Biography
Jon Spurney was co-musical director for the new musical Passing Strange, which opened on Broadway in February 2008. At Actors Theatre of Louisville: Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Regional Theatre: Passing Strange (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Off-Broadway: Passing Strange (The Public Theater), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Jane Street Theater). He has performed/recorded with David Byrne, Lou Reed, They Might Be Giants, Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Natalie Merchant and Jewel. He composed incidental music for The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and a feature film score for Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (The Weinstein Company) which premieres at the Sundance Film Festival and opened nationally in April 2009. Mr. Spurney was awarded a Bronze Lion at Cannes Film Festival.
