Nathaniel Hurwitz

Dr. Nathan Hurwitz has been a musical director and director for more than thirty years.His career as a musical director and conductor spans from Broadway to regional theatres to the theatres and concert halls of the US and Europe. Broadway credits include "Blood Brothers," "Dream" and "Phantom of the Opera." International tours include "Phantom," "West Side Story" and "The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber." US tours include "Blood Brothers" with Petula Clark and David Cassidy, "Funny Girl" with Debbie Gibson, "The Sound of Music" with Marla Schaffel, "Company," "The Who's 'Tommy,'" "Annie," "Leader of the Pack" and the 25th Anniversary all-star "Nunsense" tour with Kaye Ballard, Mimi Hines, Georgia Engle, Lee Merriwether and Darlene Love, and many more Regional credits include Syracuse Stage, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Pittsburgh Playhouse, the Long Wharf Theatre and many others. Dr. Hurwitz has directed regionally, and at colleges and universities across the country, including most recently "Lucky Stiff" and "The World Goes Round" for Syracuse University. And "The Drowsy Chaperone," "A New Brain," "Nine" and "Merrily We Roll Along" for Rider University A member of Actor's Equity as well as the American Federation of Musicians, Nathan, has taught acting, history and literature and coached voice for many years in private practice as well as at NYU, HB Studios, Point Park College, the University of Pittsburgh, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Syracuse University and Rider University, where he is currently a faculty member in the Department of Theatre and Dance. He has had the privilege of studying acting with Stella Adler, directing with Jack Garfein, and conducting and orchestration with Lehman Engel, as well has having spent four years in the ASCAP workshop for musical theatre writers headed by Charles Strouse. Nathan received his BFA from NYU, his Masters from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.