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Josh Strickland
Born	October 23, 1983 (1983-10-23) (age 26) Charleston, South Carolina
Occupation	Stage actor, singer
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Josh 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.

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

He most recently 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, whom had left the production to work on the New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein (musical). He 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 can be seen regularly in her television reality show Holly's World.

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

References

External links

• Josh Strickland at the Internet Movie Database
• Josh Strickland at the Internet Broadway Database
• PlayBill.com - Biography page for Josh Strickland
• Broadway.com - Buzz Star File for Josh Strickland
• Q&A: Josh Strickland
• Official site