Deborah Hurwitz

Deborah Hurwitz, aka professionally as Deborah Marlowe, (born )is an American composer, conductor, and singer-songwriter. She known for her permanent creative and original contributions to Cirque du Soleil and the musical Jersey Boys.

Hurwitz is also notable amongst her peers for contributing to several Broadway, Off-Broadway productions, films, television shows, and contributing to works from Cyndi Lauper, Cher, Gloria Estefan, Marc Shaiman, Sarah Brightman, Sinead O'Connor, Danny Elfman, Jason Alexander, and Johnny Mathis.

Hurwitz was born in Harrogate, England and is a dual citizen. She graduated Cherry Hill High School East in New Jersey, and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music theory and Composition.

Composer
Hurwitz has scored films, television shows, interactive media, and live shows, such as An Enchanted Evening: A Cirque Love Story.

Hurwitz has written, arranged and produced original music for nationally-aired commercial advertising campaigns for Old Navy and Capital One, as well as television shows Sesame Street, America's Got Talent, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Bravo's Million Dollar Listing, and Guiding Light.

Conductor
Hurwitz conducted for the Broadway musical Miss Saigon and the original US company of Mamma Mia! before conducting and performing with the Broadway company of Jersey Boys for its first six years of production.

She was the Music Technical Designer and Synth Programmer for Jersey Boys worldwide, including companies in Chicago, Las Vegas, Toronto, London, Singapore, South Africa, Utrecht, Melbourne and Sydney, as well as National Tours in the US and UK.

In 2011, she served as the Music Director for Cirque du Soleil's IRIS: Journey Through the World of Cinema with an orchestral score composed by Danny Elfman.

In 2014, she was the Music Supervisor for the Off-Broadway production Bedbugs: It's a Musical.

Performer/Recording Artist
In 1992–1993, she played first keyboard in the US tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love.

Hurwitz toured with Cyndi Lauper and Cher as a keyboardist, vocalist and synth arranger, and has performed on The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall and twice at the White House.

She also served as an associate professor at the Berklee College of Music and taught master classes at Lincoln Center and USC's Thornton School of Music.

Hurwitz also served two terms on the Executive Board of the organization Music for Autism, which provides autism-friendly, interactive concerts developed specifically for individuals with autism and their families.