No Foul Play Seen in Death of Stage Actor

A preliminary examination showed “no signs of foul play or suicide” in the mysterious death of actor Kevin Marcum, who had been scheduled to take over the lead role in the Broadway hit musical “Les Miserables,” police said today.

Marcum’s partially decomposed body was found lying face down at 8:30 p.m. Monday in the living room of his apartment in Manhattan’s upper West Side.

The city medical examiner’s office was conducting an autopsy on the body of the 31-year-old actor.

Police discovered the body after a worried friend of Marcum’s went to the 24th Precinct to report that the actor hadn’t shown up for work since Saturday.

Marcum, who was born in Danville, Ill., and came to New York in 1975, had been scheduled to take the lead in “Les Miserables,” a Broadway musical adapted from the Victor Hugo novel.

Marcum had been playing the character of Brujon.

The actor previously had portrayed “Old Deuteronomy” in the hit “Cats,” a musical that has been playing on Broadway for five years.

His other Broadway credits include “Sweeney Todd,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Magic Show,” “I Remember Mama,” “Camelot” and “A Doll’s Life.”

In addition, he created the role of Louis the Baker in “Sunday in the Park with George.”