Josh Strickland

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Josh Strickland

Born	(1983-10-23) October 23, 1983 Charleston, South Carolina
Occupation	Stage actor, singer
Website
http://www.joshstrickland.com

Joshua Strickland (born October 23, 1983) is an American singer and actor from Charleston, South Carolina. He attended high school at the Charleston County School of the Arts and graduated from Middleton High School in Charleston. He attended the College of Charleston, where he studied voice with Deanna McBroom. During middle and high school, Josh was a member of a local Charleston theater company called Charleston Youth Company.

Career

Strickland appeared on season 2 of Fox TV's American Idol and in March 2007 as himself on All My Children.^[1]

He starred as Tarzan in Disney's production of Tarzan on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

The production's run ended after some 14 months and Strickland performed the final show along with the rest of the original cast, minus Shuler Hensley, who had left the production to work on the New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein and was replaced by Rob Evan. The final performance was on July 8, 2007.

In 2009, Strickland became an original cast member of Peepshow in Las Vegas, and is currently still in the cast.^[2] He has befriended his costar Holly Madison and could be seen regularly in her television reality show Holly's World. He is also a friend of Laura Croft, Miss July 2008 Playboy Playmate as well as stage Actress/Dancer Angel Porrino.

On February 16, 2011, Strickland debuted his first ever solo artist single on iTunes titled "Report to the Floor." The track was co-produced by Grammy Award winning producer Damon Elliott and by Norwegian pop/dance producer Axident.^[3] This was closely followed by his second single titled "Last Dance". ^[4]

As of September 12, 2013, Strickland was cast as one of the lead roles in VEGAS! the Show, performing as Elvis and other iconic artists in the world famous "Vegas themed" musical showing at the Saxe Theater inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino's Miracle Mile Shops. Strickland was immediately cast by David Saxe after the closing of Peepshow and subsequently replaced longtime VEGAS! the Show Elvis performer, Lou Gazzara.

Selected appearances

In addition to American Idol and Tarzan, Josh has also appeared in:

The U.S. national tour of Rent as the understudy for the characters of Mark and Roger
Carolina Idol 2002
CBS’s Star Search 2004
The Spoleto Festival USA as a guest vocalist with jazz musician Kevin Mahogany
as a guest vocalist with Shania Twain
Peepshow

References

↑ "In". Soap Opera Weekly. 2007-02-27. p. 5.
↑ Hetrick, Adam (2009-03-20). "Strickland Joins Cast of Mitchell's Las Vegas Peepshow". Playbill. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
↑ "Josh Strickland Releases New Single 'Report to the Floor' on iTunes". 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
↑ "Josh Strickland Releases Second Single- 'Last Dance'". 31 May 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Travis Fimmel	Actors to portray Tarzan 2006-2007	Succeeded by Successor

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Persondata
Name	Strickland, Josh
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1983-10-23
Place of birth	Charleston, South Carolina
Date of death
Place of death

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