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2nd PBS Special in Rehearsal

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[youtube]http://youtu.be/zheqgpwNgpE[/youtube] The Under the Streetlamp crew is in the final stages of rehearsal for its upcoming Sept. 7 taping for a PBS special at Chicagoland’s Star Plaza Theatre.

Concert camaraderie: Streetlamp promises fresh mix of musical fun for 2nd PBS concert taping

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NWI TIMES: Entertainer Michael Cunio promises audiences a party at every performance of Under the Streetlamp, the skyrocketed foursome of talented young singers introduced as new stage faces just two years ago. “Fans already know what to expect, and can count on a mix of favorite songs they know and love,” Cunio explained last week during a break in rehearsals at Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, where he will perform Saturday with his three crooning counterparts before television cameras and plenty of applause. “Add to the experience fresh musical numbers and some surprises and it’s like a party where everyone is invited.”

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Michael & Angela Ingersoll

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METROPOLIS INSIDER: Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is proud to welcome home our favorite Jersey Boy Michael Ingersoll, along with his adorable wife Angela. The pair are set to serenade MPAC audiences Saturday, June 22, with their hilarious and heartwarming concert My Baby Just Cares For Me. In anticipation of the big night, we caught up with Michaelangela (can we call them by their celebrity couple name?) at home in Los Angeles to collect some juicy facts you may not know.

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“Here We Come a Wassailing”

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGIT9uBJZIM[/youtube] Under The Streetlamp, the four recent cast members of Jersey Boys, bring Santa Claus back to town. Our Christmas album, “Every Day’s A Holiday” is available for purchase on http://underthestreetlamp.com

Hollywood 360

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The Ingersolls have a heartwarming chat with lovely Lisa Wolf on the Hollywood 360 Radio Show. [jwplayer config=”Video Feed” mediaid=”880″]

Married musical theater standouts team up for local benefit

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Daily Herald talks with Michael and Angela Ingersoll

Stepping onto the Northlight Theatre stage Monday evening marks a reunion of sorts for married musical theater veterans Michael and Angela Ingersoll, who bring their cabaret revue “My Baby Just Cares for Me” to the Skokie theater Monday for the first of two benefit shows. The couple, who met onstage 11 years ago at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, last worked together in the 2006 revival of the musical revue “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights.

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My Baby Just Cares For Me

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The wife and I are putting together a shindig at Northlight. From the Broadway World Press Release:

Monday, October 1 and Tuesday, October 2 at 8:00pm at Northlight Theatre

Sparks fly as irresistible husband and wife duo Michael and Angela Ingersoll share the spotlight for a scintillating night of classic pop favorites. He’s the affable crooner from Jersey Boys and the PBS vocal group sensation Under the Streetlamp. She’s the vivacious starlet from The Second City Hollywood with two Jeff Award nods. Together the playful pair woos audiences with all the candor and chemistry of a modern day George and Gracie. Their hilarious, heartwarming soiree features unforgettable hits from The Drifters, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Sam Cooke, Lesley Gore, Bobby Darrin, The Jackson Five, Judy Garland, and many more. It’s love in concert, live in concert.

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Q&A with Under the Streetlamp’s Michael Ingersoll

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Cincinnati’s CityBeat gets the scoop on Ohio native’s success

Under the Streetlamp is a new act storming the nation that presents audiences with a vocal performance spotlighting what they call the “American Radio Songbook.” The ensemble took its classic approach and turned it into a full production that has been drawing packed houses all over. Under the Streetlamp is currently barnstorming across the country on the heels of its PBS special and debut self-titled album, which showcases UtS’s strong Doo-Wop/Pop/Motown/Rock & Roll-oldies sound.

CityBeat recently spoke with one of the vocalists, Michael Ingersoll, of Jersey Boys fame, and discussed the rise and evolution of the group as well as where the sights are set for the future…

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Take Aim: Under the Streetlamp’s Michael Ingersoll vs. Amy Sciarretto

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ArtistDirect: “Anyone who admits to singing Garth Brooks in the shower is cool by us.” Under the Streetlamp’s Michael Ingersoll was tough enough to withstand an interrogation with Amy Sciarretto. He’s talented and fun to chat with, and very candid and informative.These questions didn’t intimidate him; he housed these bitches, from back to front. He was a class act, … Read more

UNDER THE STREETLAMP Commands The Stage in Style

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Broadway World Review by Jeffrey Ellis

While seated at TPAC’s James K. Polk Theatre Thursday night, I was struck by a sudden realization: If Matthew Weiner, the creator/executive producer/grand poobah of Mad Men, needs some inspiration, or if perhaps he needs a special musical guest for his particular period-piece of a television juggernaut, he need look no further than the four men who make up Under the Streetlamp, the singing group that is currently taking the USA by storm in their first national tour. With exceptional style and remarkable confidence, their act goes down as smoothly as a perfectly dry martini served up in the glamorous nightclub of your nostalgia-fueled dreams.

