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Bill Francoeur
Bill Francoeur
Born	William Francis Francoeur; November 18, 1948; Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	February 2, 2015 (aged 66); Lone Tree, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation	Musician
Spouse	1
Children	4

Bill Francoeur (November 18, 1948 – February 2, 2015) was a musical theatre composer and actor, who produced over 75 musicals for the amateur theatre market in a career spanning over 25 years.^[1]

Children who sing on Francoeur's CDs include Brooke Mercer, Kelsie Mercer, Kate Lewis, Victoria Olona and Jessica Olona.^{[citation needed]}

Career edit

Francoeur was a junior and senior high school teacher for ten years before turning to playwriting.^[2] His work includes the music and lyrics for the musical The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (2005), co-written with longtime collaborator Scott DeTurk, with a book by James Mellon. With DeTurk, Francoeur also created the musical Western Star, with book by Dale Wasserman, garnering California's Elly Award for Best Original Work (1993).^[3] In 2002, his children's musical, Oz!,^[4] was produced Off-Broadway.^[5]

Francoeur began to collaborate with playwright Tim Kelly in the mid-1980s, with whom he created Oz! and numerous other works.^[6]

Bill Francoeur died February 2, 2015, in Colorado. He had four children.^[2]

Musicals edit

Babes in Toyland^[7] (with Tim Kelly)
Bah, Humbug!^[8]
The Big Bad Musical^[9]
Blue Suede Paws^[10] (with Kelly)
Cactus Pass Jamboree^[11]
Captain Bree and Her Lady Pirates^[12] (also called The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree)
Charleston!^[13] (with Kelly)
Cinderella's Glass Slipper^[14]
Coney Island of Dr. Moreau^[15] (with Kelly)
Disco Knights^[16]
Don't Say No to the U.S.O.!^[17] (with Kelly)
Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood^[18]
Drabble (1985)
Enchanted Sleeping Beauty^[19]
The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast^[20]
Everything's Groovy!^[21] (with Kelly)
Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum!
Flapper!^[22] (with Kelly)
Flower Power!^[23]
Friday Knight Fever
Fussin' an' a-Feudin'
Going... Going... Gone With the Breeze
Gone With the Breeze^[24] (with Kelly)
The Great Ghost Chase
Groovy!
Guess What I Did Last Summer
Hankerin' Hillbillies
The Headless Horseman
Hee Haw Hayride (1993)^[25] (with Kelly)
The Internal Teen Machine
Is There a Doctor in the House?^[26] (with Kelly)
Jack and the Giant
Jitterbug Juliet^[27]
Kilroy Was Here (1995)
Kokonut Island (with Kelly)
Kokonut Kapers^[28]
Krazy Kamp — The Musical
Lady Pirates of the Caribbean^[29]
Little Luncheonette of Terror (1988)^[30] (with Kelly)
A Little Princess — The Musical (1996)
Lucky, Lucky Hudson and the 12th Street Gang^[31] (with Kelly)
Magnolia^[32]
Murder at Crooked House^[33]
The Nifty Fifties (with Kelly)
No Strings Attached
Nutcracker
Oh, Horrors! It's Murder!
Oz! (1995)^[34]^[35] (with Kelly)
Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue and the Wing-Dang-Doo!^[36]
Pied Piper - The Musical
A Pirate's Life For Me
Rock Around the Block
Romeo and Harriet
Royal Bachelor
The Secret Garden (1996) (with Kelly)
Shake With a Zombie (with Kelly)
Shakespeare Comes to Calamity Creek (1997)

Sleepy Hollow
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs^[37] (with Kelly)
The Stories of Scheherazade
The Story of Hansel and Gretel
The Story of Velveteen Rabbit
Sunset Trail
Surf's Up!^[38]
Tale of Beauty and the Beast
There's a Monster in My Closet!
Through the Looking Glass
Time and Time Again (1987)^[39] (with Kelly)
Tiny Thumbelina
Twinderella - The Musical
Unhappily Ever After
Wagon Wheels West
Way Out West in a Dress
We the People — the Musical
Westward, Whoa!
When in Rome...
The Wild, Wild, Wildest West
Wipeout!
The Wishing Tree (1988)
Wonderland!
Wrangler Ranch
The Yankee Doodle Song and Dance Man^[40]
You Ain't Nothin' But A Werewolf^[41] (with Kelly)

References edit

^ "Bill Francouer MTI profile". Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Biography of Francoeur
^ Information about Western Star
^ Oz!, from Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
^ Pioneer Drama Service profile of Francoeur
^ Information about the Kelly-Francoeur collaboration
^ Babes in Toyland
^ Bah, Humbug!
^ The Big Bad Musical
^ Blue Suede Paws!
^ Cactus Pass Jamboree
^ Captain Bree and Her Lady Pirates
^ Charleston!
^ Cinderella's Glass Slipper
^ Coney Island of Dr. Moreau
^ Disco Knights
^ Don't Say No to the U.S.O.!
^ Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood
^ Enchanted Sleeping Beauty
^ Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast
^ Everything's Groovy!
^ Flapper!
^ "Flower Power!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ Information about Gone With the Breeze
^ "Information about Hee Haw Hayride". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Is There a Doctor in the House?". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Jitterbug Juliet". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ Information about Kokonut Kapers
^ "Information about Lady Pirates of the Caribbean". Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Little Luncheonette of Terror". Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Lucky, Lucky Hudson and the 12th Street Gang". Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Magnolia". Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Murder at Crooked House". Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ Catalog description for Oz!
^ "Information about Oz!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue and the Wing-Dang-Doo!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Snow White" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ "Information about Surf's Up!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ Information about Time and Time Again
^ "Information about The Yankee Doodle Song and Dance Man". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ Information about You Ain't Nothin' But A Werewolf

External links edit

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List of Francoeur works

[1] "Bill Francouer MTI profile". Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2022.

[bio-2] Biography of Francoeur

[3] Information about Western Star

[4] Oz!, from Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.

[5] Pioneer Drama Service profile of Francoeur

[6] Information about the Kelly-Francoeur collaboration

[7] Babes in Toyland

[8] Bah, Humbug!

[9] The Big Bad Musical

[10] Blue Suede Paws!

[11] Cactus Pass Jamboree

[12] Captain Bree and Her Lady Pirates

[13] Charleston!

[14] Cinderella's Glass Slipper

[15] Coney Island of Dr. Moreau

[16] Disco Knights

[17] Don't Say No to the U.S.O.!

[18] Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood

[19] Enchanted Sleeping Beauty

[20] Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast

[21] Everything's Groovy!

[22] Flapper!

[23] "Flower Power!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[24] Information about Gone With the Breeze

[25] "Information about Hee Haw Hayride". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[26] "Information about Is There a Doctor in the House?". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[27] "Information about Jitterbug Juliet". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[28] Information about Kokonut Kapers

[29] "Information about Lady Pirates of the Caribbean". Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[30] "Information about Little Luncheonette of Terror". Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[31] "Information about Lucky, Lucky Hudson and the 12th Street Gang". Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[32] "Information about Magnolia". Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[33] "Information about Murder at Crooked House". Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[34] Catalog description for Oz!

[35] "Information about Oz!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[36] "Information about Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue and the Wing-Dang-Doo!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[37] "Information about Snow White" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[38] "Information about Surf's Up!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[39] Information about Time and Time Again

[40] "Information about The Yankee Doodle Song and Dance Man". Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2008.

[41] Information about You Ain't Nothin' But A Werewolf

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Bill Francoeur
Born	William Francis Francoeur (1948-11-18)November 18, 1948 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	February 2, 2015(2015-02-02) (aged 66) Lone Tree, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation	Musician
Spouse	1
Children	4

Summary

Career edit

Musicals edit

References edit

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