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Bill Francoeur was a musical theatre composer and actor, who produced over 75 musicals for the amateur theatre market in a career spanning over 25 years.〔(MTI profile )〕 Children who sing on Francoeur's CDs include Brooke Mercer, Kelsie Mercer, Kate Louis, Victoria Olona and Jessica Olona. ==Career== Francoeur was a junior and senior high school teacher for ten years before turning to playwriting.〔(Biography of Francoeur )〕 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).〔(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 to collaborate with playwright Tim Kelly in the mid-1980s, with whom he created ''Oz!'' and numerous other works.〔(Information about the Kelly-Francoeur collaboration )〕 Bill Francoeur died February 2, 2015 in Colorado. He had four children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Francoeur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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