He released his second single Last Dance soon after. In 2013, Strickland was cast in a lead role 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 promptly cast by David Saxe after the closing of Peepshow and subsequently replaced longtime VEGAS! the Show Elvis performer, Lou Gazzara. As a youth, Strickland attended high school at the Charleston County School of the Arts and graduated from Middleton High School in Charleston. He then 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.
