- Victoria Clark
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name = Victoria Clark
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birthdate = birth date and age|1959|10|10
birthplace =Dallas, Texas , USA
occupation = Actor, singer
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website = http://www.victoriaclarkonline.com
tonyawards = Best Leading Actress in a Musical
2005 "The Light in the Piazza "Victoria Clark (born
October 10 ,1959 ) is an Americanmusical theatre singer and actress and a standards recording artist. She has asoprano voice. She won theTony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance inAdam Guettel 's "The Light in the Piazza ". She also won theDrama Desk Award ,Outer Critics Circle Award , and theJoseph Jefferson Award for her performances in this role.Biography
Clark grew up in Texas, where she attended the
Hockaday School , an all-girls school inDallas, Texas . She also attended theInterlochen Arts Academy , before going toYale University (graduated in 1982), where, at the age of eighteen, she sang the role of Mabel inGilbert and Sullivan 'scomic opera "The Pirates of Penzance ". She also sang the title role of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" and directed a production of "Ruddigore " for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark continued to direct shows. She currently teaches voice in addition to performing.Clark's stage work previous to "
The Light in the Piazza " (2005-06) includes roles in the Broadway musicals "Urinetown " (2003), "Cabaret" (1999-2000), "Titanic" (1997-99), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying " (1995-96), "A Grand Night for Singing " (1993-94), and "Guys and Dolls " (1992-93), as well as numerous rolesoff-Broadway and in regional theatre. Clark has also been seen in films and in roles in television episodes and appears on a number of Broadway cast albums and other recordings.She appeared as ex-showgirl Sally Durant Plummer in the
Encores! staged concert presentation of "Follies " in February 2007 at City Center.References
External links
* [http://www.victoriaclarkonline.com/ Victoria Clark official website]
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* [http://www.broadwayworld.com/bios/viewstar.cfm?starid=80 Broadway world's profile of Clark]
* [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=510707 Broadway.com review of Clark's performance]
* [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=510748 Excerpts from reviews by the major NYC newspapers]
* [http://www.curtainup.com/lightinthepiazza.html Curtainup review of Clark's performance]
* [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/victoria_clark Victoria Clark] - "Downstage Center" interview at American Theatre Wing.org
* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html#c TonyAwards.com Interview with Victoria Clark]
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