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ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
Selected reviews:

"Suddenly, an overnight sensation. A star is born."
— by Peter Marks
New York Times

"As the love goddess who fell to the earth, Melissa Errico, is, in a word, divine. An improbably combination of Olympian poise and a caressing, zephyr-like lightness, this young actress cuts straight to the paradoxical essence of the title character: sexuality without carnality. She is a living recruiting poster for paganismŠ. The lithe-bodied Ms. Errico brings her own inviolable purity to the part: her movements suggest classical freizes, and she sings with an unwavering trueness to melody line that makes the embellishments cabaret singers bring to the same material sound vulgar. In another age, Ms.Errico's performance would have brought Broadway to its knees with offers of long-term contracts....When Ms. Errico's Venus is asked her occupation, she answers simply, "Delightful." Indeed. It¹s a mighty precious resource, that vocation. It seems criminal to let it go untapped."
— by Ben Brantley
The New York Times

"Melissa Errico has been blessed with every attribute a grand dame of Broadway requires‹star power, voice, looks, ability, personality, technique. The aprodisiac, as it were, Venus of Errico galvanizes this revival into life."
— by Clive Barnes
The New York Post

"Errico shows off her stuff - a commanding presence, droll comic delivery and a stunning bell-clear voice."
— by Aileen Jacobsen
Newsday

"Melissa Errico must be a magician as well as the loveliest, most exciting, most desirable goddess ever to appear among mortals. When she sang, "That's Him," she caused the world to melt away, leaving just her and you in the moonlight. Errico's elegant moves, caressing voice and sly looks most captivated the audience. We were but poor mortals in her presence."
— by David Rosenberg
BACKSTAGE

"Melissa Errico sings incandescently. Kurt Weill's One Touch of Venus would have been worth reviving if only for Ms. Errico's marvelous performance as the Greek statue who comes to life in 1943 America."
— by Howard Kissel
The Daily News