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"BLANCHET DAZZLES" -THEATREMANIA
"BROADWAY SENSATION FORD IS IDEAL"  -NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW
"INGERSOLL HAS INCANDESCENT STAR POWER" -LOS ANGELES TIMES

SHOWSTOPPERS! DIVAS DO BROADWAY

Three dazzling divas bring the house down in a scintillating showcase of iconic Broadway hits. Starring Broadway standout Ashley Blanchet (Frozen, Beautiful), Broadway soprano Sara Jean Ford (The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked), and Emmy-nominee Angela Ingersoll (Get Happy, End of the Rainbow). With soaring vocals and irresistible laughs, these tremendous talents reprise their famous roles as princesses, witches, and nuns... oh my! Featuring an exceptional live band, songs include "All That Jazz," "Let It Go," "Dancing Queen," "Cabaret," "You Gotta Get a Gimmick," and "Defying Gravity." Presented by Artists Lounge Live.

While we work on capturing video of this new show, enjoy our divas in action in these clips!

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RECENT SHOWS

  • May 17 7:30 pm - May 17 9:00 pm
    North Coast Rep. Solana Beach, CA

  • Apr 13 7:00 pm - Apr 13 8:30 pm
    Laguna Playhouse. Laguna Beach, CA

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PHOTOS

Photos courtesy of Laguna Playhouse

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

ASHLEY BLANCHET

Ashley Blanchet has appeared in some of Broadway's biggest hits over the past decade. She originated the role of Little Eva in Beautiful: the Carole King Musical on Broadway, appearing on the Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording and reprising her role for the Broadway National Tour. Also on Broadway: Frozen (u/s Elsa) where she was the first Black actress to play the role, Waitress (Dawn) with Sara Bareilles, Annie (Star to Be, New Broadway Cast Recording), and Memphis (Felicia u/s). Off-Broadway: Titanic (Kate Mullins) at Encores!, The Scarlet Pimpernel at Lincoln Center, and The Bedwetter (Miss New Hampshire). Regional highlights: The Sound of Music (Maria), Cinderella (Title Role), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), White Christmas (Betty Haynes), Oklahoma (Ado Annie), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Rosemary), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Hair (Dionne), West Side Story (Rosalia), A Chorus Line (Diana) and Ragtime (Sarah). Onscreen: The Good Fight, The Equalizer, Better Nate Than Never, The Aging Ingenue, and the voice of Raquelle in the Academy Award-winning animated short Are You Okay?. Concert appearances include NYC's 54 Below, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra. Blanchet holds a BFA in Musical Theater from The University of Michigan where she received the Kurt Weill Award for Excellence in Theater. She also studied at Boston Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, and Walnut Hill School. Blanchet serves as adjunct professor at State University of New York at Plattsburgh. ashleyblanchet.com, Instagram: @a_Blanchet

SARA JEAN FORD

Sara Jean Ford is an actor, singer, and writer. She made her Broadway debut starring as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Also on Broadway: Cats (Jellylorum), How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Smitty), A Little Night Music (Petra), and Finian’s Rainbow (Arlene). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Luisa, Original Revival Cast), Anyone Can Whistle (June) at Encores!, and Eric Whitacre’s Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings (Pieta) at both Carnegie Hall and Disney Hall. National Tours: Wicked (Glinda/Nessarose cover) and The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé). Regional highlights include Sunday in the Park With George (Dot), 9 to 5 (Judy), Sousatzka (Jenny, World Premiere), Candide (Cunegonde), and Little House on the Prairie (Nellie Oleson, World Premiere). She co-wrote and starred in The Aging Ingenue, a web-series now streaming on BroadwayWorld.com. She authored and produced an adaptation of Calamity Jane at NYC's 54 Below, and performs her solo concert Dream: The High Notes & Hijinx of a Broadway Soprano in playhouses nationwide. Raised in the recording studios of Los Angeles, Sara started singing professionally at the age of ten, providing background vocals for Michael Jackson’s HIStory album, Addams Family Values, Animaniacs, Lamb Chop’s Play-Along, and Harry Connick Jr. and Mötley Crüe’s Christmas albums. Ford also teaches Voice and Acting, serving on the faculty for Broadway Dreams Foundation and The Institute for American Musical Theatre. She graduated with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious Drama program. sarajeanford.com

ANGELA INGERSOLL

Los Angeles Times cheers, “Ingersoll has incandescent star power.” Angela Ingersoll is an Emmy Award-nominated and multi-award-winning actor, singer, director, and writer. She headlines stages nationwide in Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland, receiving an Emmy nomination for her performance in the concert's television broadcast on PBS. She also won acclaim starring as Judy Garland in several productions of End of the Rainbow, receiving Chicago's Jeff Award, a BroadwayWorld Award, and Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in Theatre. Attracting the attention of Garland’s family, Ingersoll collaborated onstage with Joey Luft, with critics dubbing her "heiress apparent to the Garland legacy." Other theatre highlights: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Hedy, Jeff nomination), South Pacific (Nellie), Carousel (Julie), The Mistress Cycle (Anais Nin, Jeff nomination), The Secret Garden (Martha, Jeff nomination), Jekyll and Hyde (Lucy, Ostrander Award), Man of La Mancha (Aldonza, Ostrander nomination), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Belle, Ostrander Award), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit, Ostrander nomination), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth, Ostrander Award), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Quickly), Richard III (Lady Anne), The 39 Steps, as well as work with The Second City in Chicago and Hollywood. She studied Improv with The Groundlings and received a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College. Other television: Chicago PD. Other concerts include The 12 Dames of Christmas with Angela Ingersoll, as well as appearing alongside her husband in Hooked on a Feeling: Michael and Angela Ingersoll in Concert. Together the couple founded Artists Lounge Live, a Chicago-based production company presenting concerts nationwide. She is the Artistic Director of Artists Lounge Live, writing and directing many of their offerings. artistsloungelive.com, angelaingersoll.com IG: @angela_ingersoll

Born in Indianapolis, IN, Ingersoll began performing at age five. As a teen she attended performing arts junior and high schools, Madame Walker Youth in Arts Program, Northwestern University's National High Institute Cherub Program in Theatre, received Honorable Mentions in Theatre and Music from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, a Prelude Award for Acting, was a National Shakespeare Competition finalist, and frequently sang the National Anthem for the NBA and NCAA. She is a graduate of Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY), accepted in Opera Performance and earning a BFA in Acting. She spent her early professional years as a Young Company Member of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and a Company Member of Playhouse on the Square (Memphis, TN). As a professional artist and business owner, she engages students by conducting young artist enrichment workshops. She is a proud union member, AEA and SAG/AFTRA.

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