Alain Marcel

Alain Marcel 1952 9 March 2020 was an Algerianborn French music composer and author An important figure of musical theatre and musical comedy in the 1980s he notably adapted the French versions of Little Shop of Horrors Kiss Me Kate and La Cage aux Folles Marcel studied musical theatre at the Conservatoire de Tours then at the Conservatoire de Paris He wrote his first song in 1975 when he was a student of Antoine Vitez Marcel initially acted in television and films while also composing producing and appearing in theatrical productions such as Essayez donc nos pédalos and Rayon femmes fortes In total he was involved in 570 performances Essayez donc nos pédalos was choreographed by Tonie Marshall and it explored homosexuality while it was still criminal His greatest success was in the field of musical theatre He starred in the French versions of Little Shop of Horrors Kiss Me Kate and La Cage aux Folles He performed at the Théâtre Déjazet Théâtre de la Porte SaintMartin Casino de Paris and Théâtre Mogador In the 2000s Marcel gradually returned to music composing music for the shows Le Paris dAziz et Mamadou LOpéra de Sarah both at the Théâtre de lŒuvre and Encore un tour de pédalos Alain Marcel died on 9 March 2020 at the age of 68 Source Article Alain Marcel from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30