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Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is a four time Tony nominated, American musical theatre singer and actress. Clark has performed in numerous Broadway musicals and in other theatre, film and television works. Her soprano voice can also be heard on innumerable cast albums and several animated films. In 2008, she released her first solo album titled Fifteen Seconds of Grace. In 2005, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in 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 the same show.
Clark was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Lorraine and Banks Clark. She studied the piano and attended the Hockaday School, an all-girls school in Dallas. She attended the Interlochen Arts Academy before going to Yale University, graduating in 1982. At Yale, 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 in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, and directed a production of Ruddigore for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark studied at New York University's Musical Theatre Master's Programas a stage director and began to direct operas and musicals professionally. Although she continues to direct, she has primarily focused on singing and acting.
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the name are found in 12th century England. The name has many variants.
Clark is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable.
According to the 1990 United States Census, Clark was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. Notable people with the surname include:
Clark is the official team mascot of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs. He was announced on January 13, 2014 as the first official mascot in the modern history of the Cubs franchise. He was introduced that day at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center's pediatric developmental center along with some of the Cubs' top prospects such as number one draft pick Kris Bryant and Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, Mike Olt and Eric Jokisch. Over a dozen Cubs prospects were attending the Cubs' Rookie Development Program that week. The Cubs become the 27th team in Major League Baseball to have a mascot, leaving the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees as the remaining franchises without mascots. According to the Cubs' press release, Clark is a response to fan demands (expressed via surveys and interviews) for more kid-friendly elements at Wrigley Field Cubs games to keep pace with games in other cities that have more to offer youth fans.
He is a "young, friendly Cub" who will wear a backwards baseball cap and greet fans entering Wrigley Field, which is located at the corner of Clark Street (for which he is named) and Addison Street. North Clark Street borders the third base side of Wrigley Field. According to the Cubs, the fictional character Clark is descended from Joa, the franchise's original live Bears mascot in 1916.
Clark is a common surname.
Clark may also refer to:
Tony Award winning actor Victoria Clark (IAC/NMC 77) shares her top-five tips for aspiring actors during a recent visit to Interlochen Center for the Arts. Learn more about Clark’s visit: http://academy.interlochen.org/story/alumni-shed-light-light-piazza Learn more about Interlochen Arts Academy: http://academy.interlochen.org/ Learn more about Interlochen Arts Camp: http://camp.interlochen.org/
Victoria Clark wins the 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza.
Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, who stars as Mother Superior in the new Broadway musical 'Sister Act,' speaks with Back Stage Executive Editor David Sheward and offers advice to newcomers, talks about inhabiting a role originated by Maggie Smith, and recalls how Back Stage helped her start her acting career. www.backstage.com
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Soprano Victoria Clark won Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her role as mother Margaret Johnson in Adam Guettel's "Light in the Piazza." Now she's released her debut solo album, "Fifteen Seconds of Grace." She speaks with WNYC's Leonard Lopate about singing and theater.
Victoria Clark sings "Toll" at Birdland 11/20/06 Music and Lyrics by Jeff Blumenkrantz Sheet Music available at http://jeffblumenkrantz.com/product/toll-pdf/
Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is a four time Tony nominated, American musical theatre singer and actress. Clark has performed in numerous Broadway musicals and in other theatre, film and television works. Her soprano voice can also be heard on innumerable cast albums and several animated films. In 2008, she released her first solo album titled Fifteen Seconds of Grace. In 2005, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in 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 the same show.
Clark was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Lorraine and Banks Clark. She studied the piano and attended the Hockaday School, an all-girls school in Dallas. She attended the Interlochen Arts Academy before going to Yale University, graduating in 1982. At Yale, 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 in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, and directed a production of Ruddigore for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark studied at New York University's Musical Theatre Master's Programas a stage director and began to direct operas and musicals professionally. Although she continues to direct, she has primarily focused on singing and acting.