Dutch Treat Club Opens Its Season With the Gilded Age & Melissa Errico

Club President KT Sullivan & Entertainment Chairman Raissa Katona Bennett host the evening.

KT Sullivan, the newly installed president of the Dutch Treat Club (KT first became president in 2005 but stepped down in 2012 when she became the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Artistic Director) and club Entertainment Chairman Raissa Katona Bennett, hosted the Dutch Club’s Gilded Age Dinner last night (October 7, 2025) at the club’s abode at The 3 West Club on 51st Street in Manhattan.

Tony-nominated actress, recording artist, and writer Melissa Errico performed a mini-concert of her “The Story Of A Rose,” a musical play which relates the story of World War I. “The Story Of A Rose” was created for The Doughboy Foundation, which is the organization that runs the WWI Memorial in Washington, DC.

Phillip James Dodd, Architect, best-selling author and expert on the architecture of The Gilded Age, gave a fascinating presentation exploring “The Mansions of The Gilded Age”.

Next up on the Dutch Treat Club’s schedule on October 14th is speaker KT Sullivan, entertainer Natalie Douglas and teen winners. See photos from last night below, and learn more about the Dutch Treat Club here.

Raissa Katona Bennett, Melissa Errico, KT Sullivan, Phillip James Dodd.

About Melissa Errico

Tony-nominated actress, recording artist, and writer Melissa Errico has been hailed as “a unique force in the life of the New York theater.” Known for Broadway roles in Amour, My Fair Lady, Les Misérables, and more, she’s also earned acclaim for her solo concerts, with Opera News calling her “The Maria Callas of American musical theater.” Her albums, including Sondheim Sublime and Sondheim in the City, have garnered rave reviews, and she is currently preparing her next release, I Can Dream, Can’t I, for Winter 2025. Recent performances include portraying Zelda Fitzgerald, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, and Eleanor of Aquitaine in new works created for her. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Melissa tours internationally, bringing her singular blend of intelligence, humor, and vocal brilliance to stages from Carnegie Hall to Paris and London.  She recently starred in The Doughboy Foundation’s The Story of A Rose.

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