Victoria Clark

Victoria Clark Born October 10 1959 Is An American Soprano Who Won The Tony Award For Best Leading Actress In A Musical In 2005 For Her Performance In Adam Guettel's The Light In The Piazza. She Also Won The Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle Award And The Joseph Jefferson Award For Her Performances In This Role. Clark Grew Up In Texas Where She Attended The Hockaday School An All-Girls School In Dallas Texas. She Also Attended The Interlochen Arts Academy Before Whisking Off To Yale University Graduated In 1982 Where At The Age Of Eighteen She Sang The Role Of Mabel In Gilbert And Sullivan's Comic 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 Roles Off-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. read less