Joseph Clark

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Joseph Clark (19**-) American-born dancer, singer and actor.

Biography

Joseph is married to actress Elzette Maarschalk.


Youth

Training

Career

He was the principal dancer with Ballet West in America. He made his South African debut in 1983 in PACT’s ballet Swan Lake. He established a career with NAPAC ballet, then went on to make a reputation as a singer

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

March of the Falsettos (1989), Falsettoland (1990), Black Coffee, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Candide, Burning Blue, Little Shop of Horrors, A Chorus Line, Ticket to Ride, Queen at the Opera, The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? (2000).

Awards, etc

Winner of the Vita Award (National), 1992, for his roles as The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Whizzer in Falsettoland; and for his performance in Queen II [performer of the year in musical theatre].


Sources

Tucker, 1997. 423, 476.

The Herald, 25 July 2003.

NELM catalogue (re awards).

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