a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in One Touch of Venus.
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Melissa Errico has starred in several productions for Irish Repertory Theatre including the musical Finian's Rainbow and her Drama Desk Award-nominated performances in the plays The Importance of Being Earnest and Candida.
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At age 46, Melissa Errico returned to the ingenue role Sharon in the 2016 Irish Repertory Theatre production of Finian's Rainbow, an experience she chronicled in The New York Times; she starred in their production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever in 2018, which she wrote about in The New York Times.
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Melissa Errico has been recognized as an interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's work, with Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal calling her 2018 album Sondheim Sublime "the best all-Sondheim album ever recorded".
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Melissa Errico portrayed Alex Bartoli on Central Park West, and has had roles on episodes of Billions and The Knick.
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Melissa Errico has had roles in a number of films, including Mockingbird Don't Sing, Frequency, and Life or Something Like It.
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In 2013, Melissa Errico recorded the theme song for the movie Max Rose.
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The soundtrack features an original score by Michel Legrand, and Melissa Errico sang the main title track, "Hurry Home".
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In 2019, Melissa Errico curated a film festival for French Institute Alliance Francaise in New York City celebrating movies featuring the music of composer Michel Legrand.
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In 2021 at the height of the pandemic, The New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik and Melissa Errico curated FIAF's new CineSalon series Out of the Dark: The Mystery of Film Noir.
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Melissa Errico's recording of a song from David Shire's new musical Table was aired in April 2015 on NPR radio on The Jonathan Schwartz show for WYNC.
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Melissa Errico made her London debut in May 2008 singing in Jerry Herman's Broadway at the London Palladium.
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Melissa Errico performed at Lincoln Center for their American Songbook Series and at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Michael Feinstein.
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Melissa Errico was the sole American performer at the two-day memorial concert for Legrand in April, 2019 at Paris' Grand Rex and she performed at London's Legrand memorial concert in September, 2019 at Royal Festival Hall.
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In June 2023 Melissa Errico opened for George Benson at the Montreal International Jazz Festival at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier before a sold-out crowd of 3,000 people, singing a set of music by her mentor the late Michel Legrand.
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Melissa Errico met her husband, former tennis professional and ESPN sports commentator Patrick McEnroe, when they were in grade school together.
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Melissa Errico has penned several columns in The New York Times since 2016 providing wry and illuminating takes on the performers' life.
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Melissa Errico was a principal speaker at the Annual Broadway Blessing in 2013.
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Melissa Errico founded the Bowery Babes in 2005, and continues to serve in an advisory capacity.
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Melissa Errico performed at Merkin Concert Hall in June 2015 to support the Ali Forney Center, which assists homeless LGBT youth.
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Melissa Errico has supported the non-profit arts organization Sing For Hope and non-profit camp SAY, for children who stutter.
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Melissa Errico appeared in Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration, a fundraiser for Artists Striving To End Poverty in April 2020.