Track List Announced for Melissa Errico's WHAT ABOUT TODAY? Live Album

By: Sep. 30, 2015
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Broadway Records has announced that the newest addition to its Live at 54 BELOW series, "Melissa Errico: What About Today? - Live at 54 BELOW" will be released on October 16th, 2015. The album is now available for pre-order at http://www.broadwayrecords.com.

This 15-song collection includes 11 tracks, which Melissa has never recorded before including the strong title track by David Shire and an alluring dash of Bacharach ("The April Fools") to accent her fluent performances of a pair of Michel Legrand classics. Time-traveling back to her 1993 starring role as Broadway's Eliza Doolittle, fans finally get a recorded version of "Show Me" from Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady along with her favorite song from Frank Wildhorn's Dracula, The Musical, which was also never recorded. There is a generous sprinkling of Sondheim that is guaranteed to satisfy his legion of fans as well as Errico's devotees: a comedic & vocal tour de force with "Getting Married Today," a sweetly jazzy "Small World" & a bewitching rendition of "No More" from Into The Woods which, in Errico's soulful and philosophical voice becomes a life lesson of it's own. Errico also takes the roof off the nightclub with "Meadowlark," "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (her tribute to Eydie Gormé) and some unexpected disco!

Of her work at 54, Melissa has said "I never had so much fun with an audience in my life. I was so happy to have a second run there, and this was the most dynamic set list I have ever sung thanks to my wonderful director and the band of a lifetime. I juggled some big songs in some high heels that week! I also lost an earring one night and spent a good deal of time crawling around on my knees trying to find it and giggling with the crowd. We aren't able to capture that exactly, but everything else is pretty much there! It was a musical party, and I hope people will enjoy. I am so grateful to Broadway Records and Van Dean for including me in their incredible series."

Melissa Errico, Tony Award® nominee, has starred on Broadway, on network television and film and is an accomplished recording artist and musical concert performer. In January 2016, she will be seen as the character 'June' on Showtime's highly-anticipated new drama Billions starring Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti. Last season, Melissa played the recurring role of 'Catherine' on Stephen Soderbergh show The Knick for Cinemax, and had guest arcs on Blue Bloods and The Good Wife. Her Broadway credits include starring roles in My Fair Lady, Dracula, White Christmas, High Society, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina and Amour for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Tony Award®. She starred in Stephen Sondheim's Passion and his Sunday In The Park With George. She has released three studio albums: Blue Like That (EMI Records) produced by Arif Mardin, Legrand Affair (Ghostlight) produced by Phil Ramone, and Lullabies and Wildflowers (VMG/Universal Records) produced by Rob Mathes; and a recent 3-song digital single More Lullabies & Wildflowers to benefit her charity. Melissa will debut "Sing The Silence", a new one-woman autobiographical show at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater (co-written with Adam Gopnik, staff writer and editor at The New Yorker Magazine) on November 18th & 19th at 7pm. Through everything, she stays devoted to her loving family including her husband, tennis player Patrick McEnroe, their three young daughters, and one Yorkie!

Track List:

1. "Why are actors so nuts?"

2. What About Today?

3. "Do you like this hair flip?"

4. The Summer Knows

5. "Those were seals..."

6. The April Fools

7. "Let's stay at the movies a little longer..."

8. His Eyes, Her Eyes

9. "How 'bout we do a little Broadway?"

10. It's An Art

11. "One perfect storm of a song..."

12. Meadowlark

13. "Where does that leave us?"

14. Getting Married Today

15. "Time to regroup..."

16. No More

17. "It doesn't get better than this..."

18. Small World

19. Show Me

20. The Heart Is Slow To Learn

21. "I got the idea to write this..."

22. Gentle Child

23. "I am really bananas about Eydie Gormé..."

24. What Did I Have That I Don't Have?

25. Last Dance

26. "I'm like Cher in Moonstruck!"

27. How Are Things In Glocca Morra?


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