Michael Ingersoll
Michael Ingersoll is an all-around entertainer with experience as a producer, actor, writer, and touring recording artist. He makes his theatrical directing debut with Jersey Boys. Ingersoll is the Executive Producer of Artists Lounge Live, a Chicago-based production company creating and presenting concerts nationwide. He co-founded the company with wife Angela Ingersoll. As an actor, Ingersoll won acclaim starring as Nick Massi of the Four Seasons in Jersey Boys, originating the Broadway Tour casts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Following his 1300-performance tenure in Jersey Boys, he created retro-rock vocal group Under the Streetlamp. Ingersoll toured internationally with the quartet, starring in four PBS concert specials and recording five albums. Other television appearances include The Tonight Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Primetime Emmy Awards, PBS’ Capitol Fourth, Access Hollywood, Chicago Fire, and The Beast; as well as co-producing four Under the Streetlamp PBS specials and executive producing the Emmy-nominated Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland. Film: Walk the Line (Donzil). Other theatre: tick, tick…BOOM! (Jonathan Larson, Jeff nomination), Of Mice and Men (George, Ostrander nomination), Floyd Collins (Floyd, Ostrander nomination), and Bat Boy: The Musical (Bat Boy, Ostrander nomination). Other recordings: Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas produced by Bob Gaudio. Other concerts: Southern Nights: Michael Ingersoll Sings Glen Campbell, Happy Together: Michael and Angela Ingersoll, Jingle Bell Rock, and Lean On Me: The Brotherhood of Roll ‘n Roll. Ingersoll dedicates this show to the memory of his friend Joey Siravo. artistsloungelive.com