Bill Francoeur (November 18, 1948 – February 2, 2015) was a musical theatre composer and actor who had more than 75 musicals published for the amateur theatre market in a career spanning over 25 years.
Career Francoeur was a junior and senior high school teacher for ten years before becoming a playwright.Biography of Francoeur Francoeur and longtime collaborator, Scott DeTurk, wrote the music and lyrics for the 2005 musical "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", with a book by James Mellon. Francoeur and DeTurk also wrote the music and lyrics for "Western Star". with a book by Dale Wasserman. Francoeur received California's Elly Award for Best Original Work for the musical in 1993.Information about Western Star In 2002, his children's musical "Oz!"Oz!, from Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. was produced Off-Broadway.Pioneer Drama Service profile of Francoeur
Francoeur began collaborating with playwright Tim Kelly in the mid-1980s. The two created "Oz!" and numerous other works together.Information about the Kelly-Francoeur collaboration
Bill Francoeur died February 2, 2015, in Colorado. He was survived by his wife and three children.
Musicals
Babes in ToylandBabes in Toyland (with Tim Kelly) Bah, Humbug!Bah, Humbug! The Big Bad MusicalThe Big Bad Musical Blue Suede PawsBlue Suede Paws! (with Kelly) Cactus Pass JamboreeCactus Pass Jamboree Captain Bree and Her Lady PiratesCaptain Bree and Her Lady Pirates (also called The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree) Charleston!Charleston! (with Kelly) Cinderella's Glass SlipperCinderella's Glass Slipper Coney Island of Dr. MoreauConey Island of Dr. Moreau (with Kelly) Disco KnightsDisco Knights Don't Say No to the U.S.O.!Don't Say No to the U.S.O.! (with Kelly) Doo-Wop Wed Widing HoodDoo-Wop Wed Widing Hood Drabble (1985) Enchanted Sleeping BeautyEnchanted Sleeping Beauty The Enchantment of Beauty and the BeastEnchantment of Beauty and the Beast Everything's Groovy!Everything's Groovy! (with Kelly) Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! Flapper!Flapper! (with Kelly) Flower Power! Friday Knight Fever Fussin' an' a-Feudin' Going... Going... Gone With the Breeze Gone With the BreezeInformation about Gone With the Breeze (with Kelly) The Great Ghost Chase Groovy! Guess What I Did Last Summer Hankerin' Hillbillies The Headless Horseman Hee Haw Hayride (1993) (with Kelly) The Internal Teen Machine Is There a Doctor in the House? (with Kelly) Jack and the Giant Jitterbug Juliet Kilroy Was Here (1995) Kokonut Island (with Kelly) Kokonut KapersInformation about Kokonut Kapers Krazy Kamp — The Musical Lady Pirates of the Caribbean Little Luncheonette of Terror (1988) (with Kelly) A Little Princess — The Musical (1996) Lucky, Lucky Hudson and the 12th Street Gang (with Kelly) Magnolia Murder at Crooked House The Nifty Fifties (with Kelly) No Strings Attached Nutcracker Oh, Horrors! It's Murder! Oz! (1995)Catalog description for Oz! (with Kelly) Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue and the Wing-Dang-Doo! 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 (with Kelly) The Stories of Scheherazade The Story of Hansel and Gretel The Story of Velveteen Rabbit Sunset Trail Surf's Up! Tale of Beauty and the Beast There's a Monster in My Closet! Through the Looking Glass Time and Time Again (1987)Information about Time and Time Again (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 You Ain't Nothin' But A WerewolfInformation about You Ain't Nothin' But A Werewolf (with Kelly)
References
External links Doddllee List of Francoeur works