Melissa Errico debuts “Light A Light” with Andy Ezrin
December 30, 2024 @ 54 Below NYC
Performance premier of new holiday song “Light a Light”
Music by Andy Ezrin; lyrics by Adam Gopnik
“Melissa strings together a mixture of holiday favorites and Broadway classics recast as holiday songs, plus a few off the beaten path, all while singing to perfection and charming the crowd with that signature Melissa Errico smile.”
BWW
“When you see this sassy songstress in this kind of intimate setting you get the full package. She’s a great singer, she’s a wonderful storyteller, and she puts her whole body into every lyric line that may require just a bit more “oomph.” Insouciant and spontaneous, spreading joy at a time of year when it’s often expected, but rarely delivered, Melissa Errico is the embodiment of holiday cheer.”
THEATER PIZZAZZ
“Errico was perfectly at home at 54 Below, “Broadway’s living room.” She started the show literally wearing a pair of green plaid pajamas, complete with sparkly dangly earrings, celebrating the fact that Christmas was over and we could all relax and sleep in now. Her engagement with the crowd felt completely organic. At one point, while she was singing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” some silverware clattered in the back. She finished the verse she was on and ad-libbed, “Sounds like home,” drawing uproarious laughter from the audience. "
BWW
“The show perfectly captures that cocktail of conflicting emotions we all feel in the final days of the year — and this year seemingly more than ever. After “Small World,” her toast to the revival of “Gypsy,” and what is still the world’s no. 1 New Year’s song, Frank Loesser’s “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?,” she ends on an optimistic note with “The Best is Yet to Come,” brilliantly nailing the mixed mood of trepidation and hopefulness that most of us are experiencing as we transition into whatever 2025 is likely to bring.”
Will Friedwald (The Sun, Wall Street Journal)
Light A Light Lyrics
Ezrin/Gopnik
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Light a light
It’s Christmas time
Joy can bring a tear
Why do we need a light at Christmas time—
December is the darkest time of year.
So light up the room and mark the holiday
Anyway that you choose
For well, you know –
The joy that we celebrate
Is light in the darkness
Bright in the Room
Strike a match and match my mood
The smallest light will do
For what are we hoping for at Christmas time?
Just to feel the light we love renewed
Ev’ry child falls asleep
Dreaming of the tree
Ev’ry child wakes at dawn
That child is you and me
So Light a light at Christmas time
Let it bring a tear
For why are we happiest at Christmastime
It’s then we know
The light is Love and that’s what we renew.
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