I dont know if its your intention to start every concert of this tour with that, but I hope for the audiences sake you do. Cunio: My personal opinion about all that is, theres room for everbody. Hes put on a few decades and maybe a few pounds, and he may have a bit less hair, but the way hes reacting to the music clapping and singing along hes fifteen again for that couple of hours. So many years later, that hasnt changed; what has changed is that the breadth of his talent has widened, if thats even possible. So it means were doing something right. Chris: That was actually written for us by Joanne Doherty, whos now touring with JBs second national tour, when we were in rehearsals for the special. Producer 1 Credit. (More laughter). Why are some street lights orange and some white? The members of Under the Streetlamp Michael Cunio, Michael Ingersoll, Christopher Kale Jones and Shonn Wiley have been featured on Broadway, in film and on television, and were showcased . You will typically see more of them in October which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Music that began its life on corners under streetlights will return to the stage of Mayo Civic Center when the vocal group Under the Streetlamp is back for a Riverside Live! PBS favorite and Jersey Boys star Christopher Kale Jones celebrates the dazzling versatility of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bobby Darin. For instance, the team that were working with on the tour, are our musical director Pat Williams, whos our bass player, and our pianist, Kara Kesselring, came up with an arrangement for one of the brand new tunes were doing. Latest News See All. Shonn s performing roots go way back, having started dancing at the age of five. Which is work in total collaboration with one another. Alicia Kaori, Christopher Kale Jones, and Cast of The Sound of Music From: Photos: . Why is this set of gigs being called your first tour? Cunio, for example, has the purest rock, roll, and soul voice in the group, showcased on some Aretha, some Kinks, some Isley Brothers, and some Beatles. Cunio: Just wait for it. Wardell was in the Broadway casts of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Assassins," "Good Vibrations" and "Catch Me If You Can. He said theres every reason that you could one day transition into doing that. Comment by Pamela May 25, 2012 @ 1:24 pm. His At Last is a classic and he should patent his wailings in Twist and Shout and Hey Jude. Pink porch lights are generally associated with Breast Cancer. Shonn: I do. And that goes beyond the artistic pieces how the personalities worked together, and honestly that might even be the most crucial thing, and we knew we had our guys. Chris: And to just add my two cents, I always knew I would be incredibly successful despite these three. The Four Cunios. We choreographed Sh-Boom. UNDER THE STREETLAMP is a group Chris founded with his friends in 2012. Theatre Mania raves, Jones has the audience swooning until the final curtain. Songs include Dream Lover, Mack the Knife, "Splish Splash," and Beyond the Sea., October 23, 2019. And as I continued to do this show over the next year, there were different people with me at different times, and so other cast members would go out, and new ones would come in, and Id say, Hey, I do this thing on Sundays and Mondays; do you want to do it? But when the show closed, Shonn and Cunio and I had been doing that consistently for almost a year, and thats when the camaraderie really started to build, and the consistency allowed that. Delivering harmonic versions of hit rock 'n' roll songs, Under the Streetlamp highlights the vocal prowess of, from left, Brandon Wardell, Christopher Kale Jones . A street light, light pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Shonn Wiley portrayed Bob Gaudio in the production of "Jersey Boys," the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, for more than a year. Jones tenderly recounts Darins story of a life lived in the spotlight and lost too soon. Last Name. The jumping off point for this was, that I was invited by a theater in Chicago that I had worked for before to do a solo cabaret, and I had never done it before. Even though it's 100 degrees and the calendar reads July, singer Christopher Kale Jones, and his three other performance partners in the Under the Streetlamp group, are already thinking about Itll be a surprise. When I was young Id listen to the radio, as Karen Carpenter so wistfully sang, and when I was young we didnt ask each other, Are you into rock and roll? or Do you like pop music? We would say, Do you listen to the radio? It was all about the radio. Each of these guys is an accomplished lead singer in his own right and they share and rotate leads throughout the show, but each has his own style and an area where he particularly shines. Unique light-activated membrane acts like a traffic signal for gas. Cunio: By joining this group (laughter). Kidding. Where: Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, Information: 630-896-6666; www.paramountaurora.com. I think if you make goals like that they can be detrimental. 4.7K views, 351 likes, 151 loves, 75 comments, 120 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Under The Streetlamp: "Blue Moon" has been one our favorites to hear Christopher Kale Jones sing lead on since we. Stubbs: What about longer term? As Seymour and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, my wife and I performed for President Barack and Michelle Obama at the famous Ford's Theater in Washington DC. From: Flashback: JERSEY BOYS Celebrates Seven Years on Broadway Today! But the thing we like about Under The Streetlamp is, we consider it the humblest of spotlights. We didnt have any expectation, or there was no design in place to try target a younger audience, but we found that theyre showing up, and its a really exciting thing to be witness to as we have the chance to perform again and again. Its not the lights that are actually defective. By stubbleyou, Jersey Boys Blog Special Correspondent, Our West Coast correspondent stubbleyou talks with the members of Under The Streetlamp about their origins, their first national tour, and their filmed-for-television concert that recently aired on Public Broadcasting stations across the country. Theres one show for the ears and another one for the eyes. Im now a mean, mean person. Under the Streetlamp Michael Cunio, Michael Ingersoll, Christopher Kale Jones and Shonn Wiley have been featured on Broadway, in film and television, and showcased on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Emmy Awards and The Oprah Winfrey Show during their Jersey Boys tenure. THE AMERICAN RADIO SONGBOOK "With Under the Streetlamp, the audience gets an inside look at who we are," Wiley said. Cunio: Like I said, you know the deal: we were moonlighting; this was something we did a couple times a month. Despite his looks on the website Reckless Place (someone an aging accountant wouldnt want to run across in a dark alley at night), Cunio is enormously talented. Stubbs, did you apply to Guinness to overtake War and Peace for the longest verbiage in literary history?? And because thats the case, people who truly are experts in their own avenue, we have had the grace to meet them and they have joined our project. Now this is doubly funny, not only because of the numerical mismatch but because Shonn, as the babyface of the group, looks as if hes barely ready to remove that first layer of peach fuzz. Funny thing is that his three brothers followed the same convention, so they were a houseful of Cunios. Michael: And you can see from the video of the concert that Joanne Doherty is playing piano on it, and shes now the musical director of the second national tour of JB. concert at 7:30 p.m.. Exuding the irresistible rapport of a modern day Rat Pack, Under the Streetlamp proves why retro never sounded so now! So weve been really fortunate in that way. OTHER GROUPS Youre calling it the first tour, but UTSL has been performing since January, 2010, and has done over fifty shows, according to your website. In addition, Christopher Kale Jones, a member of Under the Streetlamp since 2010, left the group at the end of last year. Shonn: the youngest of spirit, let's just put it that way. Many people considered Neil Diamond to be the fifth Monkee. One more time on everyone's favorite Television Station, PBS! You see true, unadulterated joy and enthusiasm on their faces. Not only did I love the show one friend who saw it with me the first time said he looked over at me during the show and it was as if I was injecting heroin into my arm but I was also very impressed and surprised afterwards at what a nice guy Chris was. Catch ROCKIN' AROUND THE CLOCK on your local PBS station! Were not just a doo-wop band, were not just an oldies band. The performances will be in the Blizzard Theater located in Building H on the Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Shonn Wiley. Celebrity Sighting: Robert De Niro & Chazz Palminteri at Todays Jersey Boys Broadway Matinee! I couldnt do this interview for the Jersey Boys Blog without mentioning the Midtown Men, and other groups too, like Straight No Chaser and Human Nature. Dan Ponce wrote the vocal arrangement in conjunction with us, for one of our new tunes for the tour. The collaboration makes what we do special. Ingersoll left Under the Streelamp in March 2017 to pursue producing opportunities, according to Wiley. Menu. May 24th, 2012. christopherkalejones.com / Twitter: @ChrisKaleJones / Insta: @chriskalejones, 2023 ARTISTS LOUNGE LIVEAn Entity of Ingersoll Music Company. Left to right, Brandon Wardell, Shonn Wiley, Eric Gutman and David Larsen make up Under the Streetlamp. In addition, Christopher Kale Jones, a member of Under the Streetlamp since 2010, left the group at the end of last year. I work very hard. Most commonly, red porch light is meant to raise awareness for heart health. Theyre most common in February, which is American Heart Month. Jim Gardiner is top vote-getter, likely headed to runoff with Megan Mathias, Kohls swings to surprise loss; warns on profit for year, Religion roundup: Putting sessions in Mokena, Irish music in Oak Lawn, and more, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Its not any particular song, but its beautiful, and then it breaks right into the energy of I Wonder Why (Dion and the Belmonts), Blue Moon (the Marcels version of the classic, natch), and Sh-Boom (a bit more like the Crew Cuts version than the Chords, but definitely your own). Accompanied by a band of seven elite musicians, Under the . Well travel with our rhythm section, our quartet, and well pick up horns in each city, which will be a new experience for us. UNDER THE STREETLAMP is a group Chris founded with his friends in 2012. So, while we are very proud of our product, we work very hard to make it the best it can be and hope it makes people happy, there have been some career professionals that have stepped in, and their expertise and guidance have absolutely accelerated our trajectory. Why didnt you tell him Shonn was the inpsiration for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Actually although Ive never met Shonn, I had the privilege of seeing this talented Bojangles as the real-life Jack Donahue, the lead in his Drama Desk nominated Mr. We thought, wed love some sort of just bare, a capella-ish thing to introduce everyone to who we are, and basically to say right from the beginning, this is where our brand of music started; this is where it began. This is a rare opportunity to hear the star of Jersey Boys and Under The Streetlampon PBS sing Bobby Darin's biggest hits: "Dream Lover," "Mack the Knife," "Splish Splash," and many more! Strong and smooth as ever in his chest voice, Chris is the quintessential crooner. Michael: The concept of starting with one voice, and adding another one, and introducing each member of the band was ours, but she was the one that turned that into a musical reality. Behind the Streetlamp A Conversation with Michael Ingersoll, Christopher Kale Jones, Michael Cunio, and Shonn Wiley. It was a time between World War II and when Kennedy was assassinated, when there was a lot of hope, and a sense of coolness and style, and thats not lost on us. Very personable and fun. . Randall G. Mielke is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News. Cunio: Theres one thing that we talk about when people talk about this music, and its ability to build bridges: One of the things that we joke about is, we all grew up listening to this music because it was the music we could agree to with our parents sitting in the car, you know? Movies. Apr 04, 2019 at 10:25 am. And he mentioned to me, there are people out there who are doing this right now, today, and one of the people he mentioned specifically was Michael Buble. LED lights normally have a blue / violet color. Comment by Howard May 27, 2012 @ 1:51 pm, RSS feed for comments on this post. Michael: Yeah , thats exactly what it was. What a fantastic job he did with SNC! I just want all the money and all the ladies in the world. Learn more about the full cast of Under the Streetlamp with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide . Chris: Well, short term, were looking for new tunes all the time. Jones said he began practicing his high falsetto in earnest and got the part of Frankie Valli, the leader of The Four Seasons, the 1960s rock group sensation whose story is told in "Jersey Boys.". Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. 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