Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll sings Judy Garland
April 11, 2023
11:00 a.m. - $30
In an Emmy-nominated performance seen on PBS, acclaimed actress Angela Ingersoll celebrates Judy Garland in concert. Backed by a dynamite band, Ingersoll delivers virtuosic vocals, passionate storytelling, humor, and heart. She also starred as Garland in End of the Rainbow, winning Chicago's Jeff Award and LA Times Woman of the Year in Theatre. Chicago Sun-Times exclaims, “Phenomenal. Judy Garland's been reborn.” Classic songs include "Get Happy," "The Trolley Song," "The Man That Got Away,” and "Over the Rainbow."
Presented by Artists Lounge Live
This performance is sponsored by Chicago Dough, Richton Park
About Angela Ingersoll
Los Angeles Times cheers, “Ingersoll has incandescent star power.” Angela Ingersoll is an award-winning actress, singer, comedienne, writer, director, and producer. Ingersoll received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland on PBS, which tours live in concert nationwide. She also won acclaim starring as Judy Garland in multiple productions of End of the Rainbow, receiving Chicago's Jeff Award, a Broadway World Award, and Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in Theatre. Attracting the attention of Garland’s family, Ingersoll collaborated onstage with Joey Luft and was dubbed by critics "the heiress apparent to the Garland legacy." Other theatre credits nationwide include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Hedy LaRue, Jeff nomination), South Pacific (Nellie Forbush), Carousel (Julie Jordan), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Belle, Ostrander Award), Man of La Mancha (Aldonza, Ostrander nomination), The Secret Garden (Martha, Jeff nomination), Jekyll and Hyde (Lucy, Ostrander Award), The Mistress Cycle (Anais Nin, Jeff nomination), Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit, Ostrander nomination), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth, Ostrander Award), Richard III (Lady Anne), The 39 Steps (The Woman), The Philadelphia Story (Tracy), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), and The Second City. Other television: Chicago PD (Annie), and appearing in commercials as the jingle-singing spokesperson for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. Other concerts: The 12 Dames of Christmas and Happy Together: Michael and Angela Ingersoll. Ingersoll is the Artistic Director of Chicago-based production company Artists Lounge Live, which she co-founded with her husband Michael Ingersoll. angelaingersoll.com
Read more about Angela Ingersoll sings Judy Garland at https://artistsloungelive.com/get-happy-angela-ingersoll-sings-judy-garland/
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.