Marc Francoeur
Birth Place: Kankakee, Illinois
BEST IN DRAG SHOW Comes to the Orpheum Theatre Next Month (Sep 14, 2023)
BWW Review: JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS Is Revived & Well At The Odyssey (Jul 10, 2017)
Photo Flash: Odyssey Theatre Revives Powerful Musical Revue JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (Jun 28, 2017)
BIO
Marc received his BFA in theater and music from Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. He worked professionally in Chicago as an actor, writer, and composer. He toured nationally with Child’s Play Touring Theater, was a founding ensemble member of the renowned Free Associates Improvisation Company, and worked in Chicago and regional musical theater doing A Chorus Line, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, 42nd Street, and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, to name a few. After moving to Los Angeles, Marc turned his focus to music. He founded and created two popular club bands that were regulars on the Hollywood music circuit: Marc Francoeur & the Motha Fizzies and The Butterflyman Band.
Marc Francoeur’s Skanky Me from Kankakee, an original rock musical about one boy’s passage to self-love and acceptance, set against the backdrop of the Sexual Revolution and the picturesque rural cornfields of the Midwest, premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015 to rave audience reviews. Marc is thrilled to be a part of the Odyssey Theatre’s Jacque Brel cast.
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by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2023
The Best in Drag Show 2023, the most fun, fabulous, fearless, farcical fundraiser of the year, returns to the Orpheum Theatre stage on Sunday, October 1st at 7pm. Learn more about the event and find out how to get tickets here!
by Gil Kaan - Jul 10, 2017
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS receives a first-rate mounting with a cast of powerful singer/actors, backed by a nimble four-piece musical ensemble, and directed and staged with ingenuity of movement that complement the Jacques Brel tales being performed. These Jacques Brel songs serve as little nuggets, little gems of short stories. Dan Fishbach ably directs this revival of Eric Blau and Mort Shuman, stringing these 24 gems so nicely together.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 28, 2017
Naughty, funny, dark and romantic: Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, the off-Broadway hit by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman that introduced American audiences to the Belgian singer-songwriter known as the "Bob Dylan of France." Director Dan Fishbach and musical director Anthony Lucca helm Jacques Brel… for a July 1 opening at the Odyssey, where it will continue through Aug. 27.
by Rebecca Russo - May 25, 2017
Naughty, funny, dark and romantic: Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, the off-Broadway hit by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman that introduced American audiences to the Belgian singer-songwriter known as the "Bob Dylan of France." Director Dan Fishbach and musical director Anthony Lucca helm Jacques Brel… for a July 1 opening at the Odyssey, where it will continue through Aug. 27.
by Tyler Peterson - May 28, 2015
Showgirls, flaming batons, wild sex and disco balls.... all in a heartfelt coming of age/coming out original rock musical. SKANKY ME FROM KANKAKEE, a world premiere rock musical by Marc Francoeur, will set the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015 on fire with its empowering and inspirational message of #betruetoyou.
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