PBS PREVIEW

[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

PBS Scheduling Update

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

Under the Streetlamp

Under the Streetlamp

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

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

Michael Ingersoll, Under the Streetlamp
 
 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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LA Ovation Awards

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

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’

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