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Tony-nominated Broadway actress and singer Melissa Errico embodies her Aunt Rose in 'The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on the Great War'

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On this episode of The Art of the Story, Tony-nominated Broadway actress and singer Melissa Errico talks her Aunt Rose and her upcoming show The Story of a Rose: A Musical Reverie on the Great War.

Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer and writer Melissa Errico performs at special concert in Alexandria, VA on May 7. Aunt Rose is pictured in the top left of the poster.
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Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer and writer Melissa Errico performs at special concert in Alexandria, VA on May 7. Aunt Rose is pictured in the top left of the poster.

The May 7 show at the Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, VA, is presented by the Gary Sinise Foundation and produced by The Doughboy Foundation.

The event is is a moving tribute to love and sacrific as Errico embodies her Aunt Rose, a Ziegfeld Follies dancer and an Italian immigrant living through World War I.

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Melissa Errico

During the show, Errico will performs songs that were popular from World War I and others that have special meaning to her.

You can SEE Doug Doyle's entire interview with Melissa Errico here.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.