Oozing charm and brimming over with sex appeal and an overabundance of stage presence, Under the Streetlamp—the quartet (Michael Ingersoll, Michael Cunio, Shonn Wiley and Christopher Kale Jones) that somehow manages to capture the sounds of multiple generations in their polished act, one that has delighted PBS pledge drive supporters for some time now—took to the stage of the Polk Theatre for a concert of pop music standards, a tuneful blend they quite appropriately call “The American Radio Songbook.”

Clad in impeccably tailored suits, the four men look for all the world as if they have just stepped off a Mad Men soundstage, calling to mind the final scenes of the television series’ season five finale (which aired only four nights earlier). Much like Don Draper striding purposefully off a soundstage, the men of Under the Streetlamp strode onto the Polk Theatre stage, proceeding to give a performance that resulted in multiple standing ovations—a tricky, if altogether deserved, trifecta of appreciation—and the kind of respect Nashville audiences give only to the extremely talented. With smooth sophistication, an easy wit and the kind of rapport some performers can only dream about, Under the Streetlamp delivered the musical goods and then some.

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Streetlamp Brings Style, Class, & The American Radio Songbook

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Broadway World talks with Streetlamp’s Michael Ingersoll and  Michael Cunio

Timing just seems right for the four men who make up Under the Streetlamp—the quartet that’s taking American stages by storm this summer—to share their mantra that “retro never sounded so now!” with the legions of fans of “The American Radio Songbook of the ‘50’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s” while bringing a whole new audience over to their side of the musical dial.

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Harmony, hard-times, and a little help from their friends.

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Chicago Sun-Times talks with the Michaels, Cunio & Ingersoll

Talk to members of the quartet known as Under the Streetlamp, and invariably the guys will refer to their success as nothing short of a dream coming true. That might be over-simplifying the journey that Michael Ingersoll, Michael Cunio, Christopher Kale Jones and Shonn Wiley took to get to this point in their careers — and their lives. But arrived they have, playing to sold-out crowds, starring in their first national PBS special, and, oh yes, then there’s that first national tour they’re kicking off May 12 at the Park West, in addition to the release of their debut DVD and CD.

And on one level, they have Chicago to thank for all of it.

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Under the Streetlamp Basks in Retro Sunlight

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(Reuters) – One Direction, who? The Wanted, what? Their music is kids’ stuff. As a new wave of boy bands floods the market, there is one quartet winning fans with a modern twist on a retro sound they call “Amercan Radio Songbook.”

Under The Streetlamp steers clear of top 40 songs in favor of classic Motown hits, good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll, doo-wop and a Beatles tune or pop number thrown in for fun.

Its members, Michael Cunio, Shonn Wiley, Michael Ingersoll and Christopher Kale Jones, are all veterans of the stage, having starred in various productions of Broadway hit “Jersey Boys,” a musical history of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

“We’re a ‘man band,'” Cunio told Reuters, with a laugh, drawing a contrast between pop sensations like One Direction and The Wanted with their screaming teenage fans and Under the Streetlamp, which relishes in bringing new life to classic hits.

“The generation that came before us grew up listening to this music and passed it along to us, and now we are stewards of this music to the next generation,” said Cunio.

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Under the Streetlamp on Access Hollywood Live

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Thanks for tuning in to Access Hollywood Live! If you love the music of the American Radio Songbook as much as we do, and want more Under the Streetlamp, get your CD and DVD today! Our music is currently available exclusively through PBS. You can make a difference by making a pledge to your PBS … Read more

Keeping It Real with Tony Bennett

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If you’re like us, you love the world of art and entertainment showcased on PBS’s Great Performances. Friends, we cannot recommend this week’s new episode highly enough! Check your local listings to catch an extraordinary documentary on the making of Tony Bennett’s Duet’s II album. The legendary Mr. Bennett elegantly continues to bring generations together with great music, and there’s no end in sight. He doesn’t believe in retiring. Not if you get to do what you love.

Streetlamp’s own Michael Ingersoll enjoyed the awesome privilege of meeting Tony Bennett just a few years ago. Both gentlemen appeared as musical guests on the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards. Mr. Bennett, who was honored that night with an Emmy for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his television special Tony Bennett: An American Classic, sang a scintillating duet with Christina Aguilera. And Mr. Ingersoll, who was then playing to sold-out houses in the San Francisco production of Jersey Boys, performed a rocking Four Seasons medley in tribute to those other Jersey boys, HBO’s The Sopranos. Ingersoll was thrilled to be surrounded by the many show-busniess luminaries the ceremony attracts. But perhaps no encounter with an admired icon was more influential than the one with Mr. Bennett.

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PBS PREVIEW

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxY_sJibrD8[/youtube] Get your first look at Under the Streetlamp, America’s hottest new vocal group, coming to you from their very first PBS Special. The quartet delivers the classic hits of the American radio songbook with the irresistible rapport of a modern day Rat Pack. Take and look and you’ll see why retro never sounded so … Read more

Streetlamp Fans Sing Praises on Ticketmaster

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As we near our PBS Broadcast premiere, we’re just bursting with anticipation. And it looks like some of you share our countdown fever! Fans are sounding-off on Ticketmaster and predicting big things for Under the Streetlamp. Barb 0809 says: “As soon as PBS airs this concert, they will be loved nationwide. These four men are so talented … Read more

PBS Scheduling Update

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Drumroll, please… We’ve just finished the post-filming technical production for the PBS special! And here’s the scoop you’ve been waiting for: Album and DVD will be released in February 2012 alongside the launch of the PBS broadcast. National tour info to follow! We wish to shout from the rooftops our sincere gratitude to the magnificent … Read more

Press: Under the Streetlamp at DeVos Hall

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Imagine a group of guys who like to sing together so much they can’t resist gathering under a streetlamp in their urban neighborhood to give an impromptu concert. That is the kind of image Michael Ingersoll had in mind when he gathered some of his “Jersey Boys” co-stars and formed his quartet, Under the Streetlamp.

“It’s evocative of the era (1950s and ’60s),” Ingersoll said. “People would be sitting on their porches and stoops because there wasn’t any air conditioning. Doo-wop was an emerging art form, a working class medium. I just liked that image.”

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Season’s Greetings-A Jersey Boys Christmas

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Michael got in the mood for the holidays a little earlier than usual this year. He was overjoyed to reunite with Jersey Boys friends and family to record vocals for the smashing new holiday collection: Seasons Greetings-A Jersey Boys Christmas. With wonderfully creative arrangements from Music Director Ron Melrose, magnificent vocal performances by Jersey Boys … Read more

Press: Speaking with Michael Ingersoll of Under the Streetlamp

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 Michael Ingersoll, Under the Streetlamp

No, it’s not the name of the latest Broadway musical.

Under the Streetlamp is a quartet of thirtysomething singer-actors who are making a big splash on the music-theater scene — including the taping of their Aug. 20 concert in Merrillville, Ind., for an upcoming PBS special. Consisting of founder-creator Michael Ingersoll, Michael Cunio, Shonn Wiley and Christopher Kale Jones, the vocal group shares a stage musical history: all have previously starred in “Jersey Boys,” here in Chicago and/or on national tours of the show. You can catch their Rat Pack-style act when they headline the Star Plaza for the aforementioned television special, or via their first DVD/CD release due later this year.

Ingersoll, who cut his acting chops in a slew of Chicago and regional theater productions, spoke to the Sun-Times about the musical group he launched nearly three years ago.

Question: What’s it like to star in your own PBS special?

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Press: Rock n’ Roll with a Philanthropic Twist

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The importance of community sharing, investing in social good, and conscience capitalism has grown in the last few years with many organizations realizing the value of giving back to their community. Following the recent economic downturn, many entrepreneurs have shifted their thoughts from what is best for “me,” to synergistic business models that work with the community and focus on what is best for “us.” A great example of this forward-thinking outreach is the philanthropic contributions of the new hit show, “Under the Streetlamp.”

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LA Ovation Awards

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Michael joined his dear friend and former Jersey Boys co-star Erich Bergen as co-presenters at the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. The pair’s wickedly funny camaraderie delighted the sold-out crowd.  Backstage, Michael was interviewed by the LA Stage Alliance before the ceremony: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhTF_sb_Rc[/youtube] And here’s Erich Bergen looking dapper, Angela Ingersoll looking vivacious, and Michael Ingersoll … Read more

One More Moondance With You

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Sparks fly as a vivacious bride and dashing groom share the spotlight! Michael and Angela Ingersoll deliver a scintillating night of classic pop favorites. They recently shared the stage for a sparking celebration at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Contact the couple for your own enchanted evening.

California Dreamin’

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It’s official! Michael has relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles and now resides in sunny Studio City with his wife, Angela Ingersoll. As satirist Stephen Colbert once advised Michael and Angela through the famished and tipsy haze of an Emmy after-party, “Chicago’s a great place to fail.” After five formative years in the Second City, the … Read more