James Valcq (born 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and librettist, as well as an actor and arts administrator.
Valcq holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with an applied voice major and an MFA from NYU’s Musical Theatre Writing Program.
For the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, he sang George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children under conductor Arthur Weisberg and Kenneth Schermerhorn for Pro Musica Nova.
[3] Valcq co-produced the 2001 Off-Broadway production of The Spitfire Grill for which he composed the score and collaborated on the book with lyricist Fred Alley.
Valcq is also a conductor and musician, with Broadway credits including Chicago, Flower Drum Song, Scarlet Pimpernel, and Cabaret.