School Story
Graduated with a Vocal Studies degree from the University of California and followed with a teaching degree. Singing and performing in musicals was my life for 35 years having performed in some 60 productions including multiple productions for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
I left the USA in 1986 to sing abroad and have never returned to the USA. I lived in Germany and The Netherlands since 1989. I combined my performing career with teaching in the music conservatories and learned to speak both German and Dutch along the way.
I also began working in cruiseline entertainment in 1986 between theatrical engagements. I performed my one-man show "PERFECTLY FRANK!" as a headline entertainer on most of the 5-star international cruise lines until retiring entirely from show biz in 2008 when I moved to South Africa with my partner of 25 years.
Quickly bored, I decided to follow a bucket-list dream, I became a fully-qualified luxury property broker in 2010. Currently I host my weekly radio show: FRANK FREEMAN LIVING AND LIFESTYLE on Radio Helderberg, 93.6FM. check out our Facebook page by the same name. Living is great! You just need to know how!
Eventually my career led me to create entertainment for the large cruise lines and to work as a headline entertainer and as Cruise Director between theatrical engagements.
THe highlight of my theatrical career was when I wrote and directed a musical called ETERNITY with the famous Dutch composer Rik Elings. Eternity was a multi-million Euro production and enjoyed a 6 month tour and won a coveted Musical Prize.
In 2008 my partner, Ted Hoek, and I decided to completely change our lives. We left The Netherlands and immigrated to the Cape Town area of South Africa. We love living here in our home high on the mountain overlooking the Indian Ocean!
THe immigration to South Africa allowed me to trade my hectic career in show business for a more staid existence and am now a luxury property specialist! It is work that I enjoy very much. Our life now is about entertaining our friends, our pets, our home, and living "the life". I am a Rotary Member and also host my own weekly radio show called "Frank Freeman Living and Lifestyle"...this are the broad strokes of my life. How do you sum up 40 years?????? I can't waitto hear what YOU have done!
