By David Gordon, Managing Editor

Broadway stars Melissa Errico and Malcolm Gets took to the stage of the Tilles Center Friday night in a concert entitled “His Eyes, Her Eyes.” And boy was it delightful.

Friends since their days at Yale, Errico and Gets have shared the stage on and off Broadway, most notably in the short-lived Michel Legrand musical “Amour.” Their chemistry was well-apparent through their rapport and eagerness to play cheerleader for one another.

The program contained romantic hits from the songbooks of Legrand, Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen, with a few of their signature numbers, like Peter Mills’ “Way Ahead of My Time (a.k.a. The Caveman Song).” Errico, who returned to Broadway late last year in Berlin’s “White Christmas” and is currently in rehearsals for the Bernard Shaw play “Candida” at the Irish Repertory Theater, wrapped her creamy soprano around Cole Porter’s “So in Love” from “Kiss Me, Kate,” while Gets impressed with his considerable piano skills while their accompanist took a break. Other highlights included a duet of “Blue Skies” and “It’s a Lovely Day Today.”

Two particular delights were selections from Burton Lane and Yip Harburg’s “Finian’s Rainbow,” in which they costarred (he as the leprechaun Og, she as Sharon McLonergan) at the Irish Rep some years ago. Their “Something Sort of Grandish” was a comic delight and her encore, an unplugged rendition of “How are Things in Glocca Morra?” was a perfect cap to an utterly wonderful performance. 

Malcolm Gets and Melissa Errico (Photo courtesy of Zoe Adlersberg